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Originally Posted by citadel
so this sounds like it is not possible/ feasible to import a diesel?
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It's possible. Just depends on how fast and loose you want to play with federal and state laws.
Many states don't care how the vehicle got here, they just want their money for it. That's not true of all states, so it's up to you to figure out what you can get away with, and how comfortable you are with it.
If I were importing one, I'd just have someone drive it across the border then sell it to me. I would treat it just like I'm buying a vehicle from someone who's in th states and
they've already dealt with "importing" it (which would be true).
You can get a replacement VIN (a club member has one...actually he has
two VIN's...odd story..), so the lack of a (US) VIN isn't an automatic disqualification.
Once it's legally titled and registered your chances of any repercussions coming back on you drops, but you may not be able to move it to another state. There is a diesel 80 in Cali that's been on eBay a few times, the guy can't register it there. IIRC it has a Florida registration.