From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Sun Feb 06 2005 - 13:57:11 PST
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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