anyone have any soild info on the subject ??

im up in the north east and would probably be sending it to the east coast , nyc

any one done this or work in the trade ??

prob be a coss or a rst and some spares ??

thanks guys


bri

 

as far as I can make out, if the car is post 1974 you have one year to make it emmisions compliant or you have to export the vehicle, or use it on closed coure circuits.

Now I know some people have managed to get 3drs over there, as far as I know the rolling shell goes first then the engine follows. I could be wrong though!

You would have to contact Fastmaul for the details

I think Canada is more lax, with a 15 year limit on import cars and emmisions.

 

i didnt think the usa let cossies in,that why they have murkurs.even though its the same shell i thought it was due to crash laws?

my mates takin an rs1600i to canada though.

 

been offerd a move to the usa.

wouldnt be for bout two yrs as alot of ends to tie up before id leave ,

just would be nice to take one with me , owning a h plate s2 , with plans for a resto this year ,

just wondering if theres ways to get it there ?

have friends in canada , poss to get it across the border ? lol

or is a case of rules and regs for getting it ont the road once its there ?

trying to find out about shipping costs and the like ??

i know theres a company in canada making new cossies out of ex 909 shells and the like


anyone else ?/

 

Sign up and ask on here:

http://www.focusfanatics.com/forum/f...?s=&forumid=38

They have looked into getting Cos. in and it can't be done, but there may be exceptions if you are not a U.S national.

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will do mate .

. anyone in the shipping game ?>

how would a rst suffer ??

not really a cos is it ,

and bearing in mind escorts were produced over there at the time ?/

i know they wernt the same but hey this is all guess work ??

i mean i dont wanna resto it and then find out i have to leave it here for my bro as a 18th birthday pressie lol

and i wouldnt be using it as a daily runner

shes getting me a mustang for that !!!!!!!!

 

Shipping aint the problem ,its the laws to get them on the road mate ,as said.Thats cossies ,not sure about RST`s though
You could take it and then just look at in in the garage

 

Wasnt there a member here who had a saph or was it a 3 door over there

 

These are highly recommended for U .S to Here,

http://www.rybecshipping.co.uk/

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bollocks to that clive if it goes its coming out for my runs to hooters lmao

and im sure there will be a local track i could get it on

 

http://www.foreignborn.com/visas_imm...htm#prohibited

looks tough, must meet federal emmisions standards, bumper laws etc

 

im wondering how i find out what i nned to do to get it to the dot reggulation standard , i mean if it needs work i may be able to incorporate it into the resto build ??


could barely undersatnd half of that junk lmao

anyone reaserched it more ??

 

The problem with impotring a car and bringing into US DOT/EPA compliance is that they will not allow you to do the work yourself, it has to be done by a Registered Importer.

Try this site... http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/import/

 

bugger and i alays wanted to move to the usa.looks like it'll be australia instead,i know they allow cossies in.

 

If I remember from previous posts on F-Fanatics, you have to provide at least 2 cars for crash testing, as they have never been tested in the U.S.
It's the reason most people are put off. I believe you can have a "show car" but the use on the road is VERY limited.

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If you look at Temporary importing on the above , you can import for 12 months then re-apply for up to a total of 5 years, but it may be refused each year.
Otherwise the car has to be over 25 years old.

I've been searching through here: http://forums.focaljet.com/team-pit-stop/

And you need 3 cars for crash testing plus the one you want to take in.

The only exception is 94-95 Escos as someone has already done the crash testing.
There is another big problem in that no-one can now find and Approved importer for any Cos models.



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makes you laugh when you see some of the shit they get away with driving though.

 

But that's there own shit though, that seems to be O.K.

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focusv8
i know,just seems strange that they dont mind letting cars with bits dropping off them and smoking like troopers drive around,which probaly bont have any brakes etc but wont let in a good car thats they can check and know is sound

 

and they wont allow 3drs in but they have he merker?its the same shell.

 

And they can build roadgoing 1500bhp cars with spaceframes and don't have anything like SVA.

When I bought some bits for my Focus V8 conversion, they had been POP RIVETING the new Transmission tunnel and boot floor in and it was legal there.

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lol now that explains why the floor fell out of the eclipse in the fast n furious not sure what the hell it has to do with the manifold though.

 

question is mate , if i import it for 12 months, and then its refused . what happens to me car !!!

and providing three cars is out the question , hard enought to find a mk 4 thats solid nowadays but shipping 3 thre to find they fail ??

bollocks to that

other option is to get a cos built buy that canadian company i ,mentioned

or stick with a yank toy ??

 

If it's refused after 12months it has to leave the country or be crushed.

.Have some fun with a Yank instead.

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im thinking that route matey ,.

got a skilled bunch of friends so i think i might go ahead with the re paint/freshen up of the rst

with me missus being in the usa

im getting plenty of parts bought deliverd to her and then shipped to me "! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


im sure theres a nice yank toy sitting out there for me somewhere


my younger bro will be a jammy lil fucker as he will be just turning 18 when im about done lol

 

muscle or tuner are yoyr options. muscle would be a camaro,tuner evo or rx7 i reckon

 

shes 19 and wondering what car to get , shes all about scoobys and evo at the mo. she asked her parents for a stang gt but they said its too much of a big boys car

shes 19 ,. and currently spends most of her time rolling around in a h2 on 24s

think id have to stick with a muscle though

big block charged v8

 

what u reckon nil ??

any ideas for a nice mid priced toy ??

v8 mind u

 

alright for some aint it!

muslce it is for you then and an evo for her that you get to use too

 

dunno what sort of cash the stuff goes for there.are you talking old american muscle? like 70's?

 

would be something along those lines ,

up to $ 10thouh id say

and u aint wrong with the alright for some comment mate



im telling her to go with the evo , as ams do some tasy hop up kits

he he

like a kid in a sweet shop

nin check out me post in the rst fourm been hunting down parts for me rst fella ,

what u reckon ?

 

some interesting bits there.b good to use i reckon.#

you should get some good old yank tank for that sort of cash i think.

 

Now you guys know why I buil a 3dr replica rather than importing one, there are a few 3dr/Merkur ringers here but that's a chance I would rather not take. The Merkurs are here because in addition to the 5MPH impact bumpers they also have side impact bars in the door and few other chassis reinforcements that help them meet our safety standards. Lights and glass are also different.

It cost approx. $250K to have a car tested by DOT/EPA before it can be considered here for road use, oddly and that enough the RS500 is legal because of it' limited production numbers.

Beefy... you're better off with one of our shitboxes

 

svony - how did Erik (Fastmaul) get his 3dr in then? IIRC, it came from Spain originally, but is it not going to be road legal?

 

i thought that fastmauls was also a mekur.

 

i could swear fatmauls is a merkur
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so is that saying if i had a 500 it would be eligable to have in the usa ???

bloody yanks lol

cant make foookall easy now can they /??//

 

just out of curiosity mate , whare do u get ur parts over there , any good turbo suppliers ect
/??

 

Re-read my previous post...

My 4x4 running gear was already here in the states when I got it, all the other parts I imported from the UK (read expensive), of course now that my car is completed there is supplier here. Actually the supplier is in Canada but at least spares are not that far away now.

 

svony I bet your car shows a few things up over there

 

It does, except no one knows what it is...