Steve Oertwig writes:
> Just received a couple magazines from the lands down under -- very interesting
> New Zealand Classic Car had many great things in it, but of interest to me is
>> a
> 1974 Triumph Estate 2.5 P.I. with overdrive for the low, low price of $2,250.
> Now, the $100 question, New Zealand, is would Uncle Sam let me bring it in.
> Does anyone have the info on this "one life, one car" import rule. Does this
> apply only to pre-1966 cars?
> The other mag was Unique Cars from Australia. It is a one-inch think slick
> four colour rag. Seems custom plates are the rage there. A plate that said
> "We Care" was listed for $25,000. Oh, but many, many nice BCs.
Steve, tell your countrymen about the prices of other brit cars over here.
TR-6s in anything like reasonable nick sell for A$10K-15K (A$1 ~= US$1.30),
and the cars at the A$10K end are usually imported here from the states anyway!
A frustrated, would-be TR-6 owner....
Paul Heuer.
Paul.Heuer@defence.dsto.gov.au
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