From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beave!uw-june!emma Newsgroups: net.auto Title: Re: Federalizing cars Article-I.D.: uw-june.333 Posted: Fri Mar 11 09:07:26 1983 Received: Sat Mar 12 08:28:14 1983 References: alice.1581 As I recall, there was a proposal to allow the one-shot exemption, which would allow a person to import one foreign automobile, not available in the US, in the course of his/her lifetime. The proposal died. It is possible to import a car if it is upgraded to meet US emissions/safety requirements. For a while, it was necessary to subject it to the same life-cycle tests that are required for production autos (which sort of implied you bought and did two--one died in testing and the other you kept), however the requirements are a bit less stringent now. You merely have to get it to pass current requirements once. The two "easy" ways to do this, by the way, are to either install an engine from an auto which is sold over here or convert to propane. -Joe P.