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In Hamburg they say goodbye! - The elaborate export of a Bertone X 1/9

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Created on July 9, 2021

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Bob Heinemann

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Bob Heinemann

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Bertone X 1/9 (1985) - bella Italia

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Bertone X 1/9 (1985) - still on German soil

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Bertone X 1/9 (1985) - of course with folding headlights

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Bertone X 1/9 (1985) - with H license plate

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Bertone X 1/9 (1985) - with two-tone bodywork

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Bertone X 1/9 (1985) - built by Bertone

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Bertone X 1/9 (1985) - Light on

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Bertone X 1/9 (1985) - with the coachbuilder's trademark

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Bertone X 1/9 (1985) - the ramp allows material-friendly loading

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Bertone X 1/9 (1985) - the towing service helps with transportation

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Bertone X 1/9 (1985) - ready to be loaded onto the big truck

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Bertone X 1/9 (1985) - it easily fits in there

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Bertone X 1/9 (1985) - Precision work

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Bertone X 1/9 (1985) - supercharged and with exquisite traveling companions

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Bertone X 1/9 (1985) - loaded and carefully lashed down

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Bertone X 1/9 (1985) - the Porsche is a bit tighter

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Bertone X 1/9 (1985) - there he goes ... in a truck to Sweden

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Summary

Even in normal times, the private sale of a classic car abroad can be an adventure. In times of Corona and Brexit, exporting a Bertone X 1/9 to Germany became a nerve-wracking full-time job. A field report describes why exporting became so time-consuming, especially in times of corona, and shows the X 1/9 in many pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

Interested parties from Stockholm
No personal collection possible
Taking over the export logistics
Avoiding bottlenecks
Constant changes of plan
Towing service as problem solver
Finally, the smooth handover
Better to keep it simple in future

Estimated reading time: 11min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Now it's gone, the X 1/9. For 17 years it accompanied me faithfully, the small, angular mid-engine car. I had been thinking about selling it for a long time, even though I had invested so much money, time and love in it. But I also own another classic car, an Alfa Romeo Bertone. Only the Alfa has a rear seat, now even with seat belts, and I have two children. The X 1/9, on the other hand, is a strict two-seater. My boys always fought over who got to ride in the passenger seat. One of them was always disappointed. I didn't want that anymore. By Christmas 2020, I had already advertised the car on three different platforms, including mobile.de. There was a lot of interest, with well over a thousand clicks on the ad. But because of Corona, understandably nobody wanted to come by spontaneously to inspect the car. But then, at the end of March, I suddenly received a text message in cute-sounding German: "Hello! I saw your X1/9 on mobile.de and was very interested and am willing to pay the requested price if it's as nice as it looks." I confirmed that the X was still available, and immediately the reply came back: "What luck that you left the car." Hm, I hadn't thought of it like that before. But yes, somehow it was true. Now my ex-car just had to part with me.

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