FLAT4 SHOP TOUR BY ERIC GEISERT, OUR MAN IN YOKOHAMA, JAPAN
In Japan, finding any kind of space for anything is very difficult, so you might appreciate how impressive it is to see this big two-story vintage VW parts store (with adjacent repair shop and parking area) on a third of an acre.
52-year-old Nao Fujita in front of the original FLAT4 sign that used to hang at their California-based shop back in the ’90s. The only location now for the company is in Yokohama, Japan.
A customer’s car is being dropped off at FLAT4’s three-bay repair shop, located across the parking lot from their showroom.
This is half of the second-floor showroom at FLAT4’s world headquarters in Yokohama. Need a Haynes repair manual written in Japanese for your Ghia? They’ve got them.
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FLAT4 also works on, builds, and does government inspections on vintage cars. There are no sand dunes in Japan, so it’s rare to see a Baja Bug here.
