[Alvin]

Originally Posted by mscicluna007

Two 73 SD cars for sale.
http://www.cars-on-line.com/73460.html
cameo white auto $100000
http://www.cars-on-line.com/76821.html
Brewster Green Manual $195000 and a website to go with it.
http://www.73sd.smugmug.com/

Originally Posted by njsteve

The white one has been for sale for a while. (I remember the Ford blue engine) The guy would never answer his contact numbers so I gave up on that one a few years ago. Driver quality with crusty, black spray-bombed underside,

Reason your never had seller answer you Steve may be that car was already sold, and/or no longer FS.

I've noticed several Pontiacs listed on that cars-on-line in the past & appear to be grabbed from expired FS ads I recognized off of Craigslist etc. not sure the reason for the site listing the old ads?

[njsteve]

That's possible. But he had posted the car on a Canadian website and I replied within a day of his original posting. No big deal since I eventually found a much nicer car. And I will never go through the grief of importing a car from a foreign country again. (Thanks to NJ DMV).

[SD455DJ]

Originally Posted by njsteve

That's possible. But he had posted the car on a Canadian website and I replied within a day of his original posting. No big deal since I eventually found a much nicer car. And I will never go through the grief of importing a car from a foreign country again. (Thanks to NJ DMV).

Steve, Amen to that brother. I purchased my '71 HO Formy late last October and it is finally arriving later this week from Toronto. Everything I had to do took 15 to 30 days to approve or clear. If I don't have to do it again, I won't. It would have to be the car of my dreams. The seller and I are glad it is finally over.

Dennis

[weranc55]

Originally Posted by SD455DJ

Steve, Amen to that brother. I purchased my '71 HO Formy late last October and it is finally arriving later this week from Toronto. Everything I had to do took 15 to 30 days to approve or clear. If I don't have to do it again, I won't. It would have to be the car of my dreams. The seller and I are glad it is finally over.

Dennis

I bought two cars up in canada before and all I did was take the title to my local dmv and was able to get a title.

[njsteve]

You're lucky. Since Canada doesn't have titles in any legal sense that NJ would recognize, New Jersey considered it the same as if I brought the car in from North Korea. Didn't matter that it was manufactured in the US and shipped to Canada.

[starlightblack]

Originally Posted by njsteve

Since Canada doesn't have titles in any legal sense that NJ would recognize, New Jersey considered it the same as if I brought the car in from North Korea.

Errrr...huh? Every Canadian province has auto titles, some provinces call them a "Registration" (such as where I live). But it is a VERY legal document. Further, has NJ DMV not heard of the Canada-U.S. auto pact and how it pretty much ensured that any car made during the musclecar era was an American manufactured product? Sounds like they need a kick in the bureaucracy.

[njsteve]

Yes, NJ DMV is right out of the stone age. Since the "Provincial Registration" did not say "Title" , NJ would not consider it a title.

Here's an example: NJ DMV required an original or carbon copy of the US Customs entry form. Well, the US Customs uses a computer generated form and has not used carbon paper for approximately 25 years. So, the NJ "Foreign Title Unit" refused to accept the computer generated form and no matter what I told them explaining the facts, they would respond in a perfect robotic voice: "We require an original or a carbon copy, Sir." I had to contact the importing company and they had to hand carry a printed out copy to the Niagara Falls border crossing and have an embossed entry stamp placed on the form. And of course US Customs required a 24 hour waiting period for the return of the document to the importer.

Oh, and in NJ everything involving a foreign vehicle is done by mail. Nothing in person. So they would send a little 3x5 card indicating you were missing one item. I would supply them with the item and then two weeks later I'd get another card that said I was missing another item. It seems that they would not review the entire document package and make one list of missing items, instead they would stop at the first missing document and send a card. Just plain stupid. And keep in mind that this was after I sent them every item on the initial list of documents they requested.

The car got here in two weeks from British Columbia. It took more than three months to get a title here in NJ.