Rare question! and subject!

Peterj · #1 03-22-2005, 06:30 PM

This is a new one, I guess, but I am serious!

Suppose I want to make a Kitcar here in the DR.
I buy the frame, a nice and strong V8 (

) and the complete kit in the States, have it shipped over here (pay ofcourse the taxes) and build it.
Then I want to drive it and I need a matricula (license plate), here starts the trouble of course! Anybody has experience with this or are there other ways of doing this?

I can imagine buying an old car (with license plate) here and strip it, convert it to my "super-car", insure it and just start driving it. Suppose it's a replica of a ferrari, what will be the reaction of the highly educated AMET-officer when the papers tell him it's a 1985 Pontiac Fiero? (Maybe a replica of a Hummer is better because I have to drive through the potholes of the Metro soon!)

Thanks for your information and of course jokes are always welcome

Hillbilly · #2 03-22-2005, 06:35 PM

If you ship it in different packaging, maybe dirty it up a bit. Declare it as scrap or used auto parts...

Give it a try. I'd live to see it later. But you should bring in a diesel engine for it!

HB

Chris · #3 03-22-2005, 06:47 PM

I've seen weird vehicles here. In the campo where we drive often, you see a Mercedes Benz front with a Nissan load bed. Weird! In a little cambio in Cabarete, just up from Janet's Supermercado, are pictures of 'double' cars apparently built here in the 60's. The longest and funniest limos I've ever seen. Like Hillbilly, I think you may just get away with it. The amusement value always counts for something when you have to deal with Dominican Officialdom!

I vote for a hummer!

Lurch · #4 03-22-2005, 10:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peterj

This is a new one, I guess, but I am serious!

Suppose I want to make a Kitcar here in the DR.
I buy the frame, a nice and strong V8 (

) and the complete kit in the States, have it shipped over here (pay ofcourse the taxes) and build it.
Then I want to drive it and I need a matricula (license plate), here starts the trouble of course! Anybody has experience with this or are there other ways of doing this?

I have been tinkering with idea of importing a 64 GTO convertible (currently in storage), however even my customs guys are giggling about the headaches its going to cause. If you come up with a solution, I would love to hear it.

No parachute comments as it has already been mentioned

rellosk · #5 03-22-2005, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Lurch

I have been tinkering with idea of importing a 64 GTO convertible (currently in storage), however even my customs guys are giggling about the headaches its going to cause. If you come up with a solution, I would love to hear it.

Wow a 64 GTO convertible!! There aren’t many of them left (there weren't many in the first place). Even if you were able to bring it to the DR, I think the roads there would destroy the car. It's a shame about John DeLorean.

Peterj · #6 03-23-2005, 08:27 AM

Well, you want to import a car which is over 3 years old!
That is not allowed here so you will have huge problems.

My intention is different: building a kitcar or replica on an existing vehicle which is already here. A lot of kitcars have the frame of a Pontiac Fiero so if I find one here (with title, license plates etc.) I can build it. There are no limits or rules about importing car-parts whatever their age, so a nice V8 with transmission of 1995 is no problem. And the other parts neither; you have to pay import-taxes of course.

I have once heard about special laws and regulations about importing a classic car (over 25 years old) but be prepared for "battle" because everybody wants something "extra" in her or his wallet at the end of the day!

The other day I saw a Ford Mustang Convertible of 1965 in mint condition (red); this car was imported so it is possible. Try to contact somebody who did this and maybe you drive your GTO within half a year, good luck!

CyaBye3015 · #7 03-23-2005, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Peterj

Well, you want to import a car which is over 3 years old!
That is not allowed here so you will have huge problems.

Ok, first I heard 7 years old, then 5 years old, now it's 3 years old. what's the real story?

I have a 1954 MG that I would like to bring with me to the DR when I retire, is that possible?

Escott · #8 03-23-2005, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by rellosk

Wow a 64 GTO convertible!! There aren’t many of them left (there weren't many in the first place). Even if you were able to bring it to the DR, I think the roads there would destroy the car. It's a shame about John DeLorean.

I had a 65' Coupe Red w/6pack and 4 speed in primo condition. Sold it last year. Honestly I wouldnt want to drive that bad boy here anyway. Traction Bars, Tricky cam, and bumps would make me an invalid in 30 days of driving here.

Criss Colon · #9 03-23-2005, 01:29 PM

What they "made",was a 1964 Pontiac LeMans,with a "GTO" option package!

But then who wants to "Nit Pick"?

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J D Sauser · #10 03-25-2005, 06:16 PM

After finding out about car prices (due to taxes, taxes and re-taxas at customs) I have been thinking the same; importing car parts and assemble it. You can everything to build any Corvette or Mustang for an example. Sure, parts will be dealt with differently and it will be easier to get them thru under the table by a customs broker... but I think that YOUR real questions (and also mine) is, once the vehicle is created, how do you register a vehicle that never was imported and that never had any papers??

And then we need some adresses for some serious Jeepeta kits

cus Ferraris, Mustangs and Corvettes won't last long on these roads.

... J-D.