Cars that I'd..... (4 Viewers)

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As a retirement present ( my last day will be 30JAN2026 ) I purchased a car I have wanted for 45+ years a Fiat 130 Coupe. Never sold new in the United States, the sale is not final yet as I haven't sent the payment yet, so I hope I haven't jinxed myself but I should be receiving this in about 60 days after shipping from Europe and custom's. What do you think?

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Latest update as of today the car is on board the RORO ship in Zeebrugge Belgium, the shipping has been paid, and I have won round 1 with customs as they wanted to charge me an additional 12.5% tariff on top of the 2.5% normal import tariff. The broker told me it is 50/50 that customs will still charge me the 12.5% even after the Supreme Court said the reciprocal tariff's were unconstitutional. We will see what happens. But I figured if I paid it upfront, I would never get the $$$$ back.
So the car should be at my door in about a week, the luggage has still not shipped. I would have never guessed that the car would beat the luggage to my door?
 
Update, I got very Lucky by the timing of the ship's arrival, docked in Baltimore MD a few hours after the supreme court ruled Trump's Tariffs unlawful, and the car officially arrived at customs before the new 10-15% tariff went into effect, so I just had to pay the normal 2.5%. That saved me almost $5k USD's! The car is on the trailer that will deliver it to my house. And the luggage is finally on its way from France. A few pictures of the car before it was loaded onto the trailer. It looks to have survived in good shape so far. Fingers crossed for the remaining few hours.
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Update, I got very Lucky by the timing of the ship's arrival, docked in Baltimore MD a few hours after the supreme court ruled Trump's Tariffs unlawful, and the car officially arrived at customs before the new 10-15% tariff went into effect, so I just had to pay the normal 2.5%. That saved me almost $5k USD's! The car is on the trailer that will deliver it to my house. And the luggage is finally on its way from France. A few pictures of the car before it was loaded onto the trailer. It looks to have survived in good shape so far. Fingers crossed for the remaining few hours.
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I've decided to hate you, in the friendliest possible way.
 
Update, I got very Lucky by the timing of the ship's arrival, docked in Baltimore MD a few hours after the supreme court ruled Trump's Tariffs unlawful, and the car officially arrived at customs before the new 10-15% tariff went into effect, so I just had to pay the normal 2.5%. That saved me almost $5k USD's! The car is on the trailer that will deliver it to my house. And the luggage is finally on its way from France. A few pictures of the car before it was loaded onto the trailer. It looks to have survived in good shape so far. Fingers crossed for the remaining few hours.
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That's more like it! On a par with the Peugeot 504 PF coupe.
 
Here is a view of cars at the auto auction I part time at. They range from bonkers to "If I won the lottery". Keep in mind that this is a dealer only auction. You can expect the lowest possible price with the advantage of low effort sale. I will comment from upper left to lower right. It is also the order that I like them.
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I have no words the first two; a Jeep Gladiator and Ford Bronco. The Corvette will need a fair amount of work to look and run nice but not bad. The BMW and Mercedes are a toss-up. The BMW had the smaller V8 and auto transmission; Merc is a convertible. We had a similar BMW with a V12 and manual; but it was in rough state. The Mustang is something that I could see having. I had an early 65 Mustang convertible in this scheme. I bought it in 1973 for $150 and it had a new top. A real Flintstonemobile. (no floors)
 
I'm a fan of the Mustang myself. I had an '89 5 liter (4.922 actually but a 302 is a 302!) coupe. Lighter than the fastback with a 5 speed. A factory order, (stripped, no power nuthin'). It was my company car. Didn't have it long. Never go into business with relatives.
 

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