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