55.2-59 1958 Saab story

[gottattooz]

I put the hood on with new hood springs. Everything clears and it latches beautifully.

-Josh

[dsraven]

Looks great. Side post or relocate for sure. Gotta get that front end hung on there and drive it.

[gottattooz]

I mounted the trans cooler with it's own fan and the engine fan today.

-Josh

[gottattooz]

I made a bracket to mount the fuse panel

-Josh

[gottattooz]

I bought a top post battery with the positive post Inboard. I used terminal adapters to connect the factory side post connector to the battery. For the negative, I bought a 14 inch negative cable, thinking I'd need to go from the battery negative to the engine block, but the factory battery hold down post was in the perfect spot to connect the ground cable and extend to the battery negative. I'll shorten the extension cable to maybe 5 or 6 inches later. But with the battery connected and most of the ground wires connected, it started right up.

-Josh

[gottattooz]

I decided on a tire size for the rear. 245/50r18. I'll see if they clear on the front end and might just run that size on all 4 corners. I pushed it outside to try and get an uncluttered look at the stance, but it's dark so I used the high beams on the station wagon for the picture.

-Josh

[gottattooz]

And, for my next trick........ Harley roadglide headlights and bezels. I spent $65 in these factory lights to see if it would be possible to adapt them to the 58-59 fenders. I might have to cut up a pair of factory bezels to get the HD bezels to work, but I'm up for the challenge. If it works out like I hope it will, I'll get the led versions. They're like $150/ea so I think $65 is a good investment to make sure first

-Josh