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SAAB 96 V4 for Charity

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The Saab 96 V4 that stars in this weekend’s TV episode of “For The Love Of Cars” is being auctioned for the second time in 6 months – but this time it’s for charity.

The 1972 96 V4 will go under the hammer at Coys’ Ascot sale this Saturday (16 May) with all proceeds being donated to the Brain Tumour Research Fund, based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.

Saab 96 v4 for Charity
Saab 96 v4 for Charity

The auction house is hoping to raise between £12,00 and £18,000 for the car, which will be sold with no reserve. Coys’ previously sold the beige beauty at Autosport sale at the NEC. It made £9,440 on the 10 January sale, when it was auctioned alongside the other cars from the hit TV series.

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Automotive specialist from Coys James Good said: ‘The car was restored for the TV programme and sold at our Autosport sale. The vendor then very kindly decided he’d auction it off for charity. It’s a very usable car, and could easily be used every day.’

Saab 96 V4
Saab 96 V4

Restorative work was completed by Ant Anstead, co-presenter of The Love Of Cars, a long with specialists MRH in Hertford. The shell was stripped and welding was completed, before being painted in original Saab ‘Ambragelb’. The engine, gearbox and ancillaries were rebuilt, and the electrical systems were replaced with modern items. A single choke Weber carburettor was fitted to compliment the rebuilt brakes and suspension.

The Saab’s restoration will be chronicled on Channel 4 at 8pm this Sunday (17 May).

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View more details about the car here

Goran Aničić
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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.