hey guys, i might be picking up a MINT s13 from a mechanic friend of mine. here’s the deal, the car is from texas, it broke down in the gta over a year ago, my buddy fixed it, and the guy never paid for repairs. he didn’t call the tech to follow up on the car, he cannot be found, and the car was just sitting in his shop for over a year. so, he is in the works of transfering ownership into his name at the moment, and will be selling the car shortly after.
i don’t even remember where i posted info on this car in this forum, but i recieved a few PM’s regarding the ride.
the plates were texas plates on the ride, the body is in excellent condition, probably the best 240 chassis i’ve ever seen. its red, has a SOHC motor, so i figure its pre- 1991, 5 speed, grey cloth interior. it looks pretty stock, but i think there was a shifter knob and some other basic, basic mods.
i’m gonna go to the shop and check up on the car later today. was just wondering what someone would be willing to pay for a mint rolling chassis. oh, the car runs great and is mechanically sound, would make a good daily driver as well. this is the ideal chassis to build a monster out of, because of the condition its in. i highly doubt u would see a s13 this clean in the gta area, unless it was stored every winter and had one owner.
no need to PM me, i don’t have the car yet, and i’m not sure what red tape is involved with transfering cars over, so it may be a long process. if u guys know the process, please tell me. u can reply in this post.
I know that if you were to try to legimitately (key word) import any S13 from the US to Canada it would be denied on the basis of improper seatbelt anchor location.
the car is in the gta already. the guy had a repair, did not pay it, and cannot be found. the car was sitting in the shop for over a year, i would think there is some way the car can LEGALLY be swapped into the mechanics name so he doesn’t lose money on the repairs he did for the guy.
i could be wrong though, the law doesn’t make a whole lotta sense to me anyway.
This is a fare bit of paper work. When i worked at Canadian tire we had an old hatch back there that was abandond that i was going to buy for the price of the parts that were put in, but after all the legal fees it was cheeper for me to buy a running good shape one.
I hope everything goes well though.
Not trying to blow a sale or anything just trying to make perspective buyers beware that it may take a while, and may or may not be expencive. Sounds like a good car so the price may be worth it.
Im also sure, if the car needed to be inspected to be registered in Canada....its a s easy as saying… Its a 240sx. Considering a "certified car technitian" (your mechnic buddy) says its cool. Than that`s usually ok to most DMV people/authorities.
The only downside is getting a real bastard for an inspector (unless the mechanic is allowed to deem the vehicles saftey, which would be primo!).
There are TONS of avenues to take to find away around this problem.
My guess, with enough time and thought (hopefully not alot) IMO you should be able to get this car rolling in Canada no probs.
If it’s a 1989, there is no problem getting it registered here. If it’s a 1990 you may want to wait a few months to simplify things.
The 240SX is on the RIV’s list of disallowed vehicles on account of the automatic seatbelts. No mechanic can overrule that law. You will run into the problem when the MTO doesnt have the VIN on record, and ask for the ownership… which will be from Texas, if it’s even with the car.
And a mehcanic’s lien applies when a bill has not been paid. The mechanic may transfer the car into his name or the name of the business, but that doesn’t mean it is registered to drive on the road. However, if the car has any other liens on it, they may take precendence.
Just because it’s here doesn’t mean it’s legal to be driven here by an Ontarian. Clearly the guy just crossed the border and left it here.
It’s not the automatic seatbelts per se, Axlerod. It has to do with that system’s seatbelt anchor mounting location. They fail to meet the requirements of CVSS 210. My friend imported an Escort from the US with passive restraints and there was no problem with that. So I know it’s not the seatbelts being automatic in themselves that is the problem.
And you’re right, seatbelt anchor location modification is illegal.
it definitley has to do with the anchor points because you see many other cars in Canada with automatic seatbelts that are legal, because they are mounted in more suitable locations.
i heard if you switch them over to the manual ones, you’re good to go. is this true?
No. Those cars are still inadmissable. From what I could ascertain, they are inadmissable even as parts… but this is contrary to the stories I’ve heard, i.e., cars being accepted, ‘on their way to the scrap yard’.
“Canadian legislation does not allow modifications to the seatbelt anchorage system.”
“Where a vehicle has been determined by its manufacturer as not meeting Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 210, that vehicle is not eligible for importation into Canada under any circumstances.”
I know it wasn’t for the fact that they are automatic, just pointing out the difference. Anyways!
Sure you could import it as parts, but then it’s illegal to reassemble them and drive it as a car (even if it never actually was in pieces). There are any number of ways you can get a car into Canada, and it has been discussed here before when some people wanted to promote and sell JDM cars that were newer than 15 years old. All of the ways to get the cars here make them grey market cars at best, and if customs had the resources to track down such things (or if they were reported) you can be sure that the cars would be impounded and cut in half. There’s no way to imprt a car legally, other than the 15 year rule, if it has been disallowed here.
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I poointed out the Quest,
soo shoudln’t it be not a problem to import a 240 w/ those seat belts since we have the Quest/Villager w/ the same seatbelts here?
my girlfriend’s family has a villager (aunt has a Quest), it was weird to have the car slap the seat belt on me, my hands automatically went to look for the seatbelts that didn’t exist
The point is that both the Canadian AND American Quests had those seatbelts. They were certified to Canadian standards. This is irrelevant to the 240SX. For whatever reason, they didn’t pass. The 240SX and the Quest are completely different, it doesn’t matter that they both have the same “type;” the seatbelts are different.
my hatch is from florida and I have the automatic seatbelts, I had no problem bringing the car over to canada.
I don’t see why this car would be any different. Other then the fact that the mechanic is seasing the car.
I would like to know how much this car is going for.
Pics would be really cool if possible.
It has something to do with the position of the seat belts, certain years of the s13 240sx are not allowed to be imported from the US to Canada. It is not simply that they are automatic seat belts, there is more to it than that.
Bottom line is that you cannot register it without replacing the seat belts, I am not sure about any other things that might have to be changed.
