The South African vans have the steering wheels on the wrong side along
with the sliding doors. The engines were not EPA certified either.

Use of a Registered Importer will get most German/Austrian made Vanagons
legally into the US. The question is mainly the high cost. I think there
are a couple people here who are working on getting into this business.

Mark

Anthony Egeln wrote:

>If someone has the time, could you please explain the procedures for LEGALLY importing a van into the US from Europe?   I remember David Marshall discussing the 25 year rule (emissions), but the European dealers seem eager to import to the USA now.  How is it done, and what is a rough guesstimate on the shipping costs to the east coast.  Also, has anyone ever imported a van from South Africa?  That seems to be the way to get a much newer van.
>Thanks, Anthony
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