On 7/11/05 1:50 PM, "Aaron Pearson" <Aaron.Pearson@GXT.COM> wrote:

> item # 4561126291 - i have NO affiliation.
> 
> the seller states that this van was legally imported: "Again This
> Vehicle Comes with a Clean Title, NOT A SALVAGED Title, NOT A KIT CAR
> Title & NOT A REPLICA Title, like so many other JDM vehicles out there.
> This Vehicle Was Not Dismantled and reassembled to get around
> registration, this vehicle was registered by the book!"
> 
> any guesses as to how he accomplished this?  i can think of a few 4wd
> vans i'd like to import.
> 
> aaron
> '87 syncro gl
> 
> 
There are ways to do it if you are military and have served 2 or more years
in theatre(long tour zones).  The trick is don�t import it into california.
After that the glass was probably replaced and the gas tank filler replaced
and a new exhaust system and about a dozen other minor things.  Imported in
it will have the proper epa type cert and the nhtsa cert on it as well.
The nhtsa requires the vehicle meet "type" classification previously on file
with them and then be current for nhtsa regs at the time.
Note that I emphasized a military member shipment of authorized POV.  NO
TAXES or CUSTOMS FEES or SHIPPING FEES!!  you only pay for what is needed to
clear the inspections shed out of the bonding area (all of the stuff needed
to pass epa and nhtsa).  The 4wd van was shipped to the us in limited
quantities as a camper so it was most likely "typed" in the EPA and NHTSA
listings.

jimt