Rebuild evidence
Scanwest motor note
Dec 2009 → May 2011
Held in the private dossier · Inv 70617 / 75602 / 77336
Bottom-end diagnosis, later rebuild by the owner’s brother, forged pistons noted, and unresolved Trionic recommendation.
1999 Saab 9-3 Viggen · one of ~400 for the US
THE NINTH STEWARD
Nine stewards. Twenty-seven years. One documented return to life.
A documentary archive-museum of one rare Viggen and the people who carried it — told with evidence, not lore.
VIN YS3DP35G6X70•••• · B235R · 5-speed manual · 206,250 mi · San Jose, CA
I became the ninth steward of this car.
I found it five minutes from home.
It came with a thick folder, eight previous stewards, a rebuilt engine story, and enough unresolved questions to become more than a car.
This is the record of bringing it back.
206,250 mi
Current mileage
Owner statement · May 2026
9
Stewards
Dossier chapters · McCann is delivery
~400
US allocation
1999 Viggen registry context
$17,681
Documented service
Invoiced archive · FACT
Eight closed chapters. One still being written.
See all nine stewards →The car did not just change hands — it moved through regions, shops, and lives from Washington to California. Three of the nine, as an opening.
Route 4
Mychal R.
2007–2020 · Seattle, WA
Primary operator/enthusiast · SaabLink LostAbbott · rebuild era
Read chapter →Route 8
James C.
Dec 2025 – May 2026 · Los Gatos, CA
Preserved the folder · passed stewardship forward · title 16 May 2026
Read chapter →9th Route
Zhenya K.
May 2026 — · San Jose, CA
Live restoration · Highway 9 · this archive
Read chapter →
The road has to be earned.
The rebuild is the work. Highway 9 is the proof.
The B235R carries the most important unresolved chapter in the dossier: bottom-end noise, a dry dipstick, a DIY rebuild, forged pistons, warm-start trouble, and a mechanical truth that still has to be earned by data.
Method
Every claim is marked FACT, INFER, or REC. Nothing is invented. Read the method or see the document vitrine.