The following text from
Etienne's website.
.Convoy to Huy in Belgium for a Euro Saab Get Together
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What a fantastic weekend we have just had. The planned convoy to the International event in Huy, Belgium was a brilliant event. Seven Saabs met at Folkestone for the 12.50 train to Calais. It was a nice colourful mix of cars. Myself, Alex and Mike in my Ice Blue 9-5, Ellie in his Grey 900 Convertible, Les and Stephen in Les's 9000 Anniversary. Chris & Lorraine Hamley in a 9-3 Viggen Convertible, Simon & Maria Allen in a Lime Green 9-3 Sport Convertible, Rob & Carol Gray in their Neuf Neuf Turbo and Pete Briggs & Nick Keys in Pete's classic 900. David Ross was also there but had gone ahead in his 99. When we arrived at the French/Belgium Border there was a few cars from Lille waiting for us. Then it was onto the next stopping place to meet up with the Paris Convoy. Over a dozen Saabs welcomed us as we pulled into the car park. It must have been a great sight for Saab drivers as we left with over 40 Saabs in a line, all models and all colours. When we got to the beautiful town of Huy we were welcomed by the views of Saabs everywhere and from all Countries. We saw David and Steve drinking a beer in a local pub. Our first real stop was at Etienne's house where we were welcomed with a drink from Mr & Mrs Mosel and found more English, including Dave R and Ian H, Belgium and French Saab nuts chatting to each other inside. Quick dash to the hotel followed, with a freshen up and a change of clothes. then onto O'Malley's for the evening meal. Top marks go to Etienne and the owners of this great Irish pub/ restaurant, it was fantastic. The food was top notch and the drink flowed all night. What a brilliant night. After that a careful walk along the river back to the hotel. Next morning we met up again for breakfast then it was down to the car park to clean all the Saabs. A German Saab fan called Oliver was there watching the strange sight and taking pictures. when all that was complete it was a mini convoy to Huy Town Centre where we were to park with 263 other Saabs from 8 different Countries. The best bit was the chatting to all the Saab fans and just walking around seeing the beautiful Saabs. Most of the Saab models ever produced were in the Market Square. At 3pm the results were announced for the most favourite Saab of the day and it went to Rob and Carol Gray, who travelled from the UK in our Convoy. A great weekend and biggest of "Well Dones" are to go to Etienne for organising this fantastic event. You can find photo's from the Huy get together at these links. from Robin, from Alex, from Jeff, from Etienne & from Oliver. Alex and Philip have put together a video of the great event.
This is the longer version but sadly with no sound, so sing along to yourselves.
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The following text from
Etienne's website.
European saab meeting HUY (final report)I wish to thank you all for your enthusiasm and your lovely Saab! There is so many cars from two-stroke to the new 9-5 (5 in total) including Sonett II & III, 96, 99, 900, 9000, 9-3,9-5 from all generation, the atmosphere on grand-place of Huy was wonderful. I'm quite happy to meet board members of French, British, German, Dutch, and Luxembourg Saab clubs! Thanks also to Dimini.ch Who come with a superb brand new 9-3X and made a special edition model car to commemorate this event(there is still someone available on there website) The best car of the show elected by the public is the red 99 owned by Rob and Carol Gray from United Kingdom who come with the convoy organized by Robin Morley organizer of the Swedish day UK in lovely Somerset! Je tiens à vous remercier tous pour votre présence, votre enthousiasme, et vos belles Saab! Un très grand merci aux représentants de la ville, Monsieur Housiaux , Bourgmestre et Monsieur Dosogne , Echevin des sports, ainsi qu'aux services de police qui ont fait un travail remarquable pour permettre ce rassemblement en plein centre ville. La présence des représentants officiels des clubs français, anglais, néerlandais, allemands et luxembourgeois m'a également fait un très grand plaisir! Merci aussi à Monsieur Beherman qui a fait livrer sa 96 de rallye pour l'événement , à Monsieur Bastin de Saab Liège pour la fourniture des drapeaux et de deux nouvelles Saab ,dont une nouvelle 9-5, ... finalement cinq "new 9-5" au total ! C'est justement la variété des modèles présents qui était bien agréable , de la 96 deux-temps à la 9-5 , en passant par les Sonett, les 96, 99, 900, 9000, 9-3 et 9-5 de toutes générations. Sans oublier la superbe 9-3X de nos amis suisses de Dimini.ch , spécialistes des miniatures Saab , qui ont réalisé une miniature commémorative de l'événement (quelques exemplaires sont encore disponibles sur leur site) 263 voitures! C'est bien entendu une estimation approximative vu l'emplacement, apparemment apprécié par tous, qui a fait que quelques dizaines de voitures n'ont pu trouver place dans l'espace réservé au meeting. Quoi qu'il en soit , nous étions bien plus nombreux encore qu'en 2007 et au-delà du nombre ,c'est l'ambiance et l'atmosphère chaleureuses qui ont régné sur la grand-place de Huy toute la journée qui sont importantes ! La plus belle voiture du rassemblement élue par le public, est une superbe 99 rouge de Rob et Carol Gray, venue d'Angleterre avec le convoi du « South west Saab owners Club », convoi formé par Robin Morley , organisateur du Swedish Day UK dans le Somerset. See: Saab united!
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