<VV> GM cars in Europe

[Jay Maechtlen]

sent overseas in the past years. Irv, I suspect this is where most cars that
you talk about come from. (Practically no Germans had US cars...just a few)


In 73, When I was in Germany, a number of us had VWs, one had a Fiat 850 coupe, and one had a full size Mercury - early/mid 60's I think.
Our cars didn't have to meet the TUV tests that the Germans' cars did.
My VW was sold to me as a '56 - cable brakes, no synchro, and had the flip-out turn signals in the door posts. (deactivated).

The OIC at our post wouldn't let me buy it, as he knew or suspected what a crock it was.
When he rotated out, the Sargent in charge let me buy it. The local post had an auto shop, so I was able to weld up the rust and get it past our lenient inspections.
It got me around.

  
  As an aside, many service members who bot a European car, bot it from
another serviceman or from the local mechanic wheeler-dealer and it was
cheap.  Each was old and on life support, by and large. .Those cars passed
thru many hands as folks rotated back to he States... Very common. Opels,
Fords (all were small ones), some VWs, NSU's, old Mercedes, etc.

Chuck S


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