From: Mark B. Anderson (mark@aasurplus.ca)
Date: Fri Jul 11 2003 - 16:21:53 PDT
You are very correct..
the 1956 M-220 that I bought from the US and was no problem to bring into
Canada I cannot export it back to the US..
strange but true.
Regards,
Mark
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From: "Employee@MilVeh.com" <milveh@sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] import reply-form 6
> Unfortunately, the Form 6 doesn't automatically allow
> U.S. manufactured significant military equipment to
> jeeps and trucks to be returned to the U.S.A. Now it
> does a fair job for us when it comes to obtaining
> other nations vehicles and armor, but not ours. U.S.
> vehicles out of country are almost impossible to
> import. Seems a treaty signed into law some 60 odd
> years ago prevents those U.S. vehicles and implements
> of war (that were surplused to other nations or sold
> privately) to be returned to the USA. (Look up Lend
> Lease Act)
>
> Under Lend-Lease, it does not matter as to the age of
> the item, who has it or why, the gov. authors really
> didn't care about that and could hardly even imagine
> why that would be an issue. Their job was to assist
> our automakers like Ford, Chrysler and GM by
> preventing the return of mass quantities of common ol
> jeeps and trucks. That is bad enough, but everything
> else was caught in the big gov. net they cast and you
> and I as little guys will get virtually nowhere with
> them. I've tried and tried over the years.
>
> My conclusion: The people controlling such things are
> mindless, robotic bureacrats and could care less about
> preservation of historic military vehicles or about
> this hobby or our livelyhood that may be connected to
> this importation. Sad, but true, ask Earl Tucker.
>
> Now, if you were a determined person and could afford
> the attornies, I suppose all that changes. You might
> be able to force the gov. to abide by ALL the laws,
> not just the ones they want to enforce, including the
> loop holes that would get you your vehicle. But, like
> I said for you and I, well, it would probably be
> easier and cheaper to mine the iron ore, pound out the
> metal and machine the parts than to deal with the
> government!
>
> It shouldn't be this way I know, and as a US taxpayer
> you paid for those mil vehicles, you ought to be able
> to reclaim them when the opportunity permits.
> Returning those old vehicles sure won't be taking
> profits away from our automakers, so there really
> isn't any need to the law anymore, except for those
> who are anti-gun, anti-military and see no reason why
> need to own such things.
>
> These archaic rules/laws and bad attitudes have hurt
> the collection and preservation of many historic U.S.
> vehicles and planes and thats a shame.
>
> The laws and the rules regarding such imports have
> been administered in the most unfair way possible and
> we have been powerless to do much about it for years.
> Just not enough people of influence in our corner.
> Even though this unfair situation represents a little
> freedom taken away, but people forget that losing any
> freedom, large or small, really affects everyone.
>
>
> Best of luck to you...sorry about getting on the soap
> box, but you struck a nerve! lol -Jack
>
> --- Cav43rdBn@aol.com wrote:
> > I know from reading that getting the Form 6's signed
> > to import US-made armor is practically an
> > impossibility
> > now. So we can't go off to southern BFE and bring
> > back
> > the Shermans or Stuarts that we'd like.
> > But if this is the case, how did several collectors
> > (and a few businesses) get the papers signed to
> > bring
> > in the M18 Hellcats and M36 Jacksons that have
> > appeared
> > in the last few years?
> > Favoritism? Amount of $$ in the collector's bank
> > acct?
> >
> > Please don't flame - just curious!! :-)
> >
> > J
> >
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