I saw a post or two on this, and remember hearing the comment that it
was very expensive.  I'm keenly interested, but don't have any
experience importing either.  I wonder if diesels could be brought back
and then registered in the US?  The stretched van (about an extra foot
or so) would be preferable if owners ever wanted to convert to a
"Westfalia" type camper.

Sudhir Desai wrote:

> my father wanted me to look into the subject of flying
> over to germany, buying a eurovan/vanagon, making it
> us spec, and getting it air/ship-freighted(sp?) over
> to here(usofa)
>
> if any y'all could give me a rough estimate in dollars
> or deutchmarks of how much this would cost,
>
> and/or what would need to be done to the vehicle to
> let it pass us emissions/safety standards.
>
> thanks in advance,
>
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> Sudhir Desai
> desa4622@kettering.edu   desa4622@yahoo.com
> 1984 Vanagon 3.4l v-6    1996 Jetta Trek
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