i bought one from rotterdam at the end of 2004 and exported it to germany

tell your friend i'm sorry about that.
anyway, it was owned by a stupid english guy that was living there and he did not have any idea how to look after it properly. we had to do a lot of work to get it to a good standard again, but we did and it made it's first journey to the nuerburgring at easter this year after we had fully rebuilt the engine, gearbox, brakes and suspension and done some bodywork.