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If there really isn't any rust other than under the rockers and in the trunk floor, this qualifies as better than average for a "found" Sonett!
Replacing the trunk floor is almost trivial (buy a Model 96 trunk panel from Saab Club Sweden, section five inches out of it, chop out the old floor with a Sawzall, hoik the new one into place, then Mig-weld, seam-seal, and paint. I did this in one Saturday afternoon, and I'm completely hapless with tools!) The rockers are more involved because you've got to support the car properly while you cut them off, but it's still not a bad job for someone who likes to weld. And if it's just surface rust, they may not need to be replaced -- just treated with rust killer and refinished. There are enough rusted-out or wrecked Sonetts around that you shouldn't have too much trouble rounding up a couple of seats.
Anyway, this kind of work isn't intimidating to people who like Sonetts -- so you might want to just place a classified on this site and see if you can find someone who wants to buy the car intact, rather than investing all the time needed to part it out. Or you might want to put it on hold until you have a little more free time and feel like tackling the project yourself.
The problem with parting it out is that while there will be a lot of parts that people want and need -- such as the glass, transaxle, engine, nose and rear body sections, etc. -- most of them are heavy and awkward to ship, so you'll find it time-consuming to line up buyers. If the car runs and drives, it's got a huge advantage even as a parts car -- it can deliver its own parts!
So I'd say give it a chance for a while to retain its identity as a whole car. If you just can't shift it and don't think you'll ever have time to shape it up yourself, THEN you can contemplate parting it out.
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