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Originally Posted by tvacc
There is one other way to get a 340r or similar car on the road leagally.
You can import a car without engine/tranny as "parts". Then find a suitable replacement US legal engine and have it registered the same way that the Caterhams, Birkins, and other "kit" cars are registered.
There is a fine line. It can no longer be a "car" when it comes into the country. There are many 190's and such in the USA that way...as well as a hell of a lot of Caterhams/Birkins.....etc...etc.
I have often thought of doing that with the 340r or the 211.
Oh...as long at the insurance company knows what you are insuring, they cannot deny a claim. A kit car is a kit car.
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nope... the 340 was issued a manufacturers (non-federal) VIN. it is a production car - not a kit car, not a home built. (these fall under different state police registration laws)
again, and i will say it again - tagging and insuring it in "a" state is one thing - the federal laws that you will be liable to is an entirly 'nother matter! - its not worth the risk of breaking the federal laws that apply here.
as a final note - if you think you have come up with some brilliant idea that nobody has though of yet..... if it were that easy, there would bee renault spyders, 340r,and tvr tuscan and sargis here in country for sale - and i would have allready had one long ago.