I remember that some of those early Saab 9000's are a pita to get the alternator out of!

My alternator came from a late 1990's 'GM' Saab 9-5. I think the model was between 97 and 2000.

Its not fitted to an 617, but an M117 in my 500sel - The principal should be the same though, as the 117 and 617 use the same alternator style.

Like I said, its not a direct swap in, it did need a little tweaking.