He searched the net for several years, but the cars either were too expensive, missing too many parts, a heap of rust (or both), and with little or no history or documents.
Then one night he found on Ebay a 1967 OSI in the USA. He placed a bid, but the car was withdrawn as it did not reached the bidding reserve. He then emailed the seller, Thomas Ryon from Washington, Oregon, and asked him if it was possible to deal directly. When he heard how serious Knut was about the car, he accepted to deal, so Knut packed his bag and jumped on a plane to Seattle. When Knut arrived at Thomas estate, they got the deal closed and became good friends on the way. Thomas said he only wanted to sell the car to an OSI enthusiast, as the car has belonged to his father, who bought it in Europe doing his service time in the US Army, and he had many fond memories of the car as a child. This means Knut is only the second owner of the car…
The car is more or less complete, and in surprisingly good shape, with little rust damage, and comes with some extra spare parts . Knut is now restoring it and will keep us all informed.
