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SAAB OWNERS CLUB GB SPARES DAY 22 September 2019
Alderson House
(Event In carpark at rear)
23 High Street Warwick
CV34 4AX
Alderson House (Warwick) and it’s grounds have been made available for use for the Saab Owners Club Spares day. We will request a £2 donation which will go to a charity chosen by Alderson House, (Sea Cadets).
Entry is from 09:00 with bar and food available all day, please bring your spares along or just turn up for a chat, Warwick castle is a couple of minutes walk away as is the main High St for those who just fancy a walk around the town.
We look forward to seeing you there
09:00-16:00
Well it was somewhat damp but despite that the event was well attended with over 200 cars. Photos of the event appearing at the top of the Home page will be added to.
We are pleased to announce that booking for SAAB FEST UK at Bury is now open online at www.saabclubmembership.co.uk.
This year’s SOC National Weekend ‘SaabFest 2019 – Saabs @ The Burrs’ will take place at Burrs Country Park.
26-28 July 2019
Burrs Country Park, Woodhill Road, Bury, Greater Manchester, BL8 1DA.
A BIG Thank you to everyone that came along to SAABFEST at Prescott Hill Speed Climb. Saturday was fabulous with a great turnout; The show field was packed and at one stage were getting very concerned whether we’d get everyone in! Best car results were a great mix of known and new cars/participants, details below. Saturday evening meal went very well with excellent entertainment to follow. Sunday Hill climb was something else, We have never seen so many people smiling all enjoying the spectacle, sound of the Saab’s running up the hill, from cruisers to flat out competition touring cars. Massive thanks to the attendees, sponsors, Dragon Saab volunteers, Dream Rides for charity drivers and the wonderful Prescott Hill team, you’ve all made this a very special event. We are also extremely proud to hear we didn’t have one off or red flag, this is great especially as the marshals said we were rather quick up the hill, He thinks it could be a record, good work all.
Here's the winners of the show day:
- Two Stroke - Tony Grestock - 1960 93F GT750
- Classic 900 – Adam Mehair - 1989 C900 Carlsson
- 9000 - Chris Hamley - 1996 Griffin
- NG 900 - Alex Rankin - 1997 900 Turbo
- OG 9-3 - Gary Ferrari - 2001 Viggen Convertible
- 9-3SS - Dr Os Reid - 2003 Aero
- 9-5 Rob Mortimer - 2004 Aero / Adrian Summerfield - 2007 Aero
Overall Show winner - Carlsson Cup – Chris Hamley
Runner up – Christopher Mills
Furthest Travelled – Nicolas Demuynck – Belgium
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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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