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Location: Maryland
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Will a 1979 911 from
Japan or Europe be street legal in the U.S.? I read there are smog exemptions for cars that are 25 years and over. What else am I missing from DOT/EPA/state laws? Do the bumpers meet U.S. safety laws? The base 911 is not a gray market vehicle correct?
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02-19-2006, 11:17 AM
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After 25 years from the production date (or model year,) you can import a car and not have to meet EPA or Dot regulations. You will have to pay an import duty.
The EPA concerend itself with emissions standards and the DOT dealt with safety issues. Any car that did not originally meet US regulations and was privately imported was labeled "gray market." The bumpers were the same; the attachment struts were different. The rear bumpers had different rubber bumperettes. ROW cars had rubber impact strips in the fornt bumpers in place of side marker lights. JR |
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02-19-2006, 11:24 AM
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