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rcviper
08-10-2005, 09:41 AM
http://www.treas.gov/auctions/customs/la.html#veh

Scroll up to the top for pics. I heard they go pretty damn cheap because who would expect a Skyline to be at one of these things. Oh well if you are in that area go for it, if it were within 500 miles of here it would be in my driveway tomorrow.


EDIT: Holy shit, I just read on there closer and they have TWO R32s going up for auction tomorrow, an 89 auto, and a 92 manual. Damn that's insane.
Brian
08-10-2005, 09:51 AM
interesting.


export only.

does that mean you can only buy the car in order to export it?
ZK
08-10-2005, 09:52 AM
Those cars and also that Mini Cooper are RHD and labeled for export only. Not street legal. Probably seized from a shipment coming to the US or someone driving it on the street not legalized.
chlatboy
08-10-2005, 10:19 AM
sux since there two of them.
bgindn
08-10-2005, 10:25 AM
fyi:

When will I be able to pickup my merchandise?

The terms of sale provide removal dates and guidelines for both export only and domestic goods. Failure to comply may result in cancellation of sale, repossession of merchandise and forfeiture of all monies paid. Export only merchandise may only be removed by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) bonded carrier. Contact your local CBP office for information and assistance.


What does EXPORT ONLY mean?

The designation of EXPORT ONLY indicates that the specified merchandise cannot be registered, used, or sold again in the U.S. as a result of it infringing upon some federal regulation (ex. quotas, trademarks or safety regulations). Anyone who purchases EXPORT ONLY property must remove it from the U.S. within a specified period of time. Please refer to the CBP website or export.gov for detailed export information.

hope that helps

harp
IAM_SO_sLOw
08-10-2005, 10:27 AM
that sucks for who ever got it tooken away
rancid240
08-10-2005, 10:30 AM
good find. sucky time though, Ill be at work or otherwise Id go just to check the shit out...
Wei240
08-10-2005, 11:16 AM
and the skylines (or even the supra that was pulled off auction) or any rhd cannot be exported to either canada or mexico, so it's really limiting to who's actually able to buy these cars to be shipped off...
jOeHaCk98
08-10-2005, 11:23 AM
unless you have dual citizenship in either mexico or canada :) me... heh
jOeHaCk98
08-10-2005, 11:24 AM
nevermind.... i cant read.
A Spec Products
08-10-2005, 11:55 AM
bah, i want the cadillac fleetwood

slap on some 14" gold dayton wires and call it a day

dippin low
max_misawa
08-10-2005, 11:58 AM
have them ship that shiet to Puerto Rico
break into down into pieces and send it back
hahaha

Max
m0rex
08-10-2005, 01:48 PM
Hmm... i want some mini skirts. Lol. I wonder how that skyline got sized?
WILDACEX187
08-10-2005, 02:06 PM
ohh i want one of those hayabusas they got. i wonder if they have something like this in nyc.
mrmephistopheles
08-10-2005, 05:30 PM
huh.
The 89 is a GTR and the '92 is a GTS-t.
Brian
08-10-2005, 08:12 PM
screw the skylines.

i want one of the coopers with the union jack on the roof.
sideview_180sx
08-10-2005, 08:29 PM
i wonder if they could used as special vehicles i.e. test mules or race cars as an exception to the rule.
mellojoe
08-10-2005, 10:16 PM
http://www.treas.gov/auctions/customs/vehicles.html
Other cities to find auctions, including vehicle auctions.


Also,
I wonder if they will allow the "EXPORT ONLY" vehicles to be used for PARTS SALE? You know. Export it, minus the engine. Or just strip it and call it done. Or does EXPORT ONLY mean MUST EXPORT. Will they consider a DESTROYED VEHCILE a copmleted sale?
S13 Charlie
08-10-2005, 11:49 PM
Seriously!

Buy it at auction, pull the engine, brakes, headlights, taillights, 5-lug hubs, LSD, wheels, seats, and maybe body panels and call it a day. Or just keep it and export your 240 instead, and swap vins! heh. If only I didn't live in reality..
EdmondDontess
08-11-2005, 04:28 PM
huge liability / responsibility getting it. wonder if you can part it out / destroy it?
elphkotm
08-11-2005, 04:46 PM
have them ship that shiet to Puerto Rico
break into down into pieces and send it back
hahaha

Max

I've heard of people getting them shipped to Canada, getting a legal "donor" 240sx registered in the states, swap all the VIN plates and tag, and just driving the Skyline to the states and driving it around as a 240sx. At a certain point there's no way you can dispute it. What makes the original car an 'original car' anyway? He can just say he did a Skyline conversion.