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Aero the National 2012 Booking Form Motorsport: Getting Ready to Roll JUNE/JULY 2012 ISSUE 3 £6.00 SAABDRIVERThe Magazine of the Saab Owners Club of Great Britain Limited INSIDE THE ROAD TO AERO THE NATIONAL 2012 BOOKING FORM MOTORSPORT: GETTING READY TO ROLL www.saabclub.co.uk SOC... AS INSIDESEEN ON TOP GEAR ARE YOUYOU MAKINGMAKING THTHEHE MOST OF THE CCLUBLUB ININSURANCESURANCCE SCSCHEME?HEMME? SOC $MBTTJD$BS EXAMPLE QUOTES THE BENEFITS t 6QUPNFNCFSTIJQEJTDPVOU t 4QFDJBMJTU4BBCLOPXMFEHF t 5SVTUFECZUIFDMVCGPSPWFSZFBST 1979 Saab 99 Turbo t 1FSTPOBMTFSWJDFBTTJTUBODFXJUIDMBJNT NJMFTQFSZFBSt t 6,CBTFETUBòPOMZ HBSBHFEPWFSOJHIUtWBMVFb t t 5SVMZJOEFQFOEFOUBEWJDF ESJWFSBHFEtJODDPNNVUJOH t "MMUIFPOHPJOHTVQQPSUZPVOFFE Member’s quote: £83.14 t -PZBMUZ#POVTFTGPSFYJTUJOHDMJFOUT t %POBUJPOUPUIFDMVCGPSFWFSZQPMJDZTPME SOC Breakdown 1960 Saab 96 2-stroke Cover NJMFTQFSZFBSt WITH NO AGE OF VEHICLE HBSBHFEPWFSOJHIUtWBMVFb t RESTRICTIONS ESJWFSBHFEtOPDPNNVUJOH Member’s quote: £77.50 ...JODMVEFT)PNF4UBSU 3PBETJEF"TTJTUBODF 3FDPWFSZ 0OXBSE5SBWFM 0WFSOJHIU"DDPNNPEBUJPO )JSF$BS JOTVSFSTNJOJNVNQSFNJVNSFBDIFE 3FQMBDFNFOU%SJWFSBOE.FTTBHF3FMBZ EXTRAS INCLUDED FREE $PWFSGPSøBUCBUUFSJFT UZSFEBNBHF SVOOJOHPVUPGGVFM BOEMPTUCSPLFOLFZTBMMJODMVEFEBTTUBOEBSE UK cover is just £54.50 XJUI&6DPWFSPOMZbFYUSB Call SOC Insurance on 0800 298 4071 PSDIFBQFSGPSNPCJMFT 40$*OTVSBODFJTBENJOJTUFSFECZ$ISJT,OPUU*OTVSBODF"VUIPSJTFEBOESFHVMBUFECZUIF'JOBODJBM4FSWJDFT"VUIPSJUZ 10 20 28 46 CONTENTS 6 STEERING WHEEL 20 AROUND THE UK ANNUAL 8 MOTOR NEWS 24 THE NATIONAL 2012 The Last Ones Remaining GENERAL MEETING 28 THE SOC ON TOP GEAR The Annual General Meeting Of The Club 10 THE ROAD TO AERO Part 2 will be held on Saturday, 27th October 2012. 12 SAAB 9000 TRACK CAR 30 REGISTERS Welcome to our two new Registrars Members are reminded that items for 14 SAAB AUTHORISED inclusion on the Agenda and Nominations REPAIRERS 45 CLUBSHOP for the Board of Directors must be received by the Company Secretary 16 CAR CLINIC 46 MOTORSPORT (address on page 5) no later than Saturday, 18th August 2012. 17 POSTBAG 52 PRODUCT OFFER Ultimate Snow Foam and Lance Under clause 18 (as amended) of the 18 NOTICEBOARD articles of association, the text of any 54 CLASSIFIED matter to be discussed at the AGM must 19 WHAT’S ON be signed by two Members and sent to the Company Secretary by the above date. FRONT COVER: The Star of the ‘TopGear’ show, Chris Foxley’s 99 Turbo Nomination Forms for the election of Directors are available from the Please state your Membership Number on all correspondence Company Secretary on request (please include an SAE). Design, print & production: MYPEC, The Old Pottery, Fulneck, Pudsey, Leeds LS28 8NT. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD Tel: 0113 255 6866 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.mypec.co.uk Dave Garnett – Company Secretary © Copyright 2012 MYPEC Ltd ISSN 1477-2604 JUNE/JULY 2012 3 WHO’SWHO FOR CLUB MEMBERSHIP, RENEWALS, CHANGE OF ADDRESS, DIRECTORS CLUB QUERIES CHAIRMAN – Mike Philpott Phone: 01280 705 369 Contact the Membership Team on: Lamorna, 1 Oriel Way, Tel: 01954 232810 Fax: 01954 232106 E-mail: [email protected] Brackley, Northants, NN13 6DR. [email protected] POSTAL ADDRESS VICE CHAIRMAN/COMPANY SECRETARY PO Box 1063, Octagon House, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB24 4YR. – Dave Garnett Phone: 01706 368724 Club Insurance Schemes. Tel: 0800 298 4071 Gorsey Field House, Birtle, Bury, BL9 6UD. IMPORTANT [email protected] Please quote your Membership Number on ALL correspondence VICE CHAIRMAN – Alistair Philpott Registers’ Co-ordinator Phone: 01845 587176 CONTRIBUTIONS Classified Advertisements The Granary, Manor Farm, Newsham Please send your contributions to: – see details on page 54. Thirsk, North Yorkshire, YO7 4DJ. ‘DRIVER’ Editor, DAVE GARNETT, [email protected] Gorsey Field House, Birtle, Bury, BL9 6UD. Copy should be submitted either by e-mail or on Finance – Keith Copperwheat Phone: 01692 535482 E-mail: [email protected] CD or DVD, either in PC or AppleMac format, Cobble End Cottage, Pennygate, along with a hard copy for reference where Barton Turf, Norfolk NR12 8BG. For information, and ALL articles, Group possible. Photographs should be undamaged and [email protected] Organisers’ reports, Post Bag, Sport, etc. of a good quality and, if supplied digitally, be of a Motorsport Secretary – Richard Simpson (See above for address.) high resolution for print, either 300dpi or taken Phone: 0114 288 7612 11A Park Drive, Stocksbridge, at the highest resolution setting on your camera. Sheffield, S36 1EP. Technical queries for Car Clinic, Richard [email protected] Elliott. (See Car Clinic for details.) DEADLINE DATES FOR [email protected] CONTRIBUTORS Regional Groups’ Co-ordinator – Ellie Wilson Phone: 01527 403596 Register articles to respective Registrars. Aug/Sept/Oct 2012 ISSUE: 20th July 2012 43 Towbury Close, (See individual Register Pages.) Nov/Dec 2012 ISSUE: 28th Sept 2012 Oakenshaw South, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 7YZ. [email protected] DISPLAY ADVERTISING IN THE SAAB ‘DRIVER’ Saab Independent Dealer Liaison – John Ransley Anyone in the business of selling goods or services related to the motor industry can advertise in ‘Driver’. Phone: 0161 338 2423 If Members can recommend a service or would like to suggest a potential advertiser please contact our Sales 133 Stocks Lane, Stalybridge Executive: Cheshire, SK15 2NU. [email protected] Kay Scott KJS Advertising Tel: 01943 461679 National Event Co-ordinator – Derek Best Phone: 01900 814317 E-mail: [email protected] Longview, Central Road, Dearham, Maryport, Cumbria CA15 7ER. [email protected] CLUB VALUATION SCHEME IT Director – Richard Bone The Club Valuation Scheme is continuing to provide a very important service to Club Members. However, I would like to Phone: 0121 2882663 remind everyone that the purpose of the scheme is to provide The Valuation Service for any model of Saab which qualifies 160 Ardath Road, for an ‘Agreed Value’ Insurance Policy. To obtain a Valuation please request a form, return this along with a series of good Birmingham B38 9PE. quality photographs showing all aspects of the vehicle. The Valuation will be issued soon after receipt of the information, but [email protected] please remember that if there is any doubt due to lack of information or poor quality photographs the Valuation may be NON DIRECTORS withheld. Finally, can I please emphasise that Valuations cannot be provided for cars less than ten years old, and are not based on resale value. International Liaison – Iain Hodcroft Ken Dover Phone: 07976 314012 Manor Heath, Manor Brow, Keswick, Cumbria CA12 4AP 330 Manchester Road, Tyldesley, M29 8NN. [email protected] Saab ‘Driver’ is published bi-monthly by The Saab Owners Club of Great Britain Ltd. Librarian/Historian – Keith Long Phone: 01226 385139 Designed and produced by: 10 Byrne Close, Barugh Green, Barnsley, South Yorks S75 1NS. MYPEC, The Old Pottery, Fulneck, Pudsey, Leeds LS28 8NT. [email protected] Tel: 0113 255 6866 E-mail: [email protected] www.mypec.co.uk Valuer – Ken Dover Manor Heath, Manor Brow, Keswick, Disclaimer Cumbria CA12 4AP. Post only The Club welcomes contributions to ‘Driver’, but reserves the right to amend them where necessary. All contributions, Shopkeeper – Sharon Foxley whether they bear names, initials or pseudonyms, are accepted on the understanding that the author is responsible for the Phone: 01824 750 639 opinions expressed and that they do not necessarily reflect or comply with those of the Club, publisher or editor. Although Tyn-y-Celyn, Derwen, Corwen, every care is taken, the Club, publisher and editor cannot be held responsible for loss or damage to material submitted. Denbighshire, LL21 9SF. Whilst every care is taken to ensure contents are accurate, the Club, publisher and editor assume no responsibility for any [email protected] effects arising from errors or omissions. Acceptance of material is not a guarantee of publication in any particular issue, since Website Content Co-ordinator – Nick Hoare space is at a premium. The Club, publisher and editor cannot guarantee to return original material and photographs. [email protected] MEMBERSHIP TEAM NUMBER: 01954 232810 – 9.00AM TO 5.00PM – MONDAY TO FRIDAY JUNE/JULY 2012 5 STEERINGWHEEL As I write Steering Wheel, it is now the middle of May and I Members and securing our finances. We have already made was hoping to say how nice it is and how we are now looking progress, but there is still a lot more to do. forward to our summer events. I will provide some more details of the plans in the next Well, not only has it rained for weeks, we still have a issue, but in the meantime, you can be assured that we are hosepipe ban, so keeping our fleet as shiny as we would like is working hard in many areas. now not so easy. I mentioned growing Membership, which we believe is However, the sun is now shining and we still have the important to our future strength and security. I am therefore events to look forward to, so not all bad. delighted to announce that Mark Edgar has come forward to Our first SOC outing will be the Peaks and Dales which is offer his services as Membership Director. Mark has been a always a great event, so we are really looking forward to it. We prominent member of the Saab community for many years are also hoping to make the Lakeland Gathering, another well- and is passionate about the brand and our Club. Although not established popular event. Then later, we have the National, yet officially in place as a Director, Mark has already started
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