Wheels from Vintage Wheel Works US

[Rob. Smith]

Originally Posted by stephen low

Missed by that much.....

But I've just found my notes <$1000 AUD no GST payable, made in the USA no import duty payable.

Multiple material orders then need a bit of finesse as to how many shipments, and cost, versus what you can avoid paying here in duties and taxes for less than $1000 imported.

Anyone know how hard do they look into containers importing cars back from the US?

I have an opportunity via this method that will not cost me any shipping but I don't want to stack the car with too many goodies and get my mate in the sheite!!

Steve, way back I was buying bits for a mustang and was dealing with a bloke in Sydney. He was a bit slow in bringing my bits back so I rang. His missus told me that he was being held up in California with export problems.
I waited another month and rang again. Same story with apopogies. So I asked for my money back.Got it and forgot about the problem. I went on to find other importers. Finally found one really good man who actually bought the parts himself then sent them home from the USA. He told me that the other bloke was in jail in the US for trying to export a stolen mustang. He was finally released and forbidden to return to the USA for ever. The customs and police regularly check containers. They have a dedicated "team" that does only that task. That was about 12 yrs ago. I doubt they've got slacker.