New guy from the Netherlands

[Remon.]

Hello All,

I'm Remon, 22 years old and living in the Midwest of Holland (it's only 124 miles wide and 186 miles high ). I'm an American car enthusiast from the moment I went of of my tricycle.

Few months ago I bought my first American car, which is a '79 Chevy C20 truck. Dutchies are relatively pretty USA car minded so getting one and getting parts for it isn't that much of a problem.

Actually... two weeks after I bought the beige one, I saw a beauty in Texas (online) and fell in love with it. So I bought the truck and shipped it to Holland.

Anyway, suddenly I had two C20 camper specials on my driveway ;D. A beige '79 and a two tone blue '77. Right now the beige one is sold.










The blue one is a Texas truck. No rust, just surface rust. Almost everything squeaks or doesn't work I drove it from the harbor 40 miles home and it runs, brakes, shifts very good. Pulls slightly to the right. Engine starts in one turn and reacts good.




Plans with the car:

- First: make the car ready for examination to get a licence - everything has to be good and working
- Rust prevention!
- Make everything additional work properly
- Make interior nicer - new doorpanels and bringing back color on woodgrain dash.
- Install LPG installation (gas prices in Holland: $9,30 a gallon!! and for LPG: $3.85)
- Bedcoating
- New hood. Have one allready, just needs paint
- Electric fan
- New cab rubbers

Hope to get learn a lot on this forum and be a part of some conversations.

Greets Remon

Some more pics:






Easy comparing






In Texas.. I have the chrome wheels also but the tires are bad..

[john]

Nice trucks, welcome to the board.

[cayoterun]

Welcome to the board.

Gas, almost $10 a gallon,----OUCH!!!!

Enjoy the trucks, nice ones.

[Remon.]

It's sick, I know. So dont whine about gas prices in the US

[1ATony]

welcome to the site

[kikkegek]

he welkom maatje!

nice you also found this forum. You will find the people on this forum to be very helpfull if ever in need of help or advise.

[Remon.]

Thnx everyone!

@kikkegek: I really dig this forum. Haven't post much yet but learned a lot already. So much knowledge here!

See ya..

[Clyde65]

$9.30/gal is a awful kick in the shorts for sure, and we complain about $3.50/gal

My dad had a propane truck back when propane was about .75/gal and gas was $1.25/gal. with propane you sacrifice fuel efficiency for cost of fuel, propane doesnt give the same amount of power as gas but at the difference you have in price, it will be well worth it IMO.

Good luck and welcome from Texas!

[Remon.]

Originally Posted by Clyde65

$9.30/gal is a awful kick in the shorts for sure, and we complain about $3.50/gal

My dad had a propane truck back when propane was about .75/gal and gas was $1.25/gal. with propane you sacrifice fuel efficiency for cost of fuel, propane doesnt give the same amount of power as gas but at the difference you have in price, it will be well worth it IMO.

Good luck and welcome from Texas!

It is, for sure. LPG makes it a little more doable to drive a guzzler like this in the Netherlands (entire Europe). Drop of fuel efficiency is about 10% and lack of power is not that big if I run single fuel LPG with a good mixer.

Price difference is $5.50 a gallon, so it worth it pretty quickly

[Indian113]

Welcome, Both of my grandparents on my Mom's side came to the US from The Netherlands. I live real close to a Dutch community here in Iowa. In fact they are getting ready for their annual "Tulip Time". By the way I bet people get out of your way on those Narrow roads over there!

[botmfedr1]

The Netherlands...(?)...who knew?

Welcome! And if you need help with builds...


Mondo
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[Remon.]

Thnx! Tiny country next to Germany . Also known as the low lands (we have dikes to keep our feet dry )

[botmfedr1]

Yes, I visited Amersterdam with friends from Germany while I was stationed there. It's a beautiful place and you guys sure have lots of bridges/dikes and, well weed....lol
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[Remon.]

Haha offcourse, Amsterdam

And you know what, I never did weed. Lots of dutchies never did though. Just because it's not exiting.. Legalisation is the way to go.

It's a nice country, but very densely and we have a ****ty government. But I think every country has that in times likes these..

[botmfedr1]

Yes, I totally agree. Here in the states we put sex and drugs on a very high pedestal, which is why we have problems with teen pregnancy and drugs/underage drinking. We didn't learn anything from Prohibition..

Hey, here's an idea...move to Texas! Plenty of room to grow weed, I mean trucks! Lol
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[Remon.]

I wish I could move to Texas, but the possibilities to get into the US are very limited.

When I was 18 I went on my own to CA, AZ and NV for three months. I had the time of my life and hoped I could come back to live in the US. But after I did some research on the possibilities I discovered it was much harder then I expected.. Unfortunately

Any suggestions?

[botmfedr1]

Yes, of course. There's always possibilities. You could:

Become an exchange student, tell them your becoming educated on the history of Chevrolet and everything Americana..
Defect- because your civil rights are being violated by the roads being to narrow. (?)
Or just visit and never go back, lots of messicuns do it all the time...lol
(Oh I'm Mexican btw)

If they allow refugees from Middle East, I'm sure you can too. Have you ever been to MichiganStan ??? Lol
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[kikkegek]

or you can try your luck in the america green card lottery

http://www.americangreencard.com/

Each year the US Government, through its American Green Card Lottery Diversity Visa Program, makes available 55,000* immigrant visas to persons meeting the eligibility requirements.