<VV> Importing corvair from Canada ??

[Bill Elliott]

No hassle at all.

Older than 1968, so it comes in with full automatic DOT/EPA waivers and 
not even an import duty since it's a North American origin car.

 I do think there is a newer policy (since I've imported anything)  of 
the US Customs guys wanting a copy of the title, etc over 24 hours in 
advance, but a quick call to the specific Customs office you intend on 
using will iron out specifically what THEY want to see (which in 
practice is more important than what the official rules are anyway). 
Every time I called the office, they did not see it as a bother but 
rather appreciated the fact I was making sure I had what they needed 
prior to showing up unannounced.

I've never spent more than 10 minutes in a Customs office (and that one 
was them trying to figure out how not to charge me import duty since I 
could prove the (UK origin)  car HAD been registered in the US before 
even though I couldn't prove that import duty had been paid when it was 
initially imported. In the end, they waived the fee based on the old US 
registration.

Bill

Robin Lawson wrote:

>Anyone ever imported a corvair from Canada into the US? I have my eye on a 65 Canadian Corvair that is in Canada. It is basically stock. Has anybody ever done this before? Any tips? Is it worth the hassle? Thanks in advance.
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