Documentation Required to import a car from the UK
 

Hi All,
Has any one imported a car into Canada from the UK recently?, please could you let me know what documentation you needed to clear Canadian Customs?
I'm looking to import a classic car as a non running project car, It's listed on my B4 goods to follow and I have the V5 but no receipt of purchase. Is the V5 enough? :fingerscrossed:

Also does anyone know of any car storage facilities in the Ottawa area that will take a non running project car (some require cars to be running when they arrive)?

Many thanks in advance

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Have fun reading these links

Memorandum D19-12-1 - Importation of Vehicles

https://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/motorvehicl...ation-1344.htm

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On Tuesday I imported an older British car from the US. I have little tolerance for forms so I paid a customs broker $300 + the form 1 charge (<$30) to make it happen. I should think a customs broker could sort out importation from anywhere.

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Well that cured my insomnia :lol:
Thanks for the links Former Lancastrian, the car is over 15 years old, so there shouldn't be any problems there. I've got a company in mind for the pre-export cleaning. The only thing is I am having trouble finding the original receipt so I was wondering if the V5 was enough.

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thats a good tip many thanks, did the broker ask you for any of the cars documents?
I'm having trouble finding the original receipt.

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Yes. I used a shipping company to pick the car up in Florida and they subcontracted the customs broker. The documents they required were:

- Bill of Sale marked "Paid in Full" with the price paid, that was for the tax calculation which I suppose would not apply to goods to follow as they're not taxable.

- Title signed over to me. Again I think this wouldn't apply as you'll have a proof of ownership document, the V5.

- NAFTA letter, a standard letter having to do with parts made in Mexico. It looked to me as if it didn't apply but I signed it anyway.

Other cars I've imported required a letter from the maker stating that all recalls had been satisfied but this one was "RIV exempt" for being more than 15 years old. Note that the car is now here but I haven't attempted to get plates for it yet, that may be a new adventure in bureaucracy.

What type of car are you importing?

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Thanks DBD33,
Sounds like I might need to keep looking for that receipt :(
Good luck with getting it registered, keep us posted on how you get on!

I'm hoping to import a 1966 VW Type3 Squareback :fingerscrossed:
What toy did you get?

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Austin-Healey 100/6, see attached.

I would think that you'd only need the receipt to prove that you've owned the car long enough for it to be exempt from import duties, maybe you can do that with the date on the V5.

Is the VW LHD?

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The '58 from West Palm Beach?

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Indeed. Did you see it on bat or Hemmings (or somewhere else)?

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If it is the same one, it was at Torque, nice car.
Enjoy, maybe a bit more enjoyment in the summer though.

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Yes, that's the car:

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...00-6-roadster/

and, yes, it's ill suited to the winter. Maybe I should be going where the weather suits my cars.

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Oh that's an interesting website. I fancy this: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...ruiser-fj40-2/

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We did recently bid on a truck there, not that one. The auction ended RNM but I haven't yet tracked down the seller. My experience with the Land Cruiser has rather put me off Toyota trucks, it was a very expensive way to be cold in a car.

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Yes, the irony of buying a classic 4x4 is of course one wouldn't dare use it in winter because the salt would destroy it in no time at all.

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Plates obtained with a 10 day sticker. This is to allow time to obtain a safety certificate which is required for the proper sticker. There was Ontario tax to pay on the Federal tax, otherwise no bother.

I suppose with a non-running car you`d just pay the Federal tax at importation and not register the vehicle until it could pass a safety. I suggest checking to see if there`s a requirement to register a vehicle within a certain date of importation.

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Oh that's very nice, rustproof it to death and enjoy!

The VW is RHD, and a long way from being any where near the condition of your gorgeous Healey.

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many thanks for the tip I'll try and find out about a registration time limit.

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Thanks.

Some more things I have discovered;

- older cars in Ontario can have "historic" plates. The annual fee for a sticker is $18, as opposed to a couple of hundred for an ordinary plate, so you'll want those.

- insurance for older cars is astonishingly cheap. The premium for the Healey is <$700/year. Until recently the premium for the ordinary cars was $600/month.

Now that I know old car insurance is cheap the RHD concern goes away. Modern RHD cars are expensive to insure (which has to do with many of them being JDM models that appeal to high risk market segments) but I doubt that will be an issue with a "classic" policy.

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To be honest, I can't remember what receipts and things I had when I imported a Morgan 8 years or so ago. The car had belonged to my father (who was at that point still around, though incapacitated to a point of not being able to drive) so he signed a letter and got it witnessed by a "local government official" - his neighbour who happened to be that year's chair of the Parish Council or something - to say that he was passing the car on to me at zero cost. I also had the original dealer invoice from 1985 in a whole heap of other bills, but I don't remember showing that to anybody.

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Thanks for that info, that's good to know. Sorry for the delay in reply been up to my eyeballs with work and this migration project, shipping date coming up soon :blink: still tons to do!