SPI - WHITE basecoat pics?
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rusty428cj
Rusty Gillis
orangejuiced86;26856 said:
rusty428cj
Rusty Gillis
Barry;26881 said:
He sold the car at Mecum in Fl a few years ago for 33,500. It was no reserve after 10 on a Friday night. Went to a dealer in the midwest who sold it to someone in Australia for a lot more.
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Ash
rusty428cj;26882 said:
Didn't that ring alarm bells in my head! I know this car and know the owner who brought it over to Aus as he is local to me. I have no idea how he got it into Aus with the mods it had. Pretty sure he has sold it now though. This'd be it here:
http://www.mustang.org.au/forum/index.php/topic,15324.msg156236.html#msg156236
I just sold the old corvette to a guy in Australia, still in my garage as I jump through all the hoops to get through customs.
Everything must be valued that you send with the car and here is the most stupid thing I have ever seen:
Every Piece of the air conditioning system was new 134A, I had to have a certified air guy take out ALL the schrader valves and devac the system and I can't even ship the schrader valves with the car, no air conditioning parts not installed, can be shipped.
If this guy buying the car was not such a great guy as going through all this BS, we have become good friends, I would cancel the sale as I have three other people including my youngest boy that want the car and is now pissed off at me.
Everything must be valued that you send with the car and here is the most stupid thing I have ever seen:
Every Piece of the air conditioning system was new 134A, I had to have a certified air guy take out ALL the schrader valves and devac the system and I can't even ship the schrader valves with the car, no air conditioning parts not installed, can be shipped.
If this guy buying the car was not such a great guy as going through all this BS, we have become good friends, I would cancel the sale as I have three other people including my youngest boy that want the car and is now pissed off at me.
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Ash
What part of Aus is he going to Barry? Don't want to throw a couple of gallons of epoxy, clear and black in his boot do you? :highly_amused:
My cars were pretty much standard, so they were pretty easy to bring in. But I also had a good exporter who has helped me out a lot. Lots of stuff brought in in my car that was there for me when it arrived. Only paid duty on the car itself. It can all depend who the customs officer is you get on the day. Pretty much what ever they say goes, you have no choice but to wait or pay up more. They can make it really difficult, which is what I'm guessing your vette buyer's exporter already knows about the port the car is going to. Hence all the hoops to jump. The A/C stuff is a pure joke though, doesn't make sense at all.
My cars were pretty much standard, so they were pretty easy to bring in. But I also had a good exporter who has helped me out a lot. Lots of stuff brought in in my car that was there for me when it arrived. Only paid duty on the car itself. It can all depend who the customs officer is you get on the day. Pretty much what ever they say goes, you have no choice but to wait or pay up more. They can make it really difficult, which is what I'm guessing your vette buyer's exporter already knows about the port the car is going to. Hence all the hoops to jump. The A/C stuff is a pure joke though, doesn't make sense at all.
I have a copy of the requirements and it states in pure Black and white:
If a car air comes in charged, it is put back on boat!
As system cannot be evacuated there. Crazy.
When I did the inventory of the drive train, did not mention the roller rocker or aluminum heads, as the 454 is original block.
Im going to list the T-tops storage bags as no value as factory and see if that fly's.
Also have a front end padded cover that goes on front end, if working on engine, to protect the paint, $400, still thinking how I can smuggle that through, maybe as a $30 value? Factory? That is pushing it.
If a car air comes in charged, it is put back on boat!
As system cannot be evacuated there. Crazy.
When I did the inventory of the drive train, did not mention the roller rocker or aluminum heads, as the 454 is original block.
Im going to list the T-tops storage bags as no value as factory and see if that fly's.
Also have a front end padded cover that goes on front end, if working on engine, to protect the paint, $400, still thinking how I can smuggle that through, maybe as a $30 value? Factory? That is pushing it.
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Ash
What state is it going to, Barry? South Australia? I wouldn't be surprised if that is the case, they are a bunch tight wads in every aspect. Their rules in regards to classic cars is just nuts.
If it is going to NSW though, a lot of this seems quite unnecessary. I know all states fall under the same ruling for imports, but in practice that's now how it goes.
The white 65 Mustang convertible, shouldn't have made it in through customs but it did. And I know it left the US without even having import approval yet. Do you know how big of a risk that is, especially on a car that shouldn't have got it? But it came to NSW and the owner had done the process himself, personally importing cars many times. So as per usual, not just what you know but who you know. If it were just your average Joe off the street asking a local importer to organise bringing this Mustang in, he would have been told that he had no chance and no one would have taken the job on.
If it is going to NSW though, a lot of this seems quite unnecessary. I know all states fall under the same ruling for imports, but in practice that's now how it goes.
The white 65 Mustang convertible, shouldn't have made it in through customs but it did. And I know it left the US without even having import approval yet. Do you know how big of a risk that is, especially on a car that shouldn't have got it? But it came to NSW and the owner had done the process himself, personally importing cars many times. So as per usual, not just what you know but who you know. If it were just your average Joe off the street asking a local importer to organise bringing this Mustang in, he would have been told that he had no chance and no one would have taken the job on.
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cackle
Barry, is this white a pure white...as in no other color added but white. Im looking for the brightest white and noticed the epoxy white I sprayed is similar to the paint chip of the base coat white you sent me.
Ash, somewhere about 5 hours fly time from you.
What this guy did right was use an importer on the recommended gooberment list, so everything is up and up and what i really like about it, is i send paper work and he can get approval that we are doing it right. In my book, its the only way to do it.
So how does that guy get title to the car, if he is sneaking them in? What if he gets caught, what happens?
My Dad always told me when a young kid, don't fool with the Gooberment or Mafia and you will live a long time! LOL
What this guy did right was use an importer on the recommended gooberment list, so everything is up and up and what i really like about it, is i send paper work and he can get approval that we are doing it right. In my book, its the only way to do it.
So how does that guy get title to the car, if he is sneaking them in? What if he gets caught, what happens?
My Dad always told me when a young kid, don't fool with the Gooberment or Mafia and you will live a long time! LOL
rusty428cj
Rusty Gillis
cackle;26904 said:
You can't look at it in the sun it is so bright.
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Ash
Barry;26909 said:
Yes, it must be one of the nanny states the vette is going to.
Everything it still done to what the gooberment wants. Just not as anally. For example, if you had of bled the gas and removed the A/C pump and put it in the boot before anything was ever mentioned about it having functional A/C, you probably would never had had to mention it.
Both my cars came with a boot full of spare parts, but they were part of the cars value from the sale. So no further mention. I also had a heap of new tools and bits and pieces I brought, no mention of them either. I'm quite surprised at the detail you are having to break down what is with the vette. I hadn't heard of that before.
Having a car leave US soil before getting a VIA (vehicle import approval) is quite silly. Especially on a modified car like the white Mustang. If it arrives and doesn't satisfy what is on the VIA, then it'll either sit on the dock and not be let in, be sent back or destroyed. All at large costs obviously, so not a smart move.
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cackle
Barry;26908 said:
Thanks, thats exactly what I need, I will be ordering soon, thanks.
Bob Heine
Oldtimer
When I moved to Australia on a 2-year assignment, I needed to have a decent computer to work from home. The day before leaving the US I picked up the computer, keyboard, monitor and printer and checked the four boxes as luggage at the airport. I was told I had to pay 100% duty on the $4,000 worth of equipment when I entered Australia and would be reimbursed when I took the system back to the states.
I also packed two switchblade knives in my checked baggage. As a one-armed person, US customs allows me to bring two switchblades into the country when I return from places that sell them, like Spain (bought them in Toledo). As our flight neared Sydney, I was filling out the declaration form and it asked if I possessed guns or power-operated knives. I checked yes and handed the form to the customs agent when we arrived. This was 1989 but you would have thought I had a nuclear weapon. The agent asked to see the knife (form didn't ask how many I had) and he inspected and tested the knife for several minutes. He called over another agent and the knife received another inspection. Soon there were five or six agents checking it out. I explained that US law allows a one-armed person to carry a powered knife and they told me "Not in Australia!"
They didn't check any of our bags and the stack of computer boxes on the cart behind me were never questioned. They assured me I could retrieve the knife when I eventually left Australia to return to the US. And yes, that switchblade law is still in effect. Florida has recently proposed making its switchblade law match the federal statute. I don't normally carry one but a switchblade is handy when working in the yard or shop.
After that experience I always declared something, avoiding the random checks on the "Green" line. Declaring my extra half-bottle of scotch avoided a luggage search so my 30-pack of microwave popcorn and container of oregano weren't discovered.
We were allowed to bring 1600 pounds of household goods with us to Australia. That's one air freight container. In the mid-1980s it had been a much bigger shipping container, allowing assignees to bring a house-full of furniture. My company changed the shipping container method because a dockworkers strike in Sydney held up the release of a prior assignee's container for more than 18 months. They got their moldy container of stuff just in time to pack it back up and ship it home.
Australian customs is in a weird wonderful world of its own...
I also packed two switchblade knives in my checked baggage. As a one-armed person, US customs allows me to bring two switchblades into the country when I return from places that sell them, like Spain (bought them in Toledo). As our flight neared Sydney, I was filling out the declaration form and it asked if I possessed guns or power-operated knives. I checked yes and handed the form to the customs agent when we arrived. This was 1989 but you would have thought I had a nuclear weapon. The agent asked to see the knife (form didn't ask how many I had) and he inspected and tested the knife for several minutes. He called over another agent and the knife received another inspection. Soon there were five or six agents checking it out. I explained that US law allows a one-armed person to carry a powered knife and they told me "Not in Australia!"
They didn't check any of our bags and the stack of computer boxes on the cart behind me were never questioned. They assured me I could retrieve the knife when I eventually left Australia to return to the US. And yes, that switchblade law is still in effect. Florida has recently proposed making its switchblade law match the federal statute. I don't normally carry one but a switchblade is handy when working in the yard or shop.
After that experience I always declared something, avoiding the random checks on the "Green" line. Declaring my extra half-bottle of scotch avoided a luggage search so my 30-pack of microwave popcorn and container of oregano weren't discovered.
We were allowed to bring 1600 pounds of household goods with us to Australia. That's one air freight container. In the mid-1980s it had been a much bigger shipping container, allowing assignees to bring a house-full of furniture. My company changed the shipping container method because a dockworkers strike in Sydney held up the release of a prior assignee's container for more than 18 months. They got their moldy container of stuff just in time to pack it back up and ship it home.
Australian customs is in a weird wonderful world of its own...
Bob,
Back in 1980 I bought a new Taurus 357 too carry in my car, reason was it was cheap and if it was stolen, no real loss.
Well must have been 8 or so years ago, visited Jobbers in Michigan and drove to Canada to have dinner with another jobber, because I was going to Canada I left my gun at home, so I'm about car 10 in line at customs and I realize I have two loaded speed loader in my car, if I had known I would have thrown out the window before I got there but there was nothing I could do.
So I get to the booth and explained to the guy and asked if he would just throw them away, don't work that way after a 30-40 minutes of interrogation, they said keep the speed loader and move on.
Sounds simple enough, until I was leaving the country and they guy punched up my plate and first thing out of his mouth was, lets see the speed loaders.
30 more minutes of interrogation, was not sure I was ever getting out of there.
Back in 1980 I bought a new Taurus 357 too carry in my car, reason was it was cheap and if it was stolen, no real loss.
Well must have been 8 or so years ago, visited Jobbers in Michigan and drove to Canada to have dinner with another jobber, because I was going to Canada I left my gun at home, so I'm about car 10 in line at customs and I realize I have two loaded speed loader in my car, if I had known I would have thrown out the window before I got there but there was nothing I could do.
So I get to the booth and explained to the guy and asked if he would just throw them away, don't work that way after a 30-40 minutes of interrogation, they said keep the speed loader and move on.
Sounds simple enough, until I was leaving the country and they guy punched up my plate and first thing out of his mouth was, lets see the speed loaders.
30 more minutes of interrogation, was not sure I was ever getting out of there.