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Date:         Tue, 29 Feb 2000 22:26:37 -0800
Reply-To:     Mike Miller <mwm@LANSET.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike Miller <mwm@LANSET.COM>
Subject:      Re: South Africn Vanagon
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
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I had heard that the Feds were going to allow in rare models [like Gate's 959] with some compliance mods. But that wouldn't apply to Vanagons from South Africa. I believe I read this in Road and Track.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- From: David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 9:13 PM Subject: Re: South Africn Vanagon

> I'm no authority, but it was discussed on the list not too long ago and as > I understand it if that vehicle (make/model) was not officially released in > this country, then you simply are not going to be able to bring one in from > outside for highway use. > > Here's an example I found, looking back a bit. It's not the one I was > looking for that talked about newly stiffened regs for bringing in > vehicles, but it does address the SA van directly: > > >X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 15 > >Message-ID: <ddd28bd4.246d7574@aol.com> > >Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 08:47:48 EDT > >Reply-To: KENWILFY@AOL.COM > >Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> > >From: KENWILFY@AOL.COM > >Subject: Re: Mexican buses > >Comments: To: mckayaa@oit.edu > >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > >These were used vans around '95 models. They were actually more than $10,000 > >(like $12,000 to $15,000) and they were used. > >Also they are RHD and you won't be able to bring them into the US anyway > >because no crash test data is available. If some eccentric Vanagon > >millionaire wants to foot the bill for importing a SA Vanagon only to have it > >crash tested by the DOT then please email me privately. I heard that Bill > >Gates imported a rare Porsche several years ago that was worth around > >$500,000. It is still sitting in customs because they have no crash test > >data on it and Bill couldn't bring himself to allow them to crash test a > >$500,000 car (of which few were made). > >Just FYI. > >Ken Wilford > >Van-Again > >John 3:16 > > > At 10:44 PM 2/29/2000 , Benjamin Tan wrote: > >Why should it be any different from importing from Europe? US customs just > >wants you to pay duty. DOT just wants to put US safety equipment (shouldn't > >be too complicated since there are US spec Vanagons for parts), EPA well > >install the US emissions stuff or convert to a US engine until your > >certification is done. > > David Beierl - Providence, RI > http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ > '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" > '85 GL "Poor Relation"


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