--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Scott Curnow <scott_curnow@xxxx> wrote: If any body has some ideas for me about the sort of car i should be looking for, prices and shipping please reply to this message. Im taking my time in trying to find just the right car for me. Thank you to everybody on this board i always enjoy reading your posts learning as much about the car as i can. > From Scott I found this in one of the dmcnews archives. granted the message is ancient, but I doubt the vehicle codes or tax rates have changed that much down there... <Quote begins here> From: Greg DELIOS Date: Wed, 08 Jan 1997 08:53:51 +1030 Subject: Greetings All -Reply Hi Nick, I'm in Melbourne (a little further north for those in the northern hemispshere) and have also been considering purchase of a Dolerean. I have considered both the conversion method as well as purchase of a right hand drive from the UK. By my reckoning, heres the balance: purchase of a LHD car $9k - $20k AUS, cartage $2k AUS inc insurance, export licence inc export agent- unknown cost, import duty and sales tax $7k - $14k (import duty + sales tax = ~75% of purchase price for a car < 30 yrs old). RHD conversion - I don't know if anyone in AUS could do it, perhaps Boeing / ASTA in Melbourne (they have experience with stainless steel and composites etc). Could be quite pricey, i'd expect anything up to $10k AUS. I am unsure if RHD conversion is available in the US (other readers may be able to help). I do understand the conversion can be done in the UK. This requires shipping to the UK adding another $2k AUS to the cost. This would also increase the duty payable, as the import duty / sales tax is payable on the purchase price and modifications! Then there is the cost of ADR (Australian Design Rules) compliance check and possible mod. I am unsure how this works particularily if the RHD conversion is done offshore. Thus the total would be in the order of $60k AUS. + ADR compliance costs (phew). As I indicated, I have thought about purchasing a car in the UK. There are only 24 RHD factory cars in existence. 36 were manufactured with 12 being used in qual testing. I think most of these cars were full factory cars ie the rolling chasis was not sent off elsewhere for finishing . Prices for these I have seen range from $60k to $100k AUS. Import duty of 75% again plus shipping costs a total of $105k to $175k AUS. At least there are no ADR problems as there are no mods, plus there are only a limited number of true RHD I know the prices are not good either way, when you see some of the prices in the messages posted here! Perhaps there are RHD cars in Japan which may be cheaper? I don't know about Tassie, but here in Victoria you cannot have a LHD vehicle registered (ie You can't leave the car LHD). I hope I haven't scared you off.But it has put my purchase off a few years though. All the best, and if you find an easier (read cheaper) method of getting a car th Australia then let me know. Cheers, Greg. <quote ends here> Chris VIN# 3209 http://badger.brazi.net/index.pl/delorean To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/