>jeb@mtqua.att.com writes:
>> 65 Trabant. E German Collector Car. Fiberglass body, 16,315
>> mls, exc cond, orig paint & interior, $2995 or b/o.
>> 609-729-1219 [couldn't resist including this one].
>
>Oh, "collector car", my foot. What I'd like to know is how in the world
>they got it into this country. Maybe via a U.S. serviceman? I remember
>when Car & Driver brought one in last year, they had a helluva time keep-
>ing it; the E.P.A. kept threatening to confiscate it and crush it.
>-- Andy
I suspect the Car & Driver owned Trabant was a post 1968 vehicle.
To my knowledge there are no such constraints on importation of
1967 or earlier year vehicles due to EPA and/or federal safety
requirements.
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