thailand cars import to uk
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Hi fellow international piston fans . not used this forum for years but used to be regular user .
So I am currently in pattaya and was in bangkok for a couple weeks .now looking at fb maketplace there are some right classic stunning bargains to be had .So my question is anyone done it to the uk what was the pitfalls taxes ,duties ,costs and lead times .
there a few lads in the uk that I know fancy a mini group buy like maybe four cars at once .how many can you get in a container and so on .
Any advice is very welcome .
Alex
So I am currently in pattaya and was in bangkok for a couple weeks .now looking at fb maketplace there are some right classic stunning bargains to be had .So my question is anyone done it to the uk what was the pitfalls taxes ,duties ,costs and lead times .
there a few lads in the uk that I know fancy a mini group buy like maybe four cars at once .how many can you get in a container and so on .
Any advice is very welcome .
Alex
I looked into doing that a few years back, but other things came up. I think it may be to late. Prices on cars have gone up dramatic in the last years.
I shipped my race car to Malaysia from Uk, shipping was under a month, you need agents both ends, I had one car on a 20 ft, but you can build a mezzanine deck and get 4 in a 40ft.
A mate who races world wide has a container that takes 3 cars and spares, all specially fitted out.
I'd be careful to check on work done in Thailand, some is great, there is a firm in Bangkok currently rebuilding the ecu on my lotus carlton, cant get that done in uk, nneed to buy after market. But some work is crap.
Id also look at heaters, they rip them out even on cars imorted used from Europe.
You need to find some one this end to do work, much cheaper.
I shipped my race car to Malaysia from Uk, shipping was under a month, you need agents both ends, I had one car on a 20 ft, but you can build a mezzanine deck and get 4 in a 40ft.
A mate who races world wide has a container that takes 3 cars and spares, all specially fitted out.
I'd be careful to check on work done in Thailand, some is great, there is a firm in Bangkok currently rebuilding the ecu on my lotus carlton, cant get that done in uk, nneed to buy after market. But some work is crap.
Id also look at heaters, they rip them out even on cars imorted used from Europe.
You need to find some one this end to do work, much cheaper.
Thank you for the detailed reply, as for pricing have been watching the Thailand market for a while and still seems within reason to import a good few classic cars, corolla's older Nissans which seemed to have fared well in the hot climate .And the margin still seems there for profit after shipping and taxes. good luck with your ecu in my top ten car garage, you are a very lucky fella 
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