Hallo aus Deutschland!

[Steve]

Hi again!
My car arrived in Bremerhaven at the beginning of June, was taxed and processed, and last Friday I finally got a call from the shop that will make it road-legal here in Germany.
"Your car is here."

Yesterday, I drove there and after months of waiting (and only seeing pictures/videos of my Trueno), I finally saw it for the first time in person. I even started it up and drove it across the shop’s premises.

Now I just hope everything goes well with the notorious German TÜV. A few small issues came up, but I think the shop will fix them soon:

-The brake lines on the front axle have to be replaced because they are steel-braided. They will be swapped for German-made steel-braided ones, which I think are very useful. I also use them on my other oldtimer – an old English Mini Cooper.

-The rear-left spring doesn’t have enough tension when the car is lifted. I’m not sure how the shop is going to handle that.

-The front parking light color needs to be changed due to German regulations – it has to be white, since indicator lights in Germany must be yellow.


- The hub for the momo steering wheel has to be changed.

The good news: the car was serviced by the Japanese seller before shipping. That means it got fresh oil, oil filter, air filter, brake fluid, coolant, wiper blades, and spark plugs. Isn’t that nice?

Unfortunately, I can’t upload any photos right now – the screen says "413 Request Entity Too Large"