Re: This maybe a stoopid inquiry but...

[andrew smith]

I've seen an old chev landed in sydney with 4 turbos and 4 holleys bolted to the motor.Another trick was to take a couple of old heads to the states to get them ported and return with custom ally heads(i think the top fuel blokes still do it) although with the low oz dollar its hardly worth buying anything from the states now. Andrew Smith Brad Hallett wrote:  Mates of mine used to go to the US and buy up big on go fast gear. They would then buy an old Impala wagon wreck and put all the gear inside it, and blacken the windows.  Then they would spot weld the bottom of the doors shut, cover the whole thing in oil, dirt and cowshit, and then take it to the wharves to be sent to Oz.  Customs wouldn't touch it so they got everything in for the cost of importing the wreck. I expect it would be different these days ! Brad Hallett http://www.powerup.com.au/~bhallett http://www.datrats.com.au for the best in Nissan Motorsport Equipment -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Terry Rudd Sent: Monday, 11 June 2001 11:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: This maybe a stoopid inquiry but...   When I looked into this the rule was that the car had to be "rolling" i.e. didn't matter what was in it as long as it had wheels. A mate of mine is the presi or something of the Hawker Didley car club in Aus, their pommy mates strip everything out of the car and shove it in a crate and then import the car as a rolling shell.In the old days it certainly was cheaper to gas axe the thing in half and weld it back together but I think the customs boys have got wise to this practice.terry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of andrew smith Sent: Monday, 11 June 2001 10:02 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: This maybe a stoopid inquiry but...   It doesn't work like that.the car gets in id that makes it never to be registed. Andrew Smith Krischne and Michael wrote:  I was always told that a good idea was to get someone to pull off the panels/parts and take out engine, and then import the car as parts and re-assemble together back in OZ.....that way you are importing parts (lower tax)....bit of pain but possibly worth the slight hassle if you trust the gut at the other end...... --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------