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thu187
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Re: Private importers.

Thu, 07 October 2004 12:27

river wrote on Thu, 07 October 2004 21:18

Hi,

Interesting thread. But I gotta question. If I wanted to import a 1974 TA27GT into Australia, do I have to get the intrusion bars and child restraint and all that other jazz?

If so, then how does one import an old Bentley or other old car that wouldn't have this stuff, and you wouldn't put this stuff in it 'cos it would not be original, and, in the case of importing an old classic for shows and stuff, how do you get a car into Oz without having it modded to ADRs?

People import old classics for shows and stuff - and I'm talking old old (1930-1960 vintage) and they wouldn't want it changed from original 'cos it would defeat the purpose of getting the car in the 1st place.

However, people do it and get these old cars into Oz. How do they get that done?

If I get a TA27GT, I wouldn't want it if I had to change things to make it unoriginal.

seeyuzz
river

You need retractable seatbelts for rear seats and child restraint POINTS on the rear parcel shelf for cars with rear seats

You do not actually have to fit a child restraint in there, so it will look fine.

Also side intrusion bars won't actually be visible, in fact I don't know where they go on cars that we buy here lol.
After you get this compliance done, you'll get an engineer's certificate (I think that's the process) but you're basically worried that the car will be modified and won't look like a TA27GT. Don't worry, your car will be fine. You can't notice the side intrusion bars the way they do it and if you REALLY don't want them there, I'm pretty sure if you paid a couple of extra bucks and chucked a shifty... Razz

Not that I agree with this kind of behavior or anything lol.

But I have a feeling you think your car is going to look totally unlike itself and that's not true. If it was, like you said, people wouldn't import all these older cars if they didn't look the same.
Changes are minor, like the rearview mirror in Japan is convex, no flat. You have to change it back. It's little unnoticeable stuff like that.

PM me if you're still worried.

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