Thanks for the endorsement!

Thanks for the awesome write-up!

If anybody wants to go deeper into the story, I wrote a piece for Oppo about importing it and a 1970 Crown that got a triple weber 2 JZ swap. The import story made the frontpage in 2014, for those that might remember it.

Though this will probably never be seen...I say buy the car I have for sale right now. It’s perfect for his needs. A/C is freshly serviced, and blows ice cold. It’s practical and obscure. 4 doors, 2 turbos. And its well under the budget. $13,500...the steering wheel is on the wrong side though...

My first job was washing 727's. Specifically the fleet of 727's wearing the US Post Office ‘Eagle’ livery. I (not so fondly) remember at 16 years old being shoved up into the landing gear to clean it carrying a bucket full of chemicals strong enough to eat your skin off. Good times. Only thing worse was buffing the…

I kind of like the first one better.

http://www.urdreamgarage.com/

Best reason to buy...the way they sound...even just slowly driving through a neighborhood. This is Ferrero1911’s car.

I’m guessing you’ve seen this right?

No, not at all. If there is a law against it, it's a crime. Even over a month later, you're still confused.

It looks like this accident (and the other vehicle leaving its lane) may have been caused by a crosswind. I know nothing about top fuel dragsters. Is that even possible? You can see the trees on the right side of the track moving..

Sure, we all miss the awesomeness of two-door SUVs

So very very wrong...Homeland Security trumps DMV. If Jalopnik is going to publish articles on importing vehicles, you should all be required to read the laws you are talking about. They can be found in the 'Code of Federal Regulations'. It's complicated, but as journalists you truly should be researching these issues…

I've owned a Lada for almost two years...I've never seen it...Had to postpone our St Petersburg to Amsterdam roadtrip via Kiev...(only time I've had to cancel a roadtrip due to war)...but I'm told the heat works great.

The owner of that company has been in the car business in some form for a very long time. I'm sure he's not trying to screw anybody, but I think he's making a serious mistake in his interpretation of the law.

Yes he is reassembling a car. If you read exactly what he said, they replace the firewall. It's a unibody, that's a body/chassis combination. The unibody from the Holden is still used. Imported as parts for the purpose of evading import regulations.

Unfortunately that's not actually legal. If you look at the Code of Federal Regulations it's all laid out there. Just ask this guy who ran a company called Kaizo and got busted for it.

Also, that car's illegal. See my reply to the guy who suggested it.

Also, it would have to be on the import eligibility list to be able to be brought in by an RI (Registered Importer). It's not on the list...

Unfortunately that's not actually legal. If you look at the Code of Federal Regulations it's all laid out there. Just ask this guy who ran a company called Kaizo and got busted for it.

I'm surprised the feds haven't come knocking on that guys door yet. While it is legal to import a shell as parts, it's not legal to reassemble it into a vehicle...