Lil-Joe101 is Coming to the U.S. in September, Celica is Coming with me. Options

[Lil-Joe101]

Well I finally did it. I found a private importer here in Oki and my car is heading for the U.S. in February or March. I have been researching and I finally found the answer. For those of you who want to send ur Celis back to the U.S. Here is wut u do. SEND IT BACK AS A K.I.T CAR. Shell in one container and motor in the other. the importer I found is doing just that for me. So hopelfully I can make it to these state side meets. lol. P.S. Send the motor about 3 months apart from the shell. DOT is a stickler about this. But yeah I'm looking forward to seeing You all next year.

This post has been edited by Lil-Joe101: Nov 8, 2008 - 12:27 AM

[darthripley]

I heard customs is catching on to that stuff lately though, but I dunno. It's just something I heard along the grapevine.

that's exactly right.
sooner or later customs/DOT is going to realize these are real production cars & not kit cars.
some have illegal VIN's that belong to another car/model altogether. (e.g. a ST205 with a VIN belonging to an ST so it could be registered & titled here)
i wouldn't be suprised to hear in a couple of years about a lot of these cars getting confiscated & crushed.

personally, it's something i wouldn't do but, i'm old & don't want to see a car taken away from me & crushed