Bringing an older vehicle into the counrty is subject to a variety of
different regulations in the same way beer and wine are taxed differently
than spirits
the GST -- canadian value added tax is not charged on the older vehicles --
rgis from Canadian Driver On line
http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/mj/import.htm

Vehicles Purchased in the U.S.A.

As a general rule, used cars that are at least 15 years old can be imported
from the U.S.A. and are not subject to safety and emission equipment
requirements. Age is not determined by model year; the month of importation
must be at least 15 years after the month of manufacture of the vehicle.

If your vehicle is less than 15 years old and was manufactured for sale in
the U.S., you must first determine whether it qualifies for importation.
Transport Canada's Registrar of Imported Vehicles (RIV) program ensures that
qualifying vehicles are modified, inspected and certified to meet Canadian
safety standards.

Upon arrival at Customs, a qualifying vehicle will be entered into the RIV
program. The registration fee is $197 in Quebec and $182 in other provinces.
Within 45 days, the vehicle must be altered at your expense to meet
Transport Canada requirements (it may need daytime running lights and metric
labels for instruments, for example). You won't be able to register and
license the car in Canada until it is modified and inspected. The RIV Web
site contains a list of eligible vehicles and detailed information about
typical modification and inspection requirements.
  yours

On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> thanks for the link Roger.
> Cute - first they say 'VERY IMPORTANT'  3 times across the top of the page.
> then the next line says they can't guarantee the accuracy of their VERY,
> VERY , VERY important information.
> that's Gumint for ya  !
>
> I went to their list of admissible VW's ..........they don't seem to go
> back further than about 1993.........what's up with that ?
> Is there some 'so many years' old where it's more 'loose'  ?
> Scott
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Whittaker" <
> rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 10:57 PM
> Subject: real explanation regarding why imports to canada are barred
>
>
>
>  http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety/importation/VAFUS/list/Explanations.htm
>>
>> --
>> roger w
>> There are two kinds of jobs in the world:
>> Picking up garbage and telling people things.
>> Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw)
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>> Explore printed work at: http://www.prliving.ca/
>> View the growing list of video work at:
>> http://revver.com/find/video/?query=LastonLastof&search_on=owners
>> and ... older work at
>> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7135104650374818257
>> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3259745150182742364
>>
>
>

--
roger w
There are two kinds of jobs in the world:
Picking up garbage and telling people things.
Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw)
----------------------------------------------------------
Explore printed work at: http://www.prliving.ca/
View the growing list of video work at:
http://revver.com/find/video/?query=LastonLastof&search_on=owners
and ... older work at
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7135104650374818257
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3259745150182742364