I am looking at a couple of cars in Michigan ,I am from Ontario Canada,The draw back is they have no ***les and listed as parts cars,,,What kind of trouble would I have getting these things into Canada ?
The only thing I've ever heard from my friends in Manitoba, is that the duty on parts is hefty and the border humps were skeptical of low ball receipts. I got the big h***le several years ago for bringing impala parts from Canada back into the US, originally a US car bought and parted out in Canada, with copies of all the paperwork. The NoDak jack booted dumb*** didn't believe my receipts "your deal seems too good to be true so, I'm going to need to call the guy you bought them from" I told him to knock himself out, gave him the phone number. He came back and questioned me again about the cost of the parts, I told him why the **** would I drive 6-1/2 hours one way in the middle of winter to pay retail.... he said he didn't appreciate my language, I asked him which language did he prefer cause I have choice phrases in several languages! He kept me there till he got bored. s. s.
There's no duty on antique car parts! Don't worry about it. If you give them a real receipt and be up front you'll be OK. I've bought plenty of parts and cars in the US and never had a problem. You try to low ball them you will get h***led. You will probably have to pay taxes but you might even get out of that. You're allowed to spend a certain amount (and it's pretty generous now) if you are out of the country for 7 days, but you gotta prove you were gone that long - they will check their log to see when you went across. Might be a good idea to call Canada Customs and see what this allowance is - it's been incresed not too long ago. Good luck.
I've never brought cars into Canada myself but the way I understand it is, you do not pay duty, just PST & GST (14 percent) of the book value or your receipt, whichever is higher. I've also heard not to screw around with the man as they love to show their power. Just keep your unfudged receipts and seller info. Make sure you let the seller know he may receive a call from customs to verify. Other than that what can they do. You're honest and the rest is up to them......Good luck.
You might be in for a real h***le if there's no ***le for the car. It seems a couple years ago Canada Customs changed the rules for bringing an American car over the border. Now you have to leave the paperwork at Canadian Customs for 72 hours before you can bring the car over. I live right at the border in Michgan and i have had friends from Canada leave a car that they bought in the States at my place for the 72 hours and then come back over the border and get the car. If i were you I'd contact Canada Customs and ask about it. If it turns out that you need to leave the car at place near the border and the Port Huron/Sarnia crossing works for you, let me know and you can leave it here for the required 72 hrs. I hope no ones thinks about "sneaking" a car over the border; the Customs guys will most likely bust you and you will lose the car. My dad was U.S. Customs for 35 years and they caught many guys trying it. Remember, they do it every day and have heard it all!
Actually it's the American Customs that need the 72 hours. Two members of my club imported cars to Canada and had to send copys of the ownerships to American Customs so they could check for stolen cars. Canadian Custom didn't give a fat rats ***. All they wanted was their tax money.
That's true. I'm wondering why Canada Customs goes along with this. My friend brought a California car over a while back that hadn't been plated in years and California made him pay for every year that the car was off the road! What kinda **** is that? Like Ca. should have any say at the Canadian border in Ontario.
just hauled a 47 fleetline over to st.thomas for a friend. he gave 72 hour notice to US customs as required. them we failed to stop at US custome Canadian customs had no problem with that and duty was around $27. we did have ***le to the car, my bud said if the car had no ***le it could come over as a parts car but never be ***led for the street again. i was prepared for a h***le with customs but everyone was cool and friendly, i did leave my firearms at home. gipsey
I have brought several cars over. Its very simple as long as the car is over 15 years old and not subject to the RIV. Fax the cars information and the ***le if you have it to the US boarder 72 hours before you bring it over. Then show up on the US side and get them to give you the paperwork you need. Both cars I did last year had ***les, so they only had to stamp the ***le and give me an export form. Then go over to the canadian side. There you will have to pay tax on the purchase price. Just GST. Since you do not have a ***le, you will get a form 1 that will state you are bring over a car for parts only. Used auto parts have no duty.
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