It was always my intention to make a few bucks on importing a car for the US and sell it.
One of my family members have importet quite a few Corvettes and made a litle extra that way so I got intriqued by the idea, but the Corvette C5 are not my idea of a sundaycruiser that you would invest in, and its also way to expensive in registration. So I was looking for a car over 35 years (=cheap Zoll and registration) and it had to be sought after, rare and have real charm. It did not take my long to find out that the Pagoda had all of this. (and it had a 20.000$ profitpotential) Then I spend 1,5 years searching the net at reading all adverts on Ebay etc. Finally I found a spiciment that fit my walletsize. But it took 2,5 months to arrive and when I finally had it on the roads the Finansecrisis had begun!
It took 2 years and its finally sold, but without a profit!(only in life enjoyment) - In the meantime my familymember sold 4 Corvettes C5s...!
But I am sure I have had much more fun and enjoyment then he had. He Never had one of his cars registred, and only drove them on the roads on a few occations, because of the registration cost of maybe a 50.000$, for a 20.000$ car!
Anyway I came to love the car on the way, and me and my son will miss it very much. I now have the funds to put a new roof on my house and a happier wife not nagging me all time about the car in the driveway.
I hope the new owner will find his way here, as this is a true "must be" place on the internet if you want even more enjoyment of the Pagoda.
