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Old Nov 22, 2022 | 07:17 AM
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Hello!

My name is Peter and I am from Austria my English is not so good, so pleas apologize my spelling!

I bought my C3 about 2000 in Germany and I imported it to Austria and I started to restore the car.

It took 2 years to fix it, but there are always some small things for the winter months to do.

Up to date the Steering, and I found a lot of information in the forum! Thanks all experts!!!

I have a question about a label that I found on my front shield.

Can somebody tell my something about this label? (see Foto)

Thanks for efforts!

Peter



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Old Nov 22, 2022 | 07:47 AM
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First of all welcome to the Corvette forum

The sticker on the windshield is the state of Texas registration sticker. The 7 means the "7th month" of the year which is July and the 1 means the year of the expiration of the registration example "2001" so the expiration would be July of 2001

Beautiful Corvette

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Old Nov 22, 2022 | 07:53 AM
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Welcome to the forum.

Would be interesting to know how the car got to Europe from Texas.

Have you driven your car on the RedBull Ring?
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Old Nov 22, 2022 | 08:08 AM
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Hello!
Thank you for your Answer!
Must all cars in Texas have this registration Sticker?

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Yes Im very interested in the way of the car! The vin is 1Z87 L8S 405 489
No, this is not a car for driving at the RedBull Ring but i have also a C6 GS BY 2012 and with this car i have some track experience on the RBR

BR Peter
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Old Nov 22, 2022 | 08:10 AM
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Old Nov 22, 2022 | 10:01 AM
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Hey Peter, welcome to the forum, and thank you for sharing. I like your C3 - lots of work and it looks great! And you have a C6 too - like it.

What part of Austria? Beautiful country. Best, Paul
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Old Nov 22, 2022 | 10:05 AM
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You are free to remove that registration sticker... You are obviously not in Texas nor registering in Texas and that sticker is well out of date anyways.
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Old Nov 22, 2022 | 11:15 AM
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This is an old sticker as they have been updated, but in Texas we are still required to have registration stickers like this on the bottom right of our windshields. There are no stickers on the license plates.

Makes it easy for the police to see if a car is registered. So it's most likely that the last time this car was registered in the USA was July 2001.

Registration on my current C3 was US$64.75 for five years. Full coverage insurance is about US$260 a year, You might find these numbers interesting

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Old Nov 22, 2022 | 12:16 PM
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Hello Paul, I live near the Red Bull Ring (40km) in Styria.
This is my GS

BR Peter
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Old Nov 22, 2022 | 12:23 PM
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The sticker belongs to my car and i am proud to drive whit it, because its te onyl indentify that the car is from Texas.
I protected it with a plstic sheet!

Thanks @C6-CYa
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Old Nov 22, 2022 | 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Piti
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The sticker belongs to my car and i am proud to drive whit it, because its te onyl indentify that the car is from Texas.
I protected it with a plstic sheet!

Thanks @C6-CYa
Welcome to the forum! Yeah, that sticker is a conversation piece and will undoubtedly intrigue many Europeans as much as the car itself. Love the mods to this car - very tasteful. But my question is - Have you ever taken it to the Nordschleife? It's only approximately six hour drive from Styria.


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Old Nov 22, 2022 | 05:28 PM
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Welcome and you got a CL looking Corvette!

Here in America, cars have to inspected early, using on your birth month, for safety and smog.

Enjoy your ride.
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Old Nov 22, 2022 | 09:00 PM
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Ahhhh, Herr Peter, Ich feshtean ein zaire biseon Deutcsh, aba nicht zair gut. Guten morgen! (please excuse my spelling , grammar, etc, etc)

OMG, don’t apologize! You can write and spell in a language other than your Mother tongue. Few here can do that. It’s been over 20 years since I was in Germany, so the very most of what I picked up is long since lost, well except for ‘Ein bier bitte’

Wilkomen!

And here in America inspections and registrations vary by state. My daughter lives in Montana - no inspections there. I live in Massachusetts - inspections and registration run with the last digit on the registration plate. If no digits the registration runs out at the end of a year.
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Old Nov 23, 2022 | 01:07 AM
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No, i am to old for driving at the Nordschleife, but we have the Red Bull Ring an the Salzburgring here in Austria.
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Old Nov 23, 2022 | 02:47 AM
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Canceled double posting!

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Old Nov 23, 2022 | 02:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Piti
At all, thank you for the warm response in the Forum.

Here in Austria we have the possibility to drive 3 cars with one number plate, it’s the same with the number plate for motorbikes.

My C6, C3 and my daily driver BMW X3 30d. My bikes KTM 1290 Superduke and my old Puch 250SG.

You have to fix it on the car/bike which you drive at the moment. (Wechsel-kennzeichen)

So you pay insurance and Tax for the strongest car/bike.

In my case ~ € 6000.- a year for the C6 and ~ € 560.- a year for the bike.



About my C3!

I bought it in Germany in 2000 as she is modified.

The Motor was defect and the Instruments were modified to a digital version which was broken.

I made all new in the interior, (electrics, carpet, instruments) bought a new CC4 motor in Germany and it got a new paint. (same color as it was)
BR Peter


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Old Nov 23, 2022 | 04:43 AM
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Originally Posted by C6-CYa
Registration on my current C3 was US$64.75 for five years. Full coverage insurance is about US$260 a year, You might find these numbers interesting
Funny, the registration on my 73 here in Alabama cost $15.00 and expires in the year 9999.
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Thanks!

Yes I am from Austria!
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Originally Posted by Piti
Thanks!

Yes I am from Austria!
It's O.K. I am from Looz-e-anna (Louisiana)

Welcome to the Forum!
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