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But I kidnapped no 66.....
with a few improvements.... steering wheel, tyres, mirror, front indicators, black grille, race safety belts, and a few other things...
Hi Hun. Erm, that sounds a bit more familiar than I'd intended. And welcome back '66, or should that be willkommen zurück sechzig ud sechs. Hmm, '66. Now that you mention it, wasn't there some sort of footie match in '66?
No ..really, when I say 'wow' I mean look at the film at : 10.46 - 10.49!
Wow..I wanna 917..(or Ferrari P4, Maserati..etc etc)
Agreed. I could watch that bit where the Ferrari makes the overtake all day long. But it's not the speed. Or the way they look. For me it's the sound those old racers make. So much more spine tingling than modern ones.
Oh, and I'm sure a finished Cordite snuck in at about ten minutes ten seconds. The red one making everyone stick their fingers in their ears...
Realy good looking car. How do registrate it in Germany. Is it first registrated in UK an than brought to Germany or do you build iin Germany? Is ist registrated as a triumph herald or as sammio?Do you had any Problems with the German TÜV?
The car was registered in the U.K. as a Sammio Spyder and is a 1959 base model car.
I am assuming that , as a rebody and not a kit rebuild , it was then registered in Germany as an imported classic car ...hopefully ze hun will come back on and explain how he did it as I know getting anything unusual registered in Germany is a problem and if he has done it successfully , then it opens up the way for others to own these cars throughout Europe...
Glück getting a Spyder registered in your homeland HamburgerJung, and thank you for getting this thread back to the top - that's one of the best Spyder pictures I've seen. Absolutely atemberaubend schöne.
To quote a British comedian - Al Murray, aka 'The Pub Landlord' -
You've got to have rules. Where would we be if there were no rules? France. And where would we be if we had too many rules? Germany. And where would we be if you could get a builder who'd turn up when he said he would and do an excellent job for a reasonable price? Poland, that's where.
due to the above mentioned German laws, I'm going to sell it for best offer. Might be a bargain...
Interested? Just leave a message: mike.sierra(at)feinripptraeger.de
Of course it still has its v5 registration document (MOT until feb 12) and the UK number plates...
ze hun
Have you considered selling it in France? You could drive through Belgium to get there, no need to ask the Belgians for permission first, they won't stop you.
Or how about Russia? You could arrange a deal with the Russians, meet up in Poland and then renege on the deal.
Towed, this also was MY first idea. But our new government is against such behaviour. Uncool...
Ha ha. Don't worry, I remember when we had an empire and trampled all over other people's countries for the fun of it too.
Now our Government looks like it's going to pay compensation to some Kenyan Nationilsts, just because we stole their country and tortured them and stuff. Surely, it was for their own good?
I can't see the German Government folding under that sort of pressure. Well, not unless the Greeks get out of bed at the crack of first thing in the evening and demand war reparations...
Aah, welcome back Micha. It's a shame that as a rule your rules rule out fun cars like the Sammio and Westfield, which rule. Bad luck old chap, you must be so jealous.
Oh, and the reference to selling it in France or Russia was a snipe at our shared 20th century history. Ze Hun got the joke so it seems not all Germans are completely humourless, just like not all Brits are dithering fops like Hugh Grant or Boris Johnston...
there is a MOTed Sammio for sale in Germany on ebay. That is not such a big problem.
But a historical numberplate is hard to get. Though the GSRA (German Street Rod Association) told me that nothing is impossible... ;-)
Towed, the Greek's loss is the british gain: Selling in GBP makes the car much more interesting for the UK market.
- Chassis 1959 Herald, lies on the street like a real sportscar (I also own a 1973 911, and I know, what I'm talking about)
- Herald Engine 1200 from later model
- new tyres Vredestein Sprint classic (the only acceptable ones)
- additional inner mirror
- red harnesses, braces-style
- Moto Lita-style steering wheel
- V5 doc
- cool race stainless steel OMP fire extinguisher
As you might all know, this car was built by Gary himself and was reviewed here:
