The Ford Barn

bikemaniac · 08-13-2015, 02:08 AM

Hi,

In the past I have posted several threads about my adventure on driving a Model A across USA.

I live in Denmark and own a 1930 Model A tudor and the plan is to ship the car to New York on a roll-on-roll-off ferry, drive it to California and sell it there, maybe using ebay. I have NO intentions of bringing it back home to Denmark. The car has a Danish registration, Danish license plates and Hagertys in USA accepted on insuring the car even though it has a foreign registration.

I contacted a vehicle import agent in New York and they tell me I cannot do it. I HAVE to export the car out of USA again within 90 days!!! But I dont want to - I want to sell it in the US to somebody. I know you cannot import car which are younger than 25 years - but vintage cars should be no problem at all.

Does anybody know what to do? Otherwise the entire trip is jeopardized and there will be no trip at all (I am screwed).

The plan was (or still is) to follow the Lincoln Highway https://www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org/map/

Please note, as an alternative, I dont want to fly over, buy a US Model A on the East Coast, drive it across and sell it again in CA.

Lucas

08-13-2015, 02:08 AM	#1
bikemaniac Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 177	Problems: Importing Model A to USA Hi, In the past I have posted several threads about my adventure on driving a Model A across USA. I live in Denmark and own a 1930 Model A tudor and the plan is to ship the car to New York on a roll-on-roll-off ferry, drive it to California and sell it there, maybe using ebay. I have NO intentions of bringing it back home to Denmark. The car has a Danish registration, Danish license plates and Hagertys in USA accepted on insuring the car even though it has a foreign registration. I contacted a vehicle import agent in New York and they tell me I cannot do it. I HAVE to export the car out of USA again within 90 days!!! But I dont want to - I want to sell it in the US to somebody. I know you cannot import car which are younger than 25 years - but vintage cars should be no problem at all. Does anybody know what to do? Otherwise the entire trip is jeopardized and there will be no trip at all (I am screwed). The plan was (or still is) to follow the Lincoln Highway https://www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org/map/ Please note, as an alternative, I dont want to fly over, buy a US Model A on the East Coast, drive it across and sell it again in CA. Lucas