Muscle cars in Europe

[RBeckman]

I was on a Rhien River tour yesterday here in Koblenz Germany when I heard a car running through the gears on the road next to the river and I knew it was pure American V8 and looked over and seen a 70's Plum Crazy Challenger just flying and a new BMW giving chase (I think they were racing). This morning I was talking to one of the car guys here that is into Porsche's and he said Older American Muscle cars and Harley are very status symbol and demand a big dollars even thou the gas here is around 8 dollars a gallon. Later on in the day I seen a old Ford Squire station wagon (Like Chevy Chases vacation movie) that needed a tune-up bad downtown Koblenz.

Just interesting that people here love our old muscle cars as well

[BillsCamino]

I belong to a Classic American Muscle car club based in Ireland.
Lots of Mustangs, Camaros, Trans Ams, couple Torinos, etc...even a '70 AMC Javelin and a nice '58 Caddy.
Most come from within the European Community but a few were imported from the States.

I drive a black '72 Chevelle SS in the Dublin St. Patty's parade every year...the club cars are always a big hit with the crowd.

[FlintTony]

Have you seen anything like my 34 Ford? Are they into hot-rods too?

[flash]

They are into anything American (car and truck wise ).

[RBeckman]

Originally Posted by FlintTony

Have you seen anything like my 34 Ford? Are they into hot-rods too?

I have not seen anything like that here, but when I was showing the guy here all my pictures he seen your car and said they are a lot of them in London. I have his card and he is thinking about possible buying some American cars and having them shipped over here and wants me to give his card to http://www.grautogallery.com/in Wixom who buys and sells classics including Porches.

He is really big in Porches and has 14 of them he as restored and they are what he call the bumper cars so I'm taking that as the old ones. Tony, he really liked your Nomad and said that would be the eye catcher in Italy where he is based.

[FlintTony]

Tell him I accept peso's, or whatever they use for money. He can be a big shot, drive the Nomad one week and the hot rod the next. Lots of peso's though.

[Hank70SS]

Originally Posted by FlintTony

Tell him I accept peso's, or whatever they use for money. He can be a big shot, drive the Nomad one week and the hot rod the next. Lots of peso's though.

Euros Tony, not Pesos. Which is good because if it was Pesos it would be well over 2 million Pesos. That's a lot of of Pesos to deal with, where you gonna put um? Shop is probably not a good place.

[FlintTony]

I have plenty of ground to bury them. The shop is alarmed again, with a couple of surprises for anyone who opens a door when they shouldn't.

[RBeckman]

Originally Posted by FlintTony

I have plenty of ground to bury them. The shop is alarmed again, with a couple of surprises for anyone who opens a door when they shouldn't.

Don't go out there drunk or you may have a big surprise if you forget to disarm it.