Jim
<<Would love to. Except for Carlson, I like the Aussie atitudes. But I
understand the import tax on cars ir terrible.>>
You bring it in on a Carnet ... there's no duty or tax but you agree to
export it again within a year.
This is the way that many racing cars have been brought into Australia and
raced over the years ... its also a tragedy in a way because we didn't get
to keep many of the cars that ran here.
There were some fascinating stories about the way in which the re-export
was done. One F5000 driver reputedly had an arrangement whereby the car
was wheeled out on the tarmac for 'export' on one flight and amazingly was
're-imported' on another flight that had landed at Mascot Airport an hour
before the export flight left!
Seriously though - there are a lot of advantages in Americans rotating cars
through Australia:-
* Our labour rates are much lower ... the cost of the trip can ge made up
in the value of improvements to the car while in the country.
* We race all year round in Australia.
* Sydney has three full time race circuits - Oran Park, Eastern Creek and
Amaroo - all within 1 hour's drive. Wakefield Park and Bathurst are 2
hours away.
Beats bench racing!
regards
Jeremy
Age & Treachery Racing Australia
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/atroz
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