Exporting a car, Who's heard of this ? |
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Exporting a car, Who's heard of this ? |
jim_hoyland |
Jul 22 2013, 02:16 PM
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Get that VIN ? Group: Members Posts: 9,314 Joined: 1-May 03 From: Sunset Beach, CA Member No.: 643 Region Association: Southern California |
A local restorer said that cars being exported out of the USA must have the original motor, or possibly the original type motor.
Do freight forwarders handle this ? How can an original motor be identified ? |
Jeff Hail |
Jul 23 2013, 01:05 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,141 Joined: 3-May 07 From: LA/ CA Member No.: 7,712 |
There have been many vehicles shipped complete and by the Radar O'Reilly method that I am aware of. Some with motors and some without. Many have been shipped in multiple parcels. Usually if the car is papered correctly and no hidden surprises pop up from a vehicles past transit and quarantine are brief.
I only know of one car that got tied up and that was a gray market car shipped from Germany to the USA and then back again in a 10 year span. All were done by the original owner. Due to some odd misunderstanding the car received a valid title in California along with CHP inspection and signoff but never went through Federal EPA/ DOT certification. It just fell through the cracks. It regularly passed state emission testing and inspection. Upon shipment back to its country of origin the EPA/DOT certification was requested by the Germans to confirm its previous Federal citizenship (not state of Calif). They also would not accept the original German paperwork of origin. It took two years to get that one resolved only because the USA authority insisted they must have EPA/DOT records somewhere in some file somewhere that never actually existed or a title never could have been issued upon entry. (head hits desk go bang) Short story is anything can happen so expect the unexpected. |
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