From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhtsa!alice!wookie Newsgroups: net.auto Title: Federalizing cars Article-I.D.: alice.1581 Posted: Thu Mar 10 16:40:24 1983 Received: Fri Mar 11 05:54:12 1983 I too remember the one shot deal on bringing in a non-legal exotic car and in fact the guys at Automotive Research and Certification who do this work had mentioned it in a conversation. However I do know of a guy in Pennsylvania who bought a Mercedes through a relative in Germany. After spending $1600 to import the car he went to pick it up and the customs people asked for the necessary $4000 bond to insure he would get it federalized. He was completely unprepared for that event but came up with the cash. He spent a year trying to get the car federalized but never found anyone. The car was then shipped back to Germany since it could not be registered! Anyone have the answer to this? Keith Bauer White Tiger Racing Bell Labs Murray Hill