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Other Makes KR-175 (1954)
for sale

Price: US $3,550.00

Description:

THIS MESSERSCHMITT HAS SOME AMAZING HISTORY TO GO WITH IT .
IT IS A MID PRODUCTION 2A MODEL MESSERSCHMITT KR-175 .
THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT 100 OF THESE CARS KNOWN IN EXISTENCE
FAR FEWER OF THAT NUMBER ARE OPERATIONAL !
THIS CAR STILL WEARS THE ORIGINAL DEALER EMBLEM FROM
FRANKFURT , GERMANY ( I HAVE NOT SEEN ANOTHER ON ANYONE'S CAR )
IT ALSO STILL WEARS A CHROME D HOME COUNTRY INSIGNIA FROM WHEN
IT TOURED EUROPE IN THE MID 50's .
THIS NUMBERS MATCHING CAR HAS ONE-PIECE UPHOLSTERY ,
NARROW REAR SEAT AND IT's ORIGINAL LUGGAGE RACK .
IT WAS MOST LIKELY BROUGHT TO THE USA BY A RETURNING SERVICEMAN
STATIONED IN GERMANY . IT HAS BEEN MISSING IT's DOME SINCE THE EARLY 70's .
IT WAS ORIGINALLY BLACK , REPAINTED YELLOW , THEN REPAINTED RED .
THIS CAR IS COMPLETELY FUNCTIONAL . IT STARTS , RUNS , DRIVES & STOPS .
LIGHTS , WIPER , HORN , SIGNALS , SPEEDOMETER & ODOMETER ALL WORK .
THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS UP & DOWN SMOOTHLY THROUGH ALL GEARS .
NEUTRAL SELECTOR & TWIST GRIP THROTTLE HAVE NEW CABLES
AND WORK CRISP & SMOOTHLY . DRIVE CHAIN IS NEW AS WELL .
THE SUSPENSION FRONT & REAR WAS REBUILT WITH NEW PARTS FROM GERMANY .
THERE ARE SOME SPARES TO GO WITH THE CAR INCLUDING A SPARE ENGINE .
IT HAS A CLEAR IOWA TITLE AND A NEAR MINT ORIGINAL OWNER's MANUAL .
( ENGLISH VERSION )
THE SPEEDOMETER IS IN kph . THE ODOMETER SHOWS 25, 343 KILOMETERS .
THE LISTING ASKED FOR MILES SO I PUT 15, 827
RESTORED EXAMPLES OF THIS CAR HAVE SOLD FOR $45, 000 - 55, 000 & MORE .
THIS IS NOT A RESTORED CAR . IT IS ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES BUT NICE
ENOUGH TO DRIVE AND ENJOY AS IS OR RESTORE .
I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING & RESTORING MICROCARS IN THE RALEIGH , NC AREA
FOR OVER 30 YEARS ( I HAVE OWNED SEVERAL ISETTAS & MESSERSCHMITTS ) .
EVERY NOW & THEN I SELL ONE . MONEY FROM THIS SALE
WILL HELP SUPPLEMENT MY WIFE's MEDICAL BILLS .
SHE HAD A HEART TRANSPLANT LAST NOVEMBER .
THE CAR WILL BE ADVERTISED ELSEWHERE AND I RESERVE
THE RIGHT TO END THE AUCTION EARLY .
_{update: 2016-10-31}