[FWDLK] Importing A Forward Look Car From Canada

[Richard Woodside <rwoodside@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Don't be mislead by anyone who gives advice based
solely on their own fear and ignorance of the facts.

Importing a Forward Look car from Canada is simple.
Vehicles more than 25 years old are exempt from both
NHTSA and EPA requirements. All you have to do is fill
in one form for each department to show that your
Forward Look vehicle is more than 25 years old, and
you're done with the border crossing.

You'll have the bill of sale from the seller and the
seller's original title document (Thy's car is coming
from Quebec, isn't it?).

Here's the starting point from the US Customs and
Border Protection web site:
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/clearing/automobiles.xml

Here's the NHTSA web page to tell you about their
requirements:
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/import/

Here's the HS-7 form you need from NHTSA:
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/import/hs799short.pdf

All you have to do is fill out the vehicle info at the
top and your own info at the bottom. Assuming this is
a pre-1983 Forward Look vehicle, just check off Box 1
(the vehicle is 25 or more years old) and fill in the
date of manufacture. If you don't know the date
because the Forward Look vehicle was manufactured
before those labels appeared in the door jambs, just
fill in the year. Or, pick a month and year -- only
the build sheet could give a more correct answer.

Here's the EPA web page to tell you what they want:
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/imports/

and here's the EPA form 3520-1 you need:
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/imports/forms/3520-1.pdf

All you do is fill in the vehicle info at the top and
check off Box E, indicating that the Forward Look
vehicle is at least 21 years old, in which case, it is
exempt from EPA requirements.

Now that you have imported the car into the United
States, you'll go to your local DMV with the seller's
bill of sale, the seller's original title from Quebec,
your copies of your NHTSA Form HS-7 and your EPA Form
3520-1, and then you will have to comply with your
state's DMV requirements just the same as with any
other used vehicle purchase.

Check here:
http://www.dmv.org/
or here:
http://www.dmvusa.com/
for your state's requirements. At the least, you
should expect to pay your state's sales tax and to
provide a safety inspection and proof of insurance,
unless you live where taxes, safety and insurance are
not required.

Dick Woodside

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