Originally Posted by
ossie cossie
Miltz, sorry to hear about the import approval for the sierra, but i dont think you will be able to get it in, The cut off date is jan 1989. so all cars (not just cosworths) built after this date are exempt unless you have owned them and lived in the UK for 12 months prior to importing the car.
On a side note i have just come across the damaged escos that was here in WA the guy decided to sell it and i have bought it, going toturn it into a track car, as it can not be road registered.
Pics of it.
Hi Ossie Cossie,
I was aware of the January 1st 1989 cut off but applied for a discretionary approval stating that the car would never be registered for road use etc but it looks like the only way I could get it in now is under a motor sport import approval, unfortunately I don't have a CAMS license at the moment as I've only been using my bike on the track since selling of all the MK1s Group 4 parts a few years ago. They're supposed to be calling me to go through a few things and I'll see about swapping the import application over to a motor sport one under the provision I go and get a new CAMS license if that's a way around things.
Cars built after January 1st 1989 can be imported provided they are on the SEVS list, all Cosworth models are on that but the lower spec Sierra's etc are not. The only options for them are to be brought in under motor sport applications, discretionary approvals (which I'm trying to do) or to have been owned and used in it's current location for at least 12 months. Hopefully the discretionary approval can go through or failing that let me swap the application over to motor sport and I'll have to swing by the CAMS office and get a new license ASAP.
Did you get the engine and driveline etc with the EsCos or is it just a rolling chassis, an EsCos rolling chassis would have been ideal for what to do with it!