I think you have the answer at the bottom of the info below. What if you
just import the spit as a race car? There are tons of spits here in the
states that could be a donor for a title. Bring the car in as a race car,
rebadge the car with another cars vin and away you go. If that is a bit
illegal for you.. buy a really bad spit to restore and replace everything
below the fuel filler with parts from the race car. :)
John K
----- Original Message -----
From: Ptegler <ptegler@gouldfo.com>
To: Nolan Penney <npenney@mde.state.md.us>; <spitfires@autox.team.net>;
'Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou' <dougnad@bellatlantic.net>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: Importing car from Canada to USA
>
> Whoa there bud and bud'esses'....
> your info pertains to 'in production' vehicles.
>
> You can bring in almost any 'classic' or 'historic' car you want,
properly
> tagged. At least to my knowledge, the 'signed off' and 'printed' law has
not
> changed in the last two years anyway.... at least not on a federal level!
>
> Paul Tegler wizardz@toad.net http://www.teglerizer.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>
> To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>; <dougnad@bellatlantic.net>
> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 7:51 AM
> Subject: Re: Importing car from Canada to USA
>
>
>
> I just went through this with a truck. The end result was I finally gave
up and decided not to import it. Don't remember the web address, but the
Army and DOD (Department of Defense) had some excellent information for the
asking.
>
> The ugly side of it, there are no longer any exemptions. Not for age, not
for historic, not the one time good deal. The vehicle must meet US DOT
safety standards and US EPA emissions standards for the year the vehicle was
manufactured. The DOT specs generally require replacing all the glass,
headlights and crash equipment. The EPA requires all their goodies to be
installed to the identical standard of the US spec vehicles, or, if the
vehicle was never imported into the US, it must go through complete vehicle
manufacturer emissions testing ($10's of thousands, and you'll never
successed in passing it).
>
> You are not allowed to take posession of the vehicle and do the work
yourself. The vehicle will be impounded, and the work must be done by
certain companies and individuals. If, after 90 days the work has not been
completed *and* all inspections certified as passing, the vehicle will be
destroyed. You will be billed for the destruction.
>
> The good side for a Triumph Spitfire is that the DOT inspection isn't too
hard. Pretty fair chance the glass is marked as DOT (easily checked).
Headlight swapping isn't a problem. The safety equipment light parking
brakes and seatbelts and collapsing steering column were usually world
standard for Triumph. They didn't have the resources to build the car
differently for different markets. This is the problem when playing with
grey market BMW's and such, they did have the resources for this. Same with
emissions, particularly for Canada. Many of the vehicles destined for North
America met, and were badged as meeting, US EPA emissions standards. If you
must convert, it will only cost several hundred dollars in parts (don't know
how much you'll have to pay to have it installed) to bring it to spec.
>
> Car parts, and racing vehicles, are exempt btw.
>
> >>> Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougnad@bellatlantic.net>
09/17 10:01 PM >>>
>
> Hello,
>
> If I were to buy a Triumph from somebody in Canada, how much
> hassle would be involved in getting it imported and registered
> in the USA? Were Triumphs delivered to Canada built to full
> USA spec?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Doug Braun
> '72 Spit
>
>
>
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