F-Body Europe

hi everyone i liove in jacksonville florida but my wife if from germany. so i was playing around the usual fbody site and came across this site. i like it. we thought about moving back over there a few times but it seems real exspensive. but i did have a few question if we did maybe someone could shed some light on.
do i have to do anything special to my car if i bring it over? i have a 86 trans am 383 stoker nothing stoke left. does this matter? i still have family there who could pick up the car for me until i get there.

i also heard they pay top dollar for hot rods (fbodyies and mustangs) over there. is that true?

anyways hope to one day meet some of you.

mike

Hi Mike
Since you been to Germany before , then you know the deal with Tuev. Highly modified cars can have problems in this area.

no my wife is from there i have never been myself. she really wants to move back there but i have reservations. mainly my car.

what about part 2 of the question is there a high price for our cars over there i have several cars, my trans am, a stock 91 camaro and a almost stock 87 mustang lx 5.0....i was thinking of selling them to help fund the cost of moving there, and someone told me you can get alot more for them there because its" american mucle"type cars.

Mike it depends on the car . Best bet would probably put them on German ebay with a reserve.
It gets real expensive fast for cars . Especially if the taxes still need to be payed on them. Which is 29 percent I beleive for import and sales tax.
Are you in the Military ?

but the buyer would be responsible for the taxes right? do you think its worth it to sell these cars over there is there a market for them? could i make any money.
i am out of the militray for many years now but the wife has been itching to go "home" to live there for many years and ive finally decided to do alittle research before giving in ya know.

If the price is right the taxes are not problem . Also don't forget shipping. The price has to be attractive for the European buyer.
For example you have your set price that you want. The european buyer still has to pay the taxes plus shipping over here. So a price that may seem okay in the states between a buyer and a seller , could be cost prohibitive for a buyer in Germany.

i understand, makes sense but is there a market for these types of cars there for me even to explore? because if there is i might send them over to my father-inlaw and have him sell then for me. but dont want to bother if there is no market for mustangs, camaros, trans am, novas ya know

mike

Yes there is a market for american muscle cars. You should check out http://www.bandit-online.de
Ther always seems to be somebody looking for some muscle.

With some "tricks" you might be able to get it through TÃœV and AU ...
Btw, is there any racing going on in northern FL on Thursday night? I'm coming through on the 3rd on the way to NC ...

Stay in J-ville the exchange rate stinks. Taxes are high. Gas is high, it cost $167 to fill up the the Jeep the other day. A coworker just got sacked with a 4300 euro water bill.

not to much into the street racing scene anymore i usually just hit the tracks. and those are wednesdays and weekends.. but you could ask around on another site called jaxracing.com that might be able to help ya out !!

That is what Garry is asking. I really don't picture Garry as a street racer. I drove through J'ville back in November 2004 when I picked up the car in Orlando. I couldn't stop at a light without someone trying to race me, it was rediculous. My brother tells me it still the same. When we were younger we went to 1st Street to cruise at Jax Beach.

... and especially not with the rental ... even though at 16.4, it could probably beat some of the ricers out there ...