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Originally Posted by lotus69f2

This falls into the category of "you might be able to get away with it, but it is still illegal". You can not legally disassemble a car that is not legal in the US, then import the parts and reassemble it - even if it gets a different EPA legal engine - and call it a kit car. Both the 340R and 211 are fully produced cars and will not qualify as kit cars like Caterham and Birkin do.

Yes....that is what I thought to....but I have not been able to find a law written anywhere that really says that if you import parts...that you cannot assemble those parts with a US legal engine and tranny and get it licensed
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Now....there is the "if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is a duck" way to look at it. In that sense it can be looked at as being illegal.

Caterhams and Birkins are sold in other countries as completed cars. so that fact that the car is being sold in other countries has no merit. I honestly dont see the difference between a Caterham and what we all (well at least me) want to do.

The question is if you "dissemble" a car. And then use those parts to build a new "kit" car. No where have I been able to find that exactly stated in a law. If it was illegal then you would not be able to put parts from any "assembled" car into a kit car and license it. But obviously you can and done every day.

But I may be wrong. I have been before.

But the real is issue is liability. You have to make sure that it is all done with a legal leg to stand on and make sure it is defendable and that you can afford to defend that position when you kill someone with the car and the insurance company refuses to pay.