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Hello,
so i'll tell you the story of my first Ape that i got to my 13th. Birthday.
My dad first saw it when it was new in 1970.
The previous Owner drove it until 1994 when it was to rusty for public roads.
Since then,the Ape was located in an old barn next to Oldenburg in Germany.
In 2007 i first tooked notice of the ape because of the old storys my father told me about the gravil work,where the Ape worked in his childhood.
So we contacted the familiy of the first owner.They told us that he died in 2002,but the Ape was still stored in a barn.
So my dad and me did a little trip to this barn.
....and yes,the Ape was there... in very bad condition.
But we bought it and started a restauration that is now completed after 7 Years.

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Greetings from Germany

Beautiful work, you must be proud. Tell me something - why didn't you use the original headlights as they were specific to Germany and are very, very rare. I hope you still have them. - Ken

The this one could had onely one Headlight when it was new,the ones on the first pictures were from a tractor and mounted with big self welded steel holders.
We got the original German operating manual,and this Model is shown with one headlight there.
But i'm not sure,perhaps the Ape had this Ligths in the Past,but those you can see an the picture were not the originals.
Grüße
Alex

I wondered because they seemed too close together. Put them back on a tractor. Very pretty colour - enjoy. Perhaps you saw my work in Rad ab Magazin - Ken -

bel restauro molto bella

Wow, un restauro bellissimo ed il risultato ancora di più complimenti, stupenda