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Hi, I just moved to Italy from California, and I brought my '65 convertible with me. I'm presently looking for parts vendors based in Europe so I can avoid paying VAT. Mustangs have been in my family since about '86, and my current one I've had since about '05. It's a 289 manual 3-speed.
Ciao from Texas. She's a beauty. I love the classics. Italy is one of the places I would like to visit someday. I think it is more romantic than France.
Ciao Tukatz, parlo un po', ma capito molto piu que po parlare. My English and Spanish are fluent, my French is ok. Mustang Mama, I've been to both Italy and France and I would have to agree with you, Italy is more romantic in many ways, though I was actually considering Provence as a destination for a while but Italy overall offered just as much if not more, combined with a lower cost of living and a more ''mediterranean'' culture, similar to where I was born (Colombia).
Italy is a very romantic place. I went there back in the early 70's with a few of my lovers back in the day. It was a very romantic place, and a wonderful place to drive a mustang, I'm sure. I took my close friend, Steve, for a brief getaway there in the early 80's. We had a marvelous time on the southern shores, near Taronto (SP?) it was polluted,but we skinny dipped together and had a "gay ol' time" as they say in the flintstones! Great picture!
Forgive the delay in responding, I got SO busy with the property in Toiano the last few months, certain things just fell off my radar. We had several real estate agents looking for us throughout central and northern Tuscany. This property had been listed for a year but apparently the original price was so high, that the agents never mentioned it to us. At a certain point during our search, the price was suddenly dropped significantly on this property, enough that it fell down into our search parameters. That's when one of our agents noticed it and suggested it to us. Our criteria was it had to be in Tuscany, not too far south so it isn't TOO hot or dry, not too far from Firenze, great views, with olive orchards, and a good sized house with an in law unit or guest house or fienile somewhere on the property, ideally with olive orchards (and hopefully vineyards too) already planted, though the vineyards usually put the price of a particular property over our budget. This property was the closest thing we were able to find in the last year and 1/2 that met all these criteria. And I just got my long term visa in the mail today! It's a ''lavoro autonomo - imprenditore'' visa, good for 1 year. I've been back in California since Feb 24 because that's when my 90 day tourist visa was up. I imagine I'll return in early June. I had to get this visa before June 16 because that was the last day I could keep the Mustang in Italy without having to be required to export it out of the country. Now with this visa, I can keep the Mustang in Italy.
Last edited by Alejandro Moreno S.; Apr 5, 2016 at 10:47 PM.
Probably about 30 min, maybe less if I take the shortcut from our house to Palaia and drive straight north to Santa Croce (instead of driving all the way back to Pontedera on SP11, then heading northeast again). But the shortcut behind our house requires a 4x4, our Jeep can handle it, but I don't think the Mustang could (however I have not seen the shortcut in the dry months yet, but during the winter it's really messy).
Great picture!
