Perhaps I will be the lucky one next year?!
A happy new year to you all.
Tom

I like to play it safe - 14,3 V!
Tom

Your'e not alone - I too see the light!
Tom

Quote:

After the WW2 there were restrictions for all imported goods to Norway, due to lack of currency. All resources were to be used in rebuilding the country. Not luxury articles like private cars! Wanting a car not absolutly needed for your work was prohibited and would be unheard of! You had to apply to prove that you were "worthy". All cars imported were heavily taxed, and all car owners had to pay a luxury tax every year.
In the late 1950's the Norwegian government made a deal with USSR: We buy cars from you in excange for fish (herring).
To speed up sales in Norway, you could buy these cars without applying for a permit. In addition the "normal" purchase taxes were reduced.
In 1960 the car sales became "free" and the "eastern bloc"-car sales dropped. We still have one of the world's heaviest car purchase taxes.
One example May 2015 Ford Mustang 5 litre engine:
USD 158.000!

Tom

Guscha.
Your pictures are bringing back memories - Volga, and Pobeda, were much used in Norway as taxis in the late 1950s and 1960s as eastern bloc cars were exempted from purchase permits (which was necessary until 1960) and low purchase taxes.
Tom

It was ment as a more or less subtle joke.
Tom

Ross,
Nice. Wish I was there!
(I see that you've gone modern; installed a GPS!)
Tom

Thanks. I just thought it odd with decreasing number.
Tom

Ozstatman.
5862 Forum members? Is the number correct?
Tom

Now even I understand!
Tom