1994 syncro

levi · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:37 am Post subject: 1994 syncro

Saw this in the samba ads...1994 s.a. vanagon, and the windows behind the driver do look bigger. Never saw this before.. so, or changes in later models there?
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=732185
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carterzest · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:22 am Post subject: Re: 1994 syncro

the caveman · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:55 am Post subject:

Forget importing it into the states. Just the paperwork will weight more than that truck. You may be able to import it into Canada though. As long as it's 15 years old or more.

foodeater · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:18 am Post subject:

Importing is not going to happen, unless you buy it and store it somewhere in out of the US until 2019.

Actually I read somewhere a few years ago that they (the gov't) was considering loosening the laws regarding the personal importation of motor vehicles, but I have yet to hear anything about actual changes to the laws though, so the idea may have died along the way somewhere.
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hiram6 · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:19 am Post subject:

Wish he had a pic of how the two additional fuel tanks are mounted.
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BlackDogVan · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:25 am Post subject:

The engine swap in that would be pretty clean, Audi V6 & V8's of that generation bolt right up to the SA 5cly bell housings.

gator70 · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:47 am Post subject:

There are engine swap kits for the V6 audi. Even ones that use audi transmissions.

cannedveggiessuck · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:14 am Post subject:

foodeater · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:48 am Post subject:

I've heard it both ways, that the were planning too relax laws slightly, but giving the states more ability to regulate what can be imported.

Also the were laws passed that basically made it illegal to sell any new car where occupants and/or their legs were in front of the front wheels. Thats why all the forward control vans disappeared around the same time in the US.

Currently the federal law only allows for the importation of vehicles that are very similar to those sold in the US for that model year. The manufacturer needs to sumbmit documentation saying that the vehicle (for the model year) to be imported is the same in all but minor details to the one available in the US for that same model year (this makes it all but impossible to bring in vehicles like a Delica or a 1992 or later Vanagon, as there was no imports of these to begin with in those years).This is in effect until 25 years after the year of production, then you can bring anything into the country, but possibly not the state in which you live, as ofter European vehicles have different emission control devices, so you may not pass your states emissions testing if you have any. The proposed changes that I had heard about would change the 25 years down to 15 or 20 years, only on the federal side of things though.
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'82 Caddy diesel-sold
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'81 diesel rabbit-sold
'82 Vanagon auto-RIP


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