Hi Don!
OG>> backwards? Buy your 2CV here in Germany or in France and with 1-2
OG>> thousand   Dollars you should get a pretty good car to do only little
OG>> restoration on   it.
DD> Because the one time I tried, the US Government said I had to post a
DD> bond equal to the value of the car in the US market, which was
DD> non-refundable if the car didn't meet US emission and safety
DD> standards.  (And even if it did, they wanted to hold the bond for five
DD> years.)
That's bad! :-((( I never heard about such pressure from the governement  
before. Our customs we have to pay on american cars (which is 30%) is  
nothing against that!!! Maybe in other US-States it's easier? Or what  
about any tricks? A US-Soldier who drove a 2CV in Europe and brings it  
home? Or a german worker in the US who brings his car with him.  
Theoretically it is legal to drive a car in the US, wich has a geman tag  
if a german person is the owner. And what about fixing the value of the  
car at a very low level? Does that work? E.g. get a bill from your vendor  
that says you bought the car for 100,- bucks? ;-)
Bye,
             Olav
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