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Gentlepeople:
I know that any number of folks that are online have imported bodies and/or parts that are not NHTSA/EPA/USDT approved as whole vehicle imports.
From what I can tell, if you just import a body/chassis, you will not run afoul of the EPA because this is a kit car, and you add your own engine and transmission.
So, my questions are: 1. Can you import just a body without engine and transmission (but everything else) into the U.S.? If you do, do you run afoul of any of the above folks?
2. Can you import an engine and transmission into the U.S.? If you do, do you you run afoul of any of the above folks?
3. If you put it all together, do you run afoul of the above folks?
For an example, purely hypothetical, VW manufactures the orginal Rabbit in South Africa and sells it for less than $10,000.00 U.S.. Can I import the body without engine/transmission? Can I put a U.S. spec engine in it and register it as a kitcar? Can I put a South African spec engine in it and register it as a kitcar? Etc. Etc.
If you could give me your purely hypothetical answers, and what I can, and cannot get away with with, hypothetically, it would be greatly appreciated.
TIA,
Wilson
I know that any number of folks that are online have imported bodies and/or parts that are not NHTSA/EPA/USDT approved as whole vehicle imports.
From what I can tell, if you just import a body/chassis, you will not run afoul of the EPA because this is a kit car, and you add your own engine and transmission.
So, my questions are: 1. Can you import just a body without engine and transmission (but everything else) into the U.S.? If you do, do you run afoul of any of the above folks?
2. Can you import an engine and transmission into the U.S.? If you do, do you you run afoul of any of the above folks?
3. If you put it all together, do you run afoul of the above folks?
For an example, purely hypothetical, VW manufactures the orginal Rabbit in South Africa and sells it for less than $10,000.00 U.S.. Can I import the body without engine/transmission? Can I put a U.S. spec engine in it and register it as a kitcar? Can I put a South African spec engine in it and register it as a kitcar? Etc. Etc.
If you could give me your purely hypothetical answers, and what I can, and cannot get away with with, hypothetically, it would be greatly appreciated.
TIA,
Wilson