TheOtherEric

Trying to figure out the laws around importing a race car from Canada. Looks like you have to DESTROY it after 5 years or else send it back.

I'd have to think there's a way around that. Anyone have any experience?

J richard

I may be naive here but if you have a bill of sale/title and it's never registered for the road, why would it need to be "imported"? throw it in a trailer and bring it down...

Kurt R

Reading that NHTSA stuff makes my head hurt. But I think you're right. If someone in Canada built the car from a street car, you'll have to crush it or export it in 5 years. But if you imported something like a cup car, or a purpose built race car that was never a street car, you can import them permanently.

I'm not sure how it would work if it was a car built from a body in white, no vin, never on the street. I would think it would be permanent.

mclaudio

Depends on the age of race car as well as use of car i.e. dual use or pure race car...

I imported a Porsche Rothmans Challenge race car from Canada. It had a Canadian title. With the help of PCNA, I was able to get paperwork to show car's conformance to DOT/NHTSA when originally produced. This allowed me to make the car streetable and registerable in the US. Follow the rules for importing a street production car to the US. After gathering all the paperwork including EPA exemption, I used a customs broker.

If the car is a pure race car and not a street car, then there's no need for it to "import". Just trailer it over the border.

Professor Helmüt Tester

I'm on the same page as ^^^this guy^^^

Have Canadian owner town it down here to a track. Amazingly, when he goes home, he has no car with him.

Really.

jgrant

With all do respect, that is the worst advice possible. I basically did just that, and was fined 100% of the sales price of the car by US Customs.

tsheehan

What happened to NAFTA? If it is a race car you don't need a tittle. If you run it hard it will be destroyed in five years and if its not destroyed the parts on the car will all be non canadian. To bad on the fine from USA customs seams like FUBAR to me. What if you traded the car for a magic bean? The car is Canadian, how about you trade for the car for a case of beer?

Regards
Tom

FredC

that's the way to go.

Brian P

Why would a Canadian want American beer?

FredC

hey hey... my favorite beer in the world is American... Sierra Nevada Pale Ale!!!

Kurt R

What are the two women on the left drinking?

jgrant

They're the underage ones, and weren't allowed "real beer" as a result.

CWay27

That horse **** liquid they're drinking that you guys call beer which sells for less than juice in canada, is also owned by the Molson family

RSRRacer

And one of the co-founders of Sierra Nevada races a 997 Cup Car!

I just bought one of his!

Kurt R

OK, after reading your other thread I have a couple questions.
Was it built into a race car in the US or Canada?
Does the current owner have the bill of sale or import records from when the car was bought in the US and brought into Canada?
Could it be brought back into compliance with EPA and DOT standards, even temporarily? (Might not matter if it was built into a race car in the US)