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Replying to: londnr (Jun 12, 2006 7:59 am)
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Replying to: british_rover (Jun 12, 2006 8:59 am) Furthermore it may not be the original importer that ends up suffering the loss of the motor vehicle. A second or third buyer may end up having the vehicle seized and destroyed. They won't face any criminal consequences, but they will be out the cost of the car and most likely their only recourse would be a civil suit against the person responsible for altering the VIN - and in all likelihood they will come up against a judgment proof defendant. Not all robbery or burglary suspects get caught - I am not convinced that is a good reason to commit robbery or burglary. While altering the VIN may not rise to the level of these crimes in the minds of some - it involves fraud, it involves deception, it involves perjury and it is wrong. Who knows what other "steps" were taken to get that car into the US?
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Replying to: londnr (Jun 12, 2006 10:29 am) I don't think I have to go through an importer, I think the military will contract the shipping, it just needs to get through U.S. customs and they do that here.
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Replying to: buddy00 (Jun 12, 2006 11:59 am) Although it is early days for you, the current forms are: DOT form HS-7 and EPA form 3520-1 - but they may change before you are ready to do the move. The comment on changing the VIN was posted by someone else, check my earlier post, I am pretty sure that you could rebuild a 1983 110 from the ground up as long is it is maintains its original form/character. As to a different engine broken down for spares, you are outside my area of research, so I don't really know if there are EPA concerns or not. There are some Land Rover places in the US that already offer conversions to the later diesel engines, it might just be easier to have one of them do the work. |
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Replying to: londnr (Jun 11, 2006 7:27 pm) I think the only way to get past the EPA is to keep the original 25 year old engine. I can always ship the new one back as a spare.
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Replying to: buddy00 (Jun 12, 2006 12:39 pm) I can email you the forms to review if you like, there may be some information on them that is useful to you |
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A while back it was heard in the press that Land Rover has decided to extend the life of the existing Defender, and will be equipping it with air bag and so forth. Is there any chance it will meet the U.S. safety regulations, thus enabling it to come back to the U.S. market? Any insiders here? I think lots of people miss it here. That's why people try to import these on there own. I certainly want one. A Land Rover dealership just isn't the same without the Defender in the showroom.
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Replying to: racer_65 (Aug 01, 2006 10:21 pm) As for the Defender maybe 2010.
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Replying to: british_rover (Aug 02, 2006 7:13 pm)
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