From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Sun Feb 06 2005 - 14:14:37 PST
Alan,
Nothing came through on your post.
Sonny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Wise" <awise1@cinci.rr.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Importing a vehicle for off road use.
> > If I were to buy a two stroke Trabant, for example, and the year is lets
say
> > a 1970, that somehow got over here to be placed in a museum but never
> > registered to be on the road in this country, could I register it and
> > operate it on the public roadway?
> >
> > Sonny
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Stephen Grammont" <islander@midmaine.com>
> > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 1:28 PM
> > Subject: Re: [MV] Importing a vehicle for off road use.
> >
> >
> >> I'm pretty sure the importing itself is Federal and not State. My
> >> understanding is that you can't even import it unless it meets Federal
> >> guidelines, period. Someone near me tried to import a hybrid car years
> >> ago without checking and it was impounded at Customs, complete with
> >> storage fees for a year before it was sent back to Europe (UK I
> >> believe).
> >>
> >> Tom, I'd contact US Customs and find out what the deal is, but I don't
> >> think you have much hope of ducking the 25 year rule.
> >>
> >> Steve
> >>
> >> On Feb 6, 2005, at 12:04 PM, m35products wrote:
> >>
> >>> The short answer is "50 states, 100 sets of rules."
> >>>
> >>> apb
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Tom B" <tbryan@nova.org>
> >>> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> >>> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 11:41 AM
> >>> Subject: [MV] Importing a vehicle for off road use.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Hello All,
> >>>>
> >>>> Can a vehicle (Russian UAZ-469) be imorted into the US before it is
25
> >>>> years old for off road use, and then when it turns 25 be registered
> >>>> for
> >>> the
> >>>> road? The vehicle in question is a 1984. The 25 years is the DOT
> >>>> requirement. It is already exempt from EPA.
> >>>>
> >>>> Tom Bryan
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> Yes, because it is over 25 years old and considered vintage in most
states.
> I have imported four vehicles and titled them all.
>
>
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