Aircooled VW South Africa

Good to see somebody's trying to bring them in and not taking them out.

Technically he is exporting....

You right,

But he is a Robin Hood Exporter...

He takes from the rich (with Splitys)..

And gives to the poor (with Splitys).



Herman

And he de values all the busses in SA because once someone figures out the best way of importing second hand cars into sa restored bus will cost 100k killing our values and the hard working bus restorers business

Don't think he will get much business as those busses is lhd and not easy to register. Just thought it interesting that somebody wants to bring them in and take them.

62vwbeetle wrote:And he de values all the busses in SA because once someone figures out the best way of importing second hand cars into sa restored bus will cost 100k killing our values and the hard working bus restorers business

Sorry, do not agree with you on this one, as his imports will be used as parts to rebuild the local buses, exactly as the Brazilia's are being used today.

To convert a Split from LHD to RHD will be to costly, just by the cost of the dash alone.

Lets just thank him for a cheap supply of spare parts.

Herman

Orr cheap restored lhd busses we all know a lhd classic can find its way onto enatis given enough time and palm grease

62vwbeetle wrote:Orr cheap restored lhd busses we all know a lhd classic can find its way onto enatis given enough time and palm grease

I think registation will be a minor issue, import cost, taxes & duties on a complete import will break the deal.
I know a importer who brings in grey stock & American muscle cars, a car thas costs him around R100000 in the US by the time it lands & all costs & red tape paid he is looking at R220000.
The only whay around this is to bring it in as spares, with seperate shippments of chassis, engine and suspensions.

Yip I know a dude that does it with muscle cars. Arrive fully restored in a crate and takes a week and it's registered and on the road. It costs a few Zar u are right

https://m.facebook.com/groups/116864801 ... f=bookmark was also going to start a thread on this. Looks like it's a costly idea

Just for interest sake, had some feed back from Fred Roodt
This is what it will cost according to him if you bring in a bus of 50k
something like this



ZAR
Customs value 50 000
Customs Duty 12 500
Excise Duty 945
Customs VAT 9 582
Shipping (Door-to-Door) 66 562
Marine Insurance @ 1.5% 550
Permit Application 1 800
Agency Fee @ 8% of Disbursements 7 211
Total cost 149 150