It is almost impossible... in Canada the "no questions asked" age is 15
years for importation, for the USA that age is 25 years.

The advantage is the *some* cars can be made to USA spec if the
*manufacturer* says it is possible.  In Canada, if it is under 15 years old
and sold in the USA market it is impossible to import it - sniff sniff.

I have 1/2 of a container left to fill this April which is more than enough
for a Vanagon / Eurovan.  If you can get your paper work all in line and a
deal stuck by then - give me a shout.  You share of the container would be
$2000 USD from Bremerhaven, Germany to Vancouver, Canada.

At 10:11 AM 10/03/2000 -0500, Robert Dalton wrote:
>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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>> 1984 Vanagon 3.4l v-6    1996 Jetta Trek
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