What are we allowed to bring in?

"Joshua "Dr. Science" Gilbert" (joshuagilbert) 07/10/2014 at 23:40 • Filed to: laws

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One of my top ten dream cars is the Ford Falcon FPVGT/ BOSS 335 (maybe the Ute version.) Ford BOSS awesomeness that reminds one of the Pontiac GTO/G8 of late while still dwelling in the Mustang-sedan grey area.

I want it here. And I wanted it tomorrow. Oppo, how can any UK/AUS/niceJDM car be brought to my driveway?

How can it be:

1) Legally imported and not dumped overboard in the harbor by zealous/jealous customs agents.

2) Altered/detuned/reseated in such a way to be legally imported?

3) Disassembled? Bought part-by-part?

What are the laws? Does there exist an excel spreadsheet containing all legal vehicles (trucks and cars, all makes and year) and conversely, all the illegal ones? What makes them illegal?

Also does this site exist only to tease? !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

Dsscats > Joshua "Dr. Science" Gilbert 07/10/2014 at 23:44

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You can't bring those in. 25 years or older only.

daender > Joshua "Dr. Science" Gilbert 07/10/2014 at 23:47

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Can't bring it over for 25 years, unlike the Holdens that you can sneak in as Pontiac G8s.

itschrome > Joshua "Dr. Science" Gilbert 07/10/2014 at 23:48

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INDYDFX- Daily FiSTer > Joshua "Dr. Science" Gilbert 07/10/2014 at 23:49

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Yeah by the looks of it, you can't have em... However, your loss is our gain as more of them stay in 'Straya!

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > itschrome 07/11/2014 at 00:01

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I think this is one of those 'don't meet your heroes' things.

God they're woeful.

itschrome > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 07/11/2014 at 00:03

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I like woeful...

ranwhenparked > Joshua "Dr. Science" Gilbert 07/11/2014 at 00:06

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The only way to do it is if a) the car was certified for sale here when new by going through all the EPA and DOT testing or b) its 25+ years old.

Joshua "Dr. Science" Gilbert > ranwhenparked 07/11/2014 at 00:06

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Can you have a car shipped to an EPA or DOT facility and have it approved?

ranwhenparked > Joshua "Dr. Science" Gilbert 07/11/2014 at 00:10

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DOT certification includes destructive crash testing.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > itschrome 07/11/2014 at 00:12

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fair enough. I learnt how to do burnouts in one back in the day though, they were good for that.

PS9 > Joshua "Dr. Science" Gilbert 07/11/2014 at 06:02

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EPA + DOT cert-ing costs about $100M. Not joking.

UserNotFound > Joshua "Dr. Science" Gilbert 07/11/2014 at 08:36

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Talk to these guys:

http://www.jktechnologies.net/

But since it is unlikely to get "show or display" status since the US gov't probably doesn't consider it to be of "historical or technological significance that would be in the public interest to show or display it within the United States" we're all SOL until the stupid laws are changed or the last few generations of Falcons are 25 years old.

Here is the one I want, an F6 Typhoon. Mmmmmm turbocharged 4.0L inline six.

UserNotFound > UserNotFound 07/11/2014 at 08:37

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Although I wouldn't hate a 40th anniversary either.