"Dave the car guy , still here" (a3dave)
07/03/2016 at 19:25 • Filed to: None
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"Dave the car guy , still here" (a3dave)
07/03/2016 at 19:25 • Filed to: None | 20
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I’m was actively a surfer for 25+ yrs of my life, dormant now but still have a board. Here is a photo of a print of my old surf car. This 1973 Saab 99EMS was bright yellow with black stripes. The round driving light replaced a fog after I hit a large bobcat. For the photography geeks this was likely taken with my old Vivitar 220sl with a 50mm 1.8f on Kodax Plus-X. I developed and printed it myself in a college photo class. I know recently a few Jalopnik and OPPO have been playing with 35mm film. Its great what you can do with it and in later years has actually come back into being more affordable. I’m looking into breaking out the old cameras and scanning my negatives into the computer instead of getting prints. I didn’t sepia tone the picture, this is how the aged paper came out under a regular tungsten bulb.
Long Live the Longdoor
> Dave the car guy , still here
07/03/2016 at 21:39 |
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Awesome! What a cool Saab!
Elumerere
> Dave the car guy , still here
07/03/2016 at 23:06 |
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Awesome indeed. Why are you no longer surfing? And where’s that Saab these days?
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Dave the car guy , still here
> Long Live the Longdoor
07/03/2016 at 23:07 |
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Thanks, had it for 3 years and 80k miles. One of my old friends from back then just told me a few months ago that all my friends loved my car back then but nobody ever said a word. Few people know that this was the first model car with a heated seat, only for the driver. One room mate would snag the keys on really cold mornings as a his idea of a joke and leave his Honda 750k key along with helmet and riding suit laying over the kitchen counter. The bastard!
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Long Live the Longdoor
> Dave the car guy , still here
07/03/2016 at 23:13 |
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Haha, that’s awesome! I didn’t know that about the heated seat, good trivia!
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Dave the car guy , still here
> Elumerere
07/03/2016 at 23:14 |
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Because I’m the old guy here and on a bunch of car forums. Beside living in Ohio now I could only surf Lake Erie. I’m still fit and might start again after I retire. I’ve worked out, cycled and skied to keep in shape. Only 15 lbs over my best surfing weight so I could get back into it easy. You’ve got me wondering how my A3 would look with racks. I last saw the Saab in Virginia Beach in the 80's. It was on its second head gasket replacement but still looked good.
XC99TF00
> Dave the car guy , still here
07/04/2016 at 02:07 |
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If I recall correctly, the heated seat was initially to relieve aches and pains over longer drives, not really for warming one’s ass on a cold day, though a great perk of it.
(Found it, old Jalopnik article: Thank A Swede For Your Toasty Ass )
Love the soccer ball wheels on the 99!
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Dave the car guy , still here
> XC99TF00
07/04/2016 at 07:28 |
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Read the article way back and just saw the reply that Cadillac had a rare option in 1966 of heated seat so the Saab would have been the first standard heated seat. As for the soccer balls, cool fact was mine included 5, the full-size spare even had one.
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Elumerere
> Dave the car guy , still here
07/04/2016 at 12:44 |
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Yeah, Lake Erie surfing is hardcore commitment, as the waves there are usually only around in winterstorms, requiring 6/5 and full hood, boots and gloves. I totally get it.
I see old men and women surfing all over (Puerto Rico, Long Island, now here in California) and it’s my goal to be surfing until I cannot walk anymore. Here’s to you getting back into the water soon!
Ps: I’m contemplating mounting roof racks onto my 911.