# bringing a car over from canada

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bringing-a-car-over-from-canada/25442
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [March 5, 2007, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bringing-a-car-over-from-canada/25442 "2007-03-05T08:29:56Z")
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### Author: ![Jagermeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jagermeister](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jagermeister)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bringing-a-car-over-from-canada/25442/10 "2007-03-05T14:53:26Z")

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Not sure if this info will help or not b/c its a slightly different situation, but here are some notes from a guy who brought a passat syncro shell over.

![http://forums.dubr.com/albums/brilliantyellowG60s-album/000_0030.sized.jpg](http://forums.dubr.com/albums/brilliantyellowG60s-album/000_0030.sized.jpg)

_**well i planned on dropping the back part of the shell at the junkyard, but got there too late  
so i decided to cross the border like that, had no problems, thank god**_

_**the thing is that the Passat is a Non-Conforming Vehicle according to the NHSTA (like a Rallye Golf) so you cant import it unless you go through a Registered Importer (AKA Ripoff Artist)**_   
_ **so i figured cutting it would render it unuasable as a shell and it worked** _   
  
_ **since i could never Title or Register it in the US the shell was useless to me anyways** _   
 _ **FYI the Duty Free limit on car pats from Canada is $800 USD** _  
  
[http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1687747](http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1687747)

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