[tcb] Re: This would be confusing
- From: Neil <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:31:00 -0800 (PST)
Or, Pull a Johnny Cash and bring it into the country,
one part at a time, then reassemble...now, what WAS
the name of that song???
--- Dan <ThatVWGuy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I wonder if it would be possible to use the sheet
> metal and misc parts from a H20 cooled SA bus and
> convert a US bus using those parts and an engine
> from a US H20 cooled VW? Everything emissions wise
> would be US spec and the safety bits would still be
> under the regs of the original bus? Lot of work yes
> but less than $30K.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ATX BUS
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 2:05 PM
> Subject: [tcb] Re: This would be confusing
>
>
> Here is a link for info on importing a car.
>
>
>
http://www.foreignborn.com/visas_imm/entering_us/7importingyourcar.htm
>
> Basically it says that most cars must be designed
> as a US import or most likely it will not comply.
> If this is the case it needs to be brought into
> compliance, exported or destroyed.
>
> As far a plate changing, I would hope most agents
> at a border check point would recognize a
> Mexican/Brazilian vehicle and not confuse them with
> a 30+ yr old US vehicle.
>
> I think it would be easier to have a foreign
> driver take it across with foreign plates. I see
> Mexico plates all the time.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:10:14 PM
> Subject: [tcb] Re: This would be confusing
>
> this could get me arrested but what if you brought
> license plates and "plates" down there and picked
> one up that was in decent shape used put your plate
> on it and your "plate" on it and just drive in like
> you "drove" out.
>
> seems pretty easy...now it's just comming up with
> the bread. i already have the plates...so what if it
> says it's a 69 we will all know that it really is a
> '08.
>
> how does the guy at eureka in the 98 mexi beetle
> drive his?
>
> > Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:02:44 -0600
> > From: mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [tcb] Re: This would be confusing
> >
> > I've heard that you can get them to Canada, then
> you find a logging road that
> > is not gaurded and your in. Find an old bus with
> a title and your Golden.
> > Only problem is that because it's not legal you
> can't get finacing and and with
> > a price tage and import fee's in excess of 30K I
> can't afford one.
> >
> > I asked a salesman at Danbury in the UK about
> shipping one to me and he said no
> > problem, but customs would not let me have it.
> >
> > My last thought was that we could all move to
> Brazil and have new buses,but
> > then they wouldn't be special anymore if
> everybody had one.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Quoting Katrina <k.d.martin@xxxxxxx>:
> >
> > > Bad thing is...I have wanted one of those for
> a while, a new bay window
> > > bus...Can't have one because they're not
> allowed in the U.S.
> > > Kinda a jip to me, we can ship all our cool
> stuff to them, but NOOOOOOO we
> > > can't have a new bus, they wouldn't pass our
> driving inspection here.
> > > (that's what Dan told me)
> > >
> > > Katrina & Dan Martin
> > > 71'bus "Homer"
> > > http://web.mac.com/danandkatrinamartin/
> > >
> http://ical.mac.com/danandkatrinamartin/Volks32Shows
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wednesday, January 23, 2008, at 11:14AM,
> "Brian Denning"
> > > <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >i'd love to have that metal dash
> > > >
> > > >Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:02:30 -0800
> > > >From: mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > >Subject: [tcb] This would be confusing
> > > >To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > >
> > > >A water cooled Bay window camper
> > >
>
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=559927
> > >
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