Arrived: Estate Wagon

The brand is Hella... will post the partnumber later (with sizes etc) And as you described: there are city lights on them and I redirected the original to those Hella lights.... more later...

 

Hella with part# 1A3 002 850 031 (with city light )... diameter is 135mm (exactly the same size as the sealed beams), the glass is a bit flatter than the originals. There are other brands as well that have replacements.
I paid about $30 per lamp (excl halogen bulb)

I altered the citylights exactly as you described before....works great

 

so Rob...you never did explain why you have to take off the trailer hitch?....not that i'm a fan of them but....i'm curious

 

I have to show the equivalent of the DMV the original specifications of the car and the hitch....
I don't have those papers and they're no longer available.... only took of the first part of the hitch for the inspection so I still can use it
Planning to visit the Riviera meeting I'm organising this summer (for the 2nd time) with the Boattail on a trailer behind the Wagon

 

Very nice car! A nice find! Now, if I can only find my "dream" clamshell wagon... 73' Caprice Estate or 73' Grand Safari.

 

Hate to bring this up, but how much is gas in the Netherlands??

 

yesterday I took the Wagon (9mls/gallon) to a meeting: had to pay US$ 7.88 per Gallon. Will have a LPG-convertion at the end of this year for the Wagon (like I have in the Rivieras) For LPG we pay about the same what you guys in the US are paying for regular.
Problem with LPG in the Wagon is that I don't want to have a LPG tank visual in the rear; solution could be a tank (wheel shaped) in the place where the spare tire is situated right now, but those tanks are only made with 6mm tubes going to the engine and for a 455 you at least need 8mm. Altering it myself will get me into trouble with RDW (the DMV equivalent here).
So I probably end up with a small second tank and have both of the 6mm coming together and from there a 8mm forward to the thirsty 455.

Yesterday:

 

ahh screw it 75 !!
just move over here!!...it'll be cheaper in the long run

 

I remember years ago I worked for a VW dealership in Blytheville, Arkansas. We got an Olds 455 in trade for something and everyone at the dealership liked to drive it to run errands. It sucked so much gas, the boss told us not to drive it anymore and to drive something else. This was when gas was only about about 45c a gallon.

 

@ Rev....that idea crossed my mind more than you can imagine.... lots of people here are immigrating (Canada / NZ /Australia) Last year almost highest amount since the 5-ties due to.....euhhh let's not make this thread a political one.

@ Wagonmaster: No problem, but what exactly do you want to see in such a photo?

@ dodgeguy: as an employe of a VW-dealership I even would have paid the gas out of my own pocket ($.45 / gallon )instead of driving a Golf or something like that (hope I don't step on toes here )

 

Tell me about it
English has fallen to 5th place as our national language

 

That's exactly why people here are leaving.....Dutch in some major cities isn't any longer the first language... :banghead3:
I assume people from here moving to Canada are speaking (proper) English

 

Lucky me...I only paid 15 Canadian $:

(OK, OK.... mine's with a GM logo)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Buic...017QQitemZ270185633365QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW