All good ideas, especially sticking a big cassette on the back! It would be buying for the novelty value. My neighbourhood is flat, and its a flat two miles to work along mostly bike paths, maybe i could start giving lifts! Rewind two years and I didn't have a tagalong and it would be very handy!
I'm thinking if its cheap its worth a punt and if I cant live with it I could do a light fettle and donate it on to a local bike org to see if they can use it in some way - festivals and the like. Otherwise its going to sit outside a local asian restaurant as advertising! Storage, combined with the need to maintain domestic harmony, is the main issue [isn't it always]. I have a sense that it really meant something to someone, importing it wouldn't be easy. There are other bits in the auction - pedal cars, an early Giant OCR, that make me thing it belonged to an enthusiastic fettler! I'm getting sentimental in my old age.