I did something similar but with mostly complete scirocco interior. The crossing was from Windsor into Detroit. Honestly, I told them what I was doing. The border patrol officer simply repeated the information I gave him several times in different ways. By the end of it I was a bit put off by what seem like a game. In the grand scheme of things it was not a big deal. I had a receipt for what I got which he never asked for. I could see all I had in the back of the vanagon. I may have not mentioned the big bag of coffee crisp. For personal use off course. No paper work was involved. 

Hth

Tony 

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> On Oct 16, 2013, at 3:28 PM, Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Hi all.
> 
> I think the answer lies somewhere in this Vanagon list thread:
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/nxryhq6
> 
> but for those who've transported used Vanagon parts from Canada to US.....
> 
> Did you find that simply explaining to the US border officer in the
> booth that you were transporting "antique" used parts to a person in
> the US, was sufficient? Or, was there paper work involved?
> 
> Value of parts would be "free" and are from a 1981 Vanagon.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Neil.
> 
> --
> Neil n
> 
> Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca
> 
> '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p
> 
> '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"  http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
> 
> Vanagon VAG Gas inline-VR Engine Swap Group:
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/d7gd5ej