importing

[yorker]

also how much to convert to LHD? just an option i want to look into. also german cars are LHD anyone had an experience importing from them?

England isn't the only place to get Land Rovers, places like Italy have them and LHD too plus they are usually in nicer shape. Italy for example was always a big importer of Defenders- one of LR's biggest markets. http://raycee1234.blogspot.com/2011/...ntry-2009.html

[davemacinnh]

England isn't the only place to get Land Rovers, places like Italy have them and LHD too plus they are usually in nicer shape. Italy for example was always a big importer of Defenders- one of LR's biggest markets. http://raycee1234.blogspot.com/2011/...ntry-2009.html

Very interesting. I would assume shipping costs would go up from a place like Italy. But def worth a look thanks

[RNZack]

I'm not gonna bid on any trucks whenever I do eBay it's straight to "buy it now". I'm not in a rush to do it and I'm not gonna bring over hunks of crap. Take my time do some research and find something good. If I need to be the one to go over and do it turn do be it.
Zach why was your car in the paper?

Haha...well it's a Volvo so you know, they HAD to write about it. Other than that..I don't know. This guy at a Volvo meet wanted to have his uncle at the Free Press do an article on it.

[RNZack]

10k I hope you mean £ cause any thing for 10k$ is going to be ****. Prices have really been drivin up the last 6 months.

Depends on who you know I suppose... I'm sure you and I both have privileged connections.

[davemacinnh]

Haha...well it's a Volvo so you know, they HAD to write about it. Other than that..I don't know. This guy at a Volvo meet wanted to have his uncle at the Free Press do an article on it.

That's pretty sweet dude

[derekchace]

Depends on who you know I suppose... I'm sure you and I both have privileged connections.

I do but right now 5 door prices are just nuts. Even with my connections every one at the £10,000 mark or more for a Tdi.

[giftshopduane]

Very interesting. I would assume shipping costs would go up from a place like Italy. But def worth a look thanks

It's not the shipping costs I would worry about, its the Italian bureaucracy, lots of hoops, red tape and shrugs! i witnessed one of my customers (who was Italian by the way..) try to ship a Porsche 356 back home to Rome. What a joke!

[RNZack]

I do but right now 5 door prices are just nuts. Even with my connections every one at the £10,000 mark or more for a Tdi.

5 door is a completely different story! I'm referring to cleaner ex-MoD for the most part.

[yorker]

Very interesting. I would assume shipping costs would go up from a place like Italy. But def worth a look thanks

I had a friend who imported from Italy I don't think it was any more $. In England you have the convenience of them speaking the same language but IMHO that is about it. Continental European countries are all LHD and they all have LRs, the southern countries often have trucks that have weathered the 25 years better than those in the north. You don't have to just look at Italy but it was a major market for years, often #2 behind England. Cast your net over more water and you catch more fish.

[greenmeanie]

There are tons of LHD trucks and many of them were municipal. As Yorker states, you just have to look in the right places.

[nate6472]

I have imported 5 over past 2 years and the cost each time is $2000 +\- That is from Southampton to Brunswick Ga

[RNZack]

I have imported 5 over past 2 years and the cost each time is $2000 +\- That is from Southampton to Brunswick Ga

Is that just the shipping charges?

[Broadstone]

I do but right now 5 door prices are just nuts. Even with my connections every one at the £10,000 mark or more for a Tdi.

Even a blind squirrel gets a nut. You just cannot find them from a dealer for under £10,000 because they have all caught on to us wanting these 25 year old trucks.