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The Wheeler Dealers brought this Saab 96 back to life

Wheeler Dealers is back with an all new season — and a 1973 Saab 96. Mike Brewer and Ant Anstead restore this rusty, non-driving Saab to its former glory on the Velocity channel.

For some viewers this TV show is losing the charm, in their opinion “Wheeler dealers” died when Ed China left the show …. just like with Saab…

But, Mike Brewer – a well-known presenter of television motoring programs,  does not give up, he continues to record shows of a similar concept for 13 seasons: Mike finds and buys a classic car at a good price. He then hands it over to his mechanic (Ed China) for a loving restoration.

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The mechanic shows how he repairs, upgrades and spruces up the car, with Mike lending a hand sourcing parts and working with outside specialty restorers. When the car is finished, Mike and his mechanic take a test drive that shows off the car in its best environment. Then, Mike sells the car to a new lucky owner

Saab 96 Restoration

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However, in this season of the famous TV series comes a classic Saab 96. A busted clutch, rusted metalwork and a lawnmower like engine… The Wheeler Dealers team take on this 1973 Saab 96 on new episode of Wheeler Dealers. The episode was broadcast late last month, and it was recorded during the summer.

Saab 96 restoration process

The new episode of Wheeler Dealer which was broadcast on October 25th was filmed at this year’s SAAB Owners’ Convention in August. The Wheeler Dealer crew brought this yellow 96 they restored to see how it held up under the scrutiny of real SAABers. If you are like us and get excited to see ANY SAAB, even for a second on the screen, this will be an entire episode of SAAB.

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Restored Saab 96

Watch Wheeler Dealers segment on their Saab 96 at SOC17 on Velocity or Amazon Video.

Goran Aničić
the authorGoran Aničić
For over 15 years, Goran Aničić has been passionately focused on Saab automobiles and everything related to them. His initial encounter with Saab cars took place back in 2003 when the first Saab 9-3 and sedan version were introduced. At that moment, he was captivated by the car's Scandinavian design logic and top-notch engineering, and everything that followed stemmed from that first encounter. Later on, through his work at the editorial team of the Serbian automotive magazines "Autostart" and later "AutoBild," he had the opportunity to engage more closely with Saab vehicles. In 2008, he tested the latest Saab cars of that time, such as the Saab 9-3 TTiD Aero and Saab 9-3 Turbo X. In 2010, as the sole blogger from the region, he participated in the Saab 9-5ng presentation in Trollhättan, Sweden. Alongside journalists from around the world, he got a firsthand experience of the pinnacle of technological offerings from Saab at that time. Currently, Goran owns two Saabs: a 2008 Saab 9-3 Vector Sportcombi with a manual transmission, and a Saab 9-3 Aero Griffin Sport Sedan from the last generation, which rolled off the production line in Trollhättan in December 2011.

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