Well, here it is, safe and sound in my drive at last. My friend Chas collected it for me from Germany, and yesterday morning it arrived. This photo shows it packed and taped up for travelling, my first view of it in the flesh (metal).
Buying vehicles ‘blind’ on ebay can be a risk. Buying from a foreign ebay when you don’t speak the lingo (and have to to decipher descriptions through internet translation services) is even more fraught. In this case though the Maico Mobil body and trim are better than I expected.
One advantage of buying a vehicle without an engine is that you needn’t worry about the seller telling you it’s better mechanically than it is; and it’s definitely lighter to push around 
