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Ironbridge 2025
We are back at the The Valley Hotel for our early spring gathering in 2025.
Four nights are available February 27th & 28th and March 1st & 2nd.
Full details below and in the September edition of the Driver.
NEC 2024 Classic Motor Show
The Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show will be taking place at the NEC Birmingham, Fri 8 - Sun 10 Nov. A Show Guide will be available her nearer the time.
Members save £4 on adult day tickets and £2 on other ticket types if booked by midnight on Thurs 9th at www.necclassicmotorshow.com quoting the club code found on the advert in the club magazine and in the members area of the club website.
Saabs starring in TV Series
Saabs used by key characters in TV programs
A second hand Saab has become the choice of several TV producers recently. Probably because the days of car maufacturers offering their latest models free have long gone. Here are the latest Saabs 'as seen on TV' in starring roles.
The Power of Parker (August 2023)
A17JOA is not a real registration. I'm sure someone will own up to it!
The car is a 2 door 900, maybe a Turbo S.
Steeltown murders (May 2023)
K720DNV Saab 900
The main character drives this and it stars in many scenes!
First registered in March 1993 so a late model. According to the MOT database it is Grey but looks more like Green to me.
Annika (April 22?)
L382XRT
Saab 900 Convertible
2.0 16V Aero 2d 1993/L
Date of registration: 14 Dec 1993
Can drive through high wooden fences and come through without a scratch!
There are more....
Saab stars in film again
Oscar Nominated 2022!
Drive My Car (Japanese: ドライブ・マイ・カー, Hepburn: Doraibu mai kā) is a 2021 Japanese drama film co-written and directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, based on the short story of the same name by Haruki Murakami from his 2014 short story collection Men Without Women.[1][2] It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.[3] At Cannes, it won the Best Screenplay, the FIPRESCI Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. (From wikipedia)
See Saabs starring in TV Series for more famous Saabs and more Saabs starring in films
SOC Event Calendar
Classifieds
Local Branches
Ebor Saab Scottish Mystery Weekend May 2019
14 Ebor Saab members set off on Friday 10 May to make their separate ways to the assembly point at Gretna Green for what was billed as a Scottish Mystery Weekend, the mystery being only the organisers knew the itinerary. The mystery began to unfold on Saturday morning with a drive along gloriously empty roads under blue skies up into rural Scotland to visit the Kagyu Samye Ling Tibetan Temple at Eskdalemuir (nobody expected a visit the foothills of the Himalayas).
South Yorkshire Saab
South Yorkshire Saab are no longer meeting. If anyone would like to take up the baton in this part of the world please contact Elli Wilson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
North of Scotland
There is no formal Branch currently in operation (largely as a result of the sheer geographical spread of members across this area) and therefore no regular meetings.
Where possible, there is usually an SOC 'presence' at gatherings across the region organised by other clubs, motor museums or advertised on web forums (principally UKSaabs).
The dates known so far for 2020 at which we aim to be represented are:
- 26th Apr FBHVC 'Drive It Day' 2020 - various local runs (I'll be attending the one organised by the Highland Classic Motor Club, Inverness)
- 9th May Inverness Classic Vehicle Show - on the streets of Inverness with Parade finale led by pipe band
- 10th May Grampian Transport Museum, Alford, Aberdeenshire - "How Many Left" event for 'nearly classic' vehicles with fewer than 500 examples on the road
- 23rd May Rotary Club of East Sutherland Classic Car Tour, Dornoch
- 11/12th Jul 46th Scottish Transport Extravaganza, Glamis Castle, Angus (see UKSaabs forum for details)
- 9th Aug Historic Wheels Vintage Car Rally, Brodie Castle, Morayshire
- 31st Aug Fortrose & Rosemarkie Classic Vehicle Rally, Fortrose, Ross-shire.
- 6th Sept Motor Mania, Grantown on Spey.
- 19th Sept 'Wheels of Nairn', Nairn Links
- Early Dec Joint SOC/UKSaabs Christmas Gathering - date and venue TBC (see UKSaabs forum for details)
Should anyone wish to hook up with other Saab enthusiasts in the North of Scotland please contact:
Derek Darnell
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