New from the Netherlands (Europe) • 1980 GMC C1500 Stepside

[AuroraGirl]

No, they are US spec vehicles. When you are stationed in Europe the military will pay to ship two vehicles there and two vehicles back. They don't have to be the same vehicles.
Lots of guys will buy some nice classic cars in the states and get them shipped to Europe. Sell them for WAY more money than they cost in the states and then go to the BMW or Mercedes factory and get a US spec car custom built for them.

I mean I know for a vehicle to be used in Germany it needs to meet their specs for signals and lighting and that there have to be DRL but I recall someone having to disconnect their factory high beam DRL (half power in drl) and use his cornering lamps with a white spectrum bulb (out cars have a side mounted headlight housing bulb tht illuminatesa bit to the side and forward, front on you can see both which met specs) He had to modify his tail lamp to meet outer turn signals that were amber but I believe they had to disconnect the top part of the lamp(tail) because amber has to be the outside it can’t share it over or under red? Then he made the deck lid lamps reverse lights since he couldn’t use them for turns(spans the bottom in car across back) and then some artistic rewriting make the car not think it was missing bulbs (it was) and so it looked decent.

But that was on a LPG conversion too.

 

[Bextreme04]

I mean I know for a vehicle to be used in Germany it needs to meet their specs for signals and lighting and that there have to be DRL but I recall someone having to disconnect their factory high beam DRL (half power in drl) and use his cornering lamps with a white spectrum bulb (out cars have a side mounted headlight housing bulb tht illuminatesa bit to the side and forward, front on you can see both which met specs) He had to modify his tail lamp to meet outer turn signals that were amber but I believe they had to disconnect the top part of the lamp(tail) because amber has to be the outside it can’t share it over or under red? Then he made the deck lid lamps reverse lights since he couldn’t use them for turns(spans the bottom in car across back) and then some artistic rewriting make the car not think it was missing bulbs (it was) and so it looked decent.

But that was on a LPG conversion too.

None of that applies for a military service member stationed in Europe. They are there under a bilateral agreement and the vehicle technically isn't even registered with or inspected by Germany. The plates that you have on the vehicle are different also to reflect that. I didn't have to actually do the German driving test either. They have a short instructional course on base and you take a short written exam for the signage differences and then they give you a little driving license type thing that doesn't even have your picture on it... lol.

 

[AuroraGirl]

None of that applies for a military service member stationed in Europe. They are there under a bilateral agreement and the vehicle technically isn't even registered with or inspected by Germany. The plates that you have on the vehicle are different also to reflect that. I didn't have to actually do the German driving test either. They have a short instructional course on base and you take a short written exam for the signage differences and then they give you a little driving license type thing that doesn't even have your picture on it... lol.

Oh haha, around that time a buddy of mine was a kid stationed there with family and he said he loved being a hoodrat teen who learned to drive there first and i dont rmemeber but basically he said dad let him vroom vroom the autobahn with their modified powerful 90s mustang lol... I am unaware and cannot testify on any laws broken germany, for all I know he was licensed :O (I dont think that was kosher by any rules tho based on how he told the story)

 

[83Burban]

Hi everyone! I've been lurking for a while now, soaking up a lot of information, and finally decided to join. I live in the Netherlands (Europe) where American cars are pretty rare, especially the ones that are driven daily (and not only seeing the light of day on sunday afternoons or at car shows, lol).

If you don't mind me asking, What's your fuel bill like? It cost me close to $100 to fill my tank with 91 octane w/o ethanol.

Lol and..... How well do these sqaures do with the ladies in your neck of the world? Ever girl still crazy bout a pickup man?

 

[Wrench At Home]

If you don't mind me asking, What's your fuel bill like? It cost me close to $100 to fill my tank with 91 octane w/o ethanol. Lol and..... How well do these sqaures do with the ladies in your neck of the world? Ever girl still crazy bout a pickup man?

Fuel is getting pretty expensive here, at the moment ethanol-free 98 (e5) is around €2,05 per liter. On average I need around 50 liters (single tank), which makes a total of €102,50, converted to USD that's around $118,36 according to Google. Some hobbies sure are expensive!

Haha she turns some heads for sure, but I think most girls over here prefer a luxury euro car like Mercedes, Audi, BMW. More businessman than greaser if you catch my drift. Luckily my own woman loves my Square, and always yells out when she spots other classic trucks or newer Dodge Rams. She's a keeper!

 

[Topo]

Nice truck brother .We will keep these step sides alive

 

[cstew47]

Greetings from Colombia. That's a nice looking truck.

 

[cstew47]

Fuel is getting pretty expensive here, at the moment ethanol-free 98 (e5) is around €2,05 per liter. On average I need around 50 liters (single tank), which makes a total of €102,50, converted to USD that's around 118,36 according to Google. Some hobbies sure are expensive!

Haha she turns some heads for sure, but I think most girls over here prefer a luxury euro car like Mercedes, Audi, BMW. More businessman than greaser if you catch my drift. Luckily my own woman loves my Square, and always yells out when she spots other classic trucks or newer Dodge Rams. She's a keeper!

I'm getting about 6mpg here in Colombia. Regular gas runs about $2.50/gal but premium is almost double. I built the engine with 10:1 compression, so regular is out of the question. It's about $100 to fill the tank.

 

[83Burban]

Fuel is getting pretty expensive here, at the moment ethanol-free 98 (e5) is around €2,05 per liter. On average I need around 50 liters (single tank), which makes a total of €102,50, converted to USD that's around $118,36 according to Google. Some hobbies sure are expensive!

My k10 suburban has a very mildly built 454 w/ th400 and sheis my daily driver. I'm pulling just about 12mpg on trips. Around town its between 6 and 8 mpg depending on if I can keep my foot out of the secondaries.

But here in Missouri we really dont have squat for emissions testing. And my inspection station is run by an Anarchist....So I'm running long tube headers with 2.5" pipes. Before the free flowing exhaust I was lucky to get 9mpg.

Lol and my car is a 69' Lincoln MKIII. She has a bigger motor and is still 100% analog. And she might get 12mpg coasting down a hill.

 

[Memaloose]

It's always nice to hear from different people around the U.S. let alone around the world. Nice to see an old GM pickup in Europe.

 

[Goldie Driver]

My k10 suburban has a very mildly built 454 w/ th400 and sheis my daily driver. I'm pulling just about 12mpg on trips. Around town its between 6 and 8 mpg depending on if I can keep my foot out of the secondaries.

But here in Missouri we really dont have squat for emissions testing. And my inspection station is run by an Anarchist....So I'm running long tube headers with 2.5" pipes. Before the free flowing exhaust I was lucky to get 9mpg.

Lol and my car is a 69' Lincoln MKIII. She has a bigger motor and is still 100% analog. And she might get 12mpg coasting down a hill.

Damn impressive on the K10 - I just got 11 MPG on this last fillup for Goldie and commented to the wife that the old girl (LOL, the truck) must have been in a good mood!

 

[cstew47]

Damn impressive on the K10 - I just got 11 MPG on this last fillup for Goldie and commented to the wife that the old girl (LOL, the truck) must have been in a good mood!

I would give my eye teeth to get 11mpg. I am happy to get 6

 

[Babs]

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