Re: OT anyone read russian?

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There's another problem: you're responsible for making sure it meets US requirements to drive on the road, and federal emissions requirements. It might be useable as an off-road only vehicle, but still has to go through a lot of red tape to be allowed in the country. One of the car magazines (Road & Track?) brought one of the little Trabant two stroke cars that was still being made in East Germany after unification. They didn't do all the paperwork, and had to destroy the car after a certain amount of time (30 days?) or pay a lot of penalties for shipping it over. They tried to get the gov't to let them make it undriveable and donate to a museum, but they'd have to pay the fines AND have a certified shop do any work, even to cripple it, or destroy the car. So they ended up having it crushed. I bet the $2800 doesn't include shipping either! 

On August 9, 2005 Jim B wrote:

> A: Sounds interesting! I may have some others interested (unless it's just a
> CJ copy. We like BIG Jeeps! <G>)
> 
> 
> From: Rocky Lear <rockylear@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: OT anyone read russian?
> To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Message-id: <007901c59b6b$819f3db0$4e099041@yoursz6x6sefxo>
> 
> Somewhere on the hard drive of my old computer I have pictures and contact
> info for a russian jeep, maybe not what you were talking about more like a
> soft top landcruiser type truck. You could buy them brand new for about
> $2800. The only catch was that the company that was making the offer had a
> minimum of 10 on one order. They gave the specs and everything. I'll try to
> find out the model over the coming days.
> 
> 
> Rocky


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