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Larry Claypool
Frankfurt, Illinois
1965 P601 Sedan
The car is a 1965 601, brought over from Berlin 1991. I got it in 1999 from the fellow that brought it over.
The engine seized in fall 2005, so I sourced a used engine from Hungary in 2006 and have it up and running now just fine.
The odd part of the story is the fellow I got it from gave me a Fiat Multipla if I would store and maintain the Trabi for him indefinitely. He was not quite ready to part with it but could not keep it at the time due to a move to a condo. He has since moved to Montana where he has lots of room, and asked for it back shortly after the engine blew up. After about a 10 month delay in sourcing and installing the engine, I had it ready to return to him. In the meantime though he has begun turning his garage into a rec room, so again there is no place to put it. So for the time being at least, the Trabi is still here with me.
Larry Claypool
Frankfurt, Illinois
1965 P601 Sedan
The car is a 1965 601, brought over from Berlin 1991. I got it in 1999 from the fellow that brought it over.
The engine seized in fall 2005, so I sourced a used engine from Hungary in 2006 and have it up and running now just fine.
The odd part of the story is the fellow I got it from gave me a Fiat Multipla if I would store and maintain the Trabi for him indefinitely. He was not quite ready to part with it but could not keep it at the time due to a move to a condo. He has since moved to Montana where he has lots of room, and asked for it back shortly after the engine blew up. After about a 10 month delay in sourcing and installing the engine, I had it ready to return to him. In the meantime though he has begun turning his garage into a rec room, so again there is no place to put it. So for the time being at least, the Trabi is still here with me.
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