-=> Quoting Don Dellmann to Olav Geisser <=-
 
Howdy Don,
 
 DD> It's a Federal thing, Customs in collusion with the EPA (Environmental
 DD> Protection Agency.)  Anybody bringing a car "home" with them will face
 DD> the same thing.  The only exceptions I know of are cars brought into
 DD> the  country temporarily for racing or show, cars destined for museums
 DD> which will never be "plated" and driven, or cars purchased NEW, through
 DD> an American Dealer, but with arrangements made for the car to be picked
 DD> up at the foreign (usually european) factory.  There are some
 DD> exemptions for "collector" cars too, I'm not sure of that anymore, so
 DD> it may be easier for something from the 1960's or older.
 
Well talking to an importer of 2CVs it seems like they loophole them through 
the Antique/Classic classification. Namely if the chassis is 1966 or older it 
gets waived right through. Also some P.O.E.s (Ports of Entrys) are more lax 
than others. I have seen some European spec. cars on the Texas highways and 
even cornered one with the European plates on it and he had brought it 
through 
one of the smaller ports and after they figured out that there was no listing 
for that car they waived it through. He had even been running it with the 
Euro 
Tags for 3 years at that time.
 
 DD> There are other ways to do it, but they ARE "illegal" and outside the
 DD> scope of this echo :-)
 
Er...yea. Then again is there much that isn't illegal these days?
 
 DD> ... He then left in a Huff (A small German sportscar).
 
Someone did a story on the Mighty Huff awhile back 
wish I still had acopy
 
Happy Trails
                bRad
 
 
 
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