Hi Jim,

Our family has imported or assisted in the import of four VWs into
Canada from the US over the last few years. If the vehicle is over 15
years old and is a model that was sold in Canada when new then the
import procedure is very straightforward... The primary issue in the
process is that the title needs to be filed with the "Export Title
Clerk" at a designated border crossing 72 hours in advance of the
border crossing. When you get to the border the guard will pull your
paperwork and you pay the appropriate import duties (Including $100 Air
Conditioning tax, etc, etc) and you're on your way. No big deal.

Back in October my parents flew out to Seattle and drove the 2900 miles
home in a 67 VW camper. They had no troubles with the title or import
while following the above procedure. Same thing a few weeks ago when
they imported a 1983 westy from near Buffalo.

Vehicles newer than 15 years of age are different. I am not familiar
with that process, but vanagons built before 1990 will be no problem to
import into Canada if they are accompanied by the appropriate
paperwork.

Happy trails,

Greg Potts
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

1973/74/79 Westfakia Conversion **Bob the Tomato**  LY3H
1977 Sunroof Automatic L63H/L90D
http://www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
http://www.busesofthecorn.com

On 22-Jan-05, at 9:50 AM, jimt wrote:

> My notes on going from the US to Canada refer to a lot of tax loop
> jumping
> in addition to the safety standards issues.