Bought a Sierra as Donortruck - now he stay

Phoenix-LH

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There's a German name I recognize: Westfalia. Most of the people I delivered to in Westphalia, MI can trace their families back to that area of Germany.
Its often so that emigrants choose names from there native land if they build up a new town. You will find more examples for this.
 

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Hopefully these storms cool things down. Suppose to from what my weather app says but who knows. Hopefully all the animals make it through.

We will be right by you in a few days. We are staying in Dusseldorf/Cologne for a couple days at the end of the week.
We hope so, the horses are fortunately ok. Our Maincoon and her friend a norwegian wood cat stay in rhe coolest room in our house. We have no HVAC System here as usually we dont need it.

I am born and raise up in cologne. Enjoy the town. Its a great town. But i love the countyside and the sea and so i move up more in the north.
 

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I was not almost silly these day with the heatwave.
My job as employee is not an option. But my employer allow me to use the tools and machines from the company for my own private projects after finishing my work. I was checked before that i do it really for my privat project after i have now the second Pickup Truck in Progress. Also the Authoritys knocked at my door checking if i run a business about my high import Volume. I could sucessful testify that i do it just for my own enjoy :ROFLMAO: without intention to make profit.

So i sandblasted the first two brackets from the dashskeleton for repaint.

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I have still some brackets to pull from the skeleton for sandblasting and repainting.
 
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I hadn't much Progress yesterday as i had first an appointment for the annual (every 2 years) technical checkup for my car and trailer. It is here necessary to go through this checkup to continue roadregistration. Checkup is on all safety related issues, additional exhaustemmissions for enginepowerd vehicles.
Schedulded are 30min for each vehicle. The engineer need more than 90 min to finish sucessful both. Its not up of problems. The engineer is older and done any check twice to be sure. Thats ok for me if he need this time but other in the lane become angry...

How ever i got our new labels on the plates and payed my bill. Its immediatly obvisiously if you pass the test and have roadregistration for police and anyone else.

Top shown the sucessful test and when the next is schedulded -》July 2028 and bottom shown where its registrated.
Every year the label for technical test have a different color.

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Its expensive and not an option but it make our traffic and roads safer.
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The rest of the time i used to build the undercarriage for the bed.
A lot of to prepare and the time run out before i could finished it.

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