G'day,
For me the journey just begins. My first post here.
I had never heard of a 356 Speedster till a couple of months back when my wife and I saw one in a carpark and both fell in love with it. (Makes me a lucky man, huh?). We managed to find the owner just to find out a little about it. It was a pastel yellow which looked fantastic (a sort of retro 50's look to my mind). It turns out that he had bought it just the week before on ebay for $25,000 (it wasn't in fantastic condition). That's Aussie dollars (I'm in Australia).
Okay, as it happens I was born in 1956 (right in the middle of the 356 era) which means that it's my 50th Birthday next year and guess what I have decided will be my Birthday present?
Anyway, I'm very jealous of you Americans (and the Brits) who seem to have access to a smorgasboard of second hand replicas at reasonable prices. It seems that they are as rare as hens teeth here down under. Most of the few available are Left Hand Drive and I really want to stick with RHD.
So, I'm searching and looking. But I have a year before my birthday (and I need that time to save the pennies).
I'm even considering the possibility of importing a second hand one from the UK. It turns out that as long as the car is more than 30 years old (and as I understand it a replica built on a VW frame would qualify) there is no import duty and only a 10% GST to pay.
If anybody has any pointers I would be most gratefull. It would be even nicer to get in touch with other 356 replica owners in OZ.
Cheers.
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