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Hello everybody,
Good news from other side of the planet!
Went to the very strict car inspection service to let them see my "new" 1940, and they gave a big OK!!!
Did miss the given date at morning because of a stupid idiot who did park his car just in front of my garage so I could not leave.
But in afternoon the aXXXXXX was gone and I could leave and drive to the inspection. In heavy rain so I had to check the vacuum wiper under real conditions.
At the inspection everything worked well, good brakes on the test stand, no loose axle parts found on a really brutal test stand called "wheel shaker", good brake lines and hoses, to skip the story. They were happy to say "yes" to my good prepared car, and now I will get the permission to complete the proceed of registration soon.
They were impressed about the good condition of my car.
So I got my payback for hard work today.
Am indeed happy now.
There are just few minor peanuts left. The odometer does not work properly, as well the gas and temp. gauge need attention and I have to think about putting in seat belts. To drive an old car in todays crazy traffic very carefully does not exclude not to get involved in an accident by another foolish driver, so I have to think about some safety.
Am not a cat and have only one life...
If the plans work out I will meet Mike Buller in Munich to show him the car in early may.
There are (including mine) only two 1940 chevies known in germany. A rare car here!
Best regards
stefangermany
Last edited by germanchevy; 04/04/11 01:46 PM.
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I am very happy for you. Know it is a trying time anticipating the inspection and if your efforts will be rewarded with a good report. Don't know if driving it will have the same pleasure as the '31 but surely it will be fantastic just the same. Maybe you can help the fellow German who posted on his '29 registration. Address of post is: https://vccachat.org/ubbthreads.php/topics/202709/Registration_Informations_for_#Post202709 I know that it is different than your former '31 and much different from the '40 but your experience may be of value to him.
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Congratulations !!! Sounds like you're ready for the road. Good job.
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Congratulations indeed! 
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Congratulations and goood luck with the rest of the repairs.
Brian
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Good work, and congratulations on passing the inspection. I know this is not a minor thing in Germany. Enjoy your restoration and driving your very rare 1940 Chevy.
Tom
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Enjoy Stefangermany. Many happy miles.  
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Hi Stefan,
Cannot wait to see your car and meet you in Munich. I put safety belts in my car and will start another post tomorrow on safety belts. Should be good for all to see how it can be done. You are going to be a good contact for other Germans who might wish to own an American "Old Timer" as I have heard them called in Germany. I went to an Old Timer Show in Leer, Germany in 2008. It was very surprising to see about 30-40 cars of various vintages show up in the middle of a typical German 18th century city square with a fountain in its middle. The square (city center)would normally have been used as the town's marketplace and was almost the size of a football field. There were hundreds of people in the square doing their shopping and all of a sudden a line of cars started coming through a narrow one lane alley into the square. There was no one directing anyone, no roped off areas, a kind of mass chaos. People were within inches of cars that were expensive, highly maintained, and some 80 or more years old and they were still moving. They had participated in a road rally and had come to the square for lunch and a break.
I thought how dangerous this all was, something we would rarely or never see in our country. I imagined a driver not seeing a child or shopper and easily running into them. But it is my experience that Europeans are much more relaxed in some of their safety concerns. They do not tend to be a litigious society, and therefore, place a lot of responsibility on the individual to practice safety, not the government intervening. This is what surprises me about all the restrictions you have on updating your car so it can be licensed. Yet it is common to see someone sitting on a 2 foot ledge that is 50 or more feet high with no safety rails, fences, or signs of caution. Good Luck, Mike
Last edited by Mike Buller; 04/04/11 10:30 PM.
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