Full restoration pre-89 import
Discussion
Our pre89 car should be here in a couple of weeks.
The whole process has been reasonably smooth thanks to the help from this forum.
Our car is as rust free as I could find as I'd heard stories of rust buckets being sent back on the next boat. However, is there any way you could get import approval for something that would need a full restoration?
The whole process has been reasonably smooth thanks to the help from this forum.
Our car is as rust free as I could find as I'd heard stories of rust buckets being sent back on the next boat. However, is there any way you could get import approval for something that would need a full restoration?
It is not the DOTARS role to assess whether a car is viable for import. For them you just need to jump through the hoops for import approval. The only time they may have you send a car back is when you don't meet the criteria for importing and have just landed a car here without any form of approval and you can't get compliance done.
I can't see any scenario where a car would be turned around as a result of rust, it might just never be economically viable to get it through compliance and road registered.
DOTARS won't care when issuing the import approval as they just check it meets the import rules, customs won't care when clearing the vehicle so long as the VIN numbers aren't rusted out as they just check an approval is in place and collect the taxes and quarantine won't care as they're only interested in making sure it isn't covered in mud/full of squirrels.
Only time it will become an issue is when meeting the requirements for registration, and then they don't have the power to send a non-compliant car back. Worst case it just couldn't be registered so could never be legally driven on the roads, thus making for an attractive and unusual garden ornament or end up being sold to a wreckers/stripped for parts.
DOTARS won't care when issuing the import approval as they just check it meets the import rules, customs won't care when clearing the vehicle so long as the VIN numbers aren't rusted out as they just check an approval is in place and collect the taxes and quarantine won't care as they're only interested in making sure it isn't covered in mud/full of squirrels.
Only time it will become an issue is when meeting the requirements for registration, and then they don't have the power to send a non-compliant car back. Worst case it just couldn't be registered so could never be legally driven on the roads, thus making for an attractive and unusual garden ornament or end up being sold to a wreckers/stripped for parts.
Under the pre-1989 rules there are no guidelines on condition- you can import a car thats a complete mess/ accident damaged that needs a full restoration providing its safe (no fuel/ battery connected etc)----- however you will find its far cheaper to get the work done pre-shipping. Thats what I do, all work is done before I ship the vehicle.
I completely forgot about that- what a result. will PM the address, bet your excited!!
My Esprit should be ready next week after landing back in September......... Had it fully rebuilt prior to leaving ................ ptrtty much all except the clutch cable which duly broke en route! turned out needed an uprated part due to the hot weather stretching standard rubber ones so have had one made.
stupid Lotus!
My Esprit should be ready next week after landing back in September......... Had it fully rebuilt prior to leaving ................ ptrtty much all except the clutch cable which duly broke en route! turned out needed an uprated part due to the hot weather stretching standard rubber ones so have had one made.
stupid Lotus!
custardtart said:
She's here in 10 days 
If you know which ship it's on check out www.marinetraffic.com and you can see exactly how far off the ship is to get you properly excited waiting for it to arrive. Mine are on OOCL Seoul, currently tracking through the med out off the coast of Tunisia...
ariddell said:
If you know which ship it's on check out www.marinetraffic.com and you can see exactly how far off the ship is to get you properly excited waiting for it to arrive.
Mine are on OOCL Seoul, currently tracking through the med out off the coast of Tunisia...
watch carefully as it passes Singapore - most Pirated place on the planet...... then sulk as it turns around and heads off to Africa Mine are on OOCL Seoul, currently tracking through the med out off the coast of Tunisia...
In all seriousness Marine Traffic is always a few days behind for this exact reason, as it passes Singapore it wont update until its left the area.
It actually shows a feed directly off AIS receivers James so there def isn't a long delay built in map wide. Ships it shows in Port Phillip bay I can see are right where they should be from the window now..
They may stop broadcasting their locations by choice at some points or go out of receiver coverage at times but where the vessels positions are shown on the map rather than listed as "Out Of Range" you can be sure it's accurate to within a couple of minutes for where they actually are.
Would expect they switch off pronto when they get near high risk areas, but I suspect most pirates have heard of radar and binoculars too.
They may stop broadcasting their locations by choice at some points or go out of receiver coverage at times but where the vessels positions are shown on the map rather than listed as "Out Of Range" you can be sure it's accurate to within a couple of minutes for where they actually are.
Would expect they switch off pronto when they get near high risk areas, but I suspect most pirates have heard of radar and binoculars too.
Edited by ariddell on Wednesday 16th January 05:29
ariddell said:
It actually shows a feed directly off AIS receivers James so there def isn't a long delay built in map wide. Ships it shows in Port Phillip bay I can see are right where they should be from the window now..
They may stop broadcasting their locations by choice at some points or go out of receiver coverage at times but where the vessels positions are shown on the map rather than listed as "Out Of Range" you can be sure it's accurate to within a couple of minutes for where they actually are.
Would expect they switch off pronto when they get near high risk areas, but I suspect most pirates have heard of radar and binoculars too.
they dont need a helping hand- if you check through the areas that are high risk you will note in the section in Marine Traffic that states information received .... it will be a few days behind.
there is another pay site where you have to be registered, cannot remember the name off the top of my head but we used to use it when I worked in shipping high risk cargo that will show up to date info.
They may stop broadcasting their locations by choice at some points or go out of receiver coverage at times but where the vessels positions are shown on the map rather than listed as "Out Of Range" you can be sure it's accurate to within a couple of minutes for where they actually are.
Would expect they switch off pronto when they get near high risk areas, but I suspect most pirates have heard of radar and binoculars too.
they dont need a helping hand- if you check through the areas that are high risk you will note in the section in Marine Traffic that states information received .... it will be a few days behind.
there is another pay site where you have to be registered, cannot remember the name off the top of my head but we used to use it when I worked in shipping high risk cargo that will show up to date info.
Edited by ariddell on Wednesday 16th January 05:29
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