I'm sure that with all the US regs. on vehicles there is no way a Mexican bus could be registered in the US due to the lack of safety standards and emission standards in Mexico (or at least not compatible with US standards). However, every now and then I see some sort of weird kit car out on the road and it has me wondering. Are kit cars exempt from the US emissions and safety regs.? If so what qualifies as a kit car? Could someone establish a company that buys mexican buses and partly disassembles them (say pull the motor, tranny, seats, doors...the easy stuff) then sells them as "kit" cars in the US? Wondering if anyone knows anything about this or is my assumption about kit cars, baja buggies etc. way off base? Mark |
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