waltermitty wrote:kombibob wrote:engine and brakes will be no prob, i can give you the number of the guy in brisbane that approved my split (also with subi motor) 😉
Not correct , to import it needs to be stock but once here you can get the mods engineered and then register with the goodnesses. Mitchell
Does anyone really know or is it what people think ?
my take on it is, you have to declare the mods, but whether that changes things well that's another question. The reason you have to declare is to determine whether it can be imported as a pre 1989 vehicle. I understand that major mods such as changing the engine i.e a Scooby lump would mean it couldn't be imported as a pre-1989 vehicle, But this wouldn't mean I couldn't import it if it was fitted - it just means that it wouldn't come under the pre-1989 label - it would be classed as the year it was fitted. If imported under the pre 1989 scheme the van would be exempt from some of the concessions.
I will put the air-cooled back in for this one.
The fact that the brakes are fitted again doesn't mean it can't be imported - I mean come on - just because you change the brakes doesn't make it a 2011 vehicle ! some common sense required i think. Hopefully this won't make a massive difference to the import side of things - we'll wait and see.
