Re: Shipping a car from England to the East Coast of the USA

["Fred Thomas" <vafred@erols.com>]

David S wrote ::
> The US EPA and DOT exemption dates are 25 years from date of
> manufacture.  The state you try and register the vehicle in may, or may
> not, have a such a rule.  They're allowed to require the vehicle to
> meet the same standards for emissions and safety as any other vehicle
> of the same age.
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I think you are mistaken on this 25 year rule, U/S cars being manufactured
or imported into the U/S were mandated to have cata.converters in 1974 (not
trucks), so if you are having a car EPA tested for import into the U/S it
must meet the standards of manufacture for 1974.  "FT"