What problems,processes and fees are involved with buying a mid-sixties Ferrari in Canada and bringing it back to the U.S.? dannyRB
I'm also interested about the process of buying a vintage car in europe and shipping to the U.S. What, if anything, has to be done to the car and what extra duties, etc, do you have to pay?
For a start, check out: http://www.importexporthelp.com/importing-cars.htm This link has additional links to EPA and DOT websites and phone numbers. If the car in question was made before 1968 (the year Federalization began) you should have absolutely no problems.
I bought a car in Europe and shipped it to the US. (Since some of the car shipping drama was covered in Tom Yang's site I will skip all that.) Let me just say that dealing with Bill at Sea Expo, who handled the US side of delivery, was a fantastic experience. I had expected the New York area port system to be an absolute nightmare but SEA Expo made it just about invisible. All I had to do was pick up the car from Horseless Carriage who had picked it up from the docks and were storing it.) Here is what it cost me given that there was another car in the container to split some of the costs: Ocean freight from Holland****** 835 (split with another car in container) Terminal Handling Charge*** 250 (split with another car in container) Container Dray* 140 Unloading Charge 100 (Horseless Carriage) Custom Clearance 150 (Bill's bill) EPA & DOT Forms 50 Single Entry bond 135 Merchandising Processing Fee 56.70 Harbor Maintenance 33.75 TOTAL 1750.45 Plus 2.5% customs duty on the price of the car. It added about $4000 to the price other then what it would have cost if I had bought the car in the US when all was said and done . Also, since I bought the car from what turned out to be a les the honest broker, (VSOC) I had very little recourse as they were in Holland. I don't think I would do it again if it could be helped. Of course others have had better experiences. Yale 1964 330GT 6097
