Worldkustom 2015 March English | Page 28

Shipping Cars R Us

The real deal USA-cars sits everywhere. It’s an oasis in the intense, hyped Miami. Trucks come and unload an Edsel and a Mercury . Other backing upp filling their tin cans with old Cadillac’s and Chrysler’s. Just another day for Mattias Brännström and Susanne Getten.

The difference is total. To get from the 70 mph six-lane turnpike where everything roars in 2015, swerve on the exit and spin down to 1961 with hot asphalt, gas smelling carburetors and open ware houses filled with cars from the past is just an instant culture shock.

I put my hand to shade the eyes and see a big smile in the backlight.

-We’ve Swedish coffee, says Mattias and from there I was sold.

The business has been going on for ten years. Everything that could possibly have been shipped. Today is Susanne Getten, originally from Skåne, Sweden the center where everything is coordinated. Titles, receipts, customs papers, shipping documents and customer documents.

– Fikasugen (= Coffee anyone?)

What?? Swedish home language !! And upon that one of the language’s finest words, FIKA (= coffee break ), delivered from a loading dock in the sun.