| | Blue_Guru said "| | | bigmoe said "Anyone have good information on importing a car (70's Plymouth) from the USA? I've been doing some reading on the government website but there is so much info there it's confusing. I see it is older than 15 years old and therefore exempt from MVA (motor vehicle safety act). And where would I get a letter stating there are no outstanding recalls? " |
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All the info is on the web. Older vehicles are RIV exempt. I brought home a 70s vehicle with just the title and bill of sale.
Listen to someone who has done it, not the peanut gallery. It's cost prohibitive to use services like customs brokers to obtain an old beater.
Make sure you've got your paperwork and that it matches to a "T" before you head back. And you need a permit if you're flat-towing. " |
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You do this, a guy i know real well has been doing motorized farm equipment/other vehicles over the years. a couple years ago the rules changed in the U.S for exporting anything with a motor like cars ,snowmobiles and stuff like that. from what I understood it's something to do with stolen vehicles,stuff with maybe outstanding leans, or stuff being sold undervalue for cash being exported.
He said there was different forms to fill in, and even some of the dealers he tried buying from wouldn't do the paperwork, and it was hard for private sellers to do without bussines numbers and stuff. He also said there is time limits on the vehicle turning up at the border,something like like 72 hours for paperwork checks, and if the paper works not right you won't get the vehicle exported.
From something he said last time he got a tractor in, he paid a broker out in the Morden Winkler area a couple hundred bucks to deal with this paperwork and it was worth every $ to know there was no problems at the border when the machine got there.