Hi Jake,

My Dad paid duty on his 1985 westy when he imported it in 2005. His was a
mere TWO WEEKS short of the twenty year old requirement, and the duty on
his at the time was around $600 IIRC. If you have AC you will also have to
pay a $100 tax on that. Don't bother lying about it because they know from
the VIN if there's factory AC installed. They don't care if it works or
not, if it's there, then it's taxable.

But Joy may be exempt from all that anyway as this is not an import
purchase, or Mathilda may be more than 20 years old, I don't recall.

Also, it's not Homeland Security that's involved, it's US Customs and
Border Protection.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
www.pottsfamily.ca
WWW.BUSESOFTHECORN.CA   <--- NEW .CA DOMAIN!!!
1987 Wolfsburg Weekender hardtop Vanagon
1973 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"

> You don't have to pay any duty to bring a Vanagon in to Canada.  I paid
> PST
> and GST on my purchase from abroad but Matilda is a 'settler's effect' so
> she should be exempt.
>
> I think Homeland Security will want to do the export process nonetheless.
>