Mopar Muscle Association UK

So hypothetically, if someone was importing a van from oh I dunno, Albuquerque in January say...

What documentation should the seller have in his possession to prove ownership?

At what point in proceedings would you hand over full payment?

How soon after landing in the UK is it possible to have it legal to drive?

What's the best thing to use to preserve that faded paint and surface rust look, bearing Welsh weather in mind?

db wrote:So hypothetically, if someone was importing a van from oh I dunno, Albuquerque in January say...

What documentation should the seller have in his possession to prove ownership? The Title

At what point in proceedings would you hand over full payment? when you are sure you want it,

How soon after landing in the UK is it possible to have it legal to drive? as soon as you mot it insure it register it say a month

What's the best thing to use to preserve that faded paint and surface rust look, bearing Welsh weather in mind?

2 k lacquer you can then at least Bananarama! when you want to or brush against it unlike wd or that other tosh,

I would think that you'd need to make sure the seller had a clear title in his / her possession to prove ownership.
Think that some import companies will accept you paying them the full amount and they then pay the seller ( not 100% certain though )
As soon as the vehicle is MOTd and has English number plates, insurance and tax if applicable, you can drive it on the roads legally.

Once it's delivered to you or, you've collected it, book it in for an MOT, the first one can be done on the chassis or VIN number.

Hope this helps

Should have clear title in there name,
Handing over full payment is the scary bit, I've done it three times and been lucky.
Your sending funds over for a car you've not seen ,to a person you don't know.
You can do your own diy detective work, reverse checking phone and email number's, checking FB profiles etc.
You send funds when you've agreed a price with the seller, then instruct a shipper over here, they then take it from there.
Once it's here, the shipper should have handled all customs and import documentation, you get all this sent to you , you have to send for a import pack from dvla,
Fill that in ,send ,the original title, bill of sale, Nova formand insurance details, it will be insured on its vin the first year.
DVLA issue your new reg and V5, get plates made ,off you go.
From landing in UK to driving ,should be around 2 weeks tops.

Cheers guys

Yes get the seller to send you a good copy of the title and a bill of sale, he should keep the originals to give to the shipping co. when they pick it up. Only wire the money into his bank account, if he won't trust you with his details walk away, the whole thing has to be done on trust. Don't whatever you do pay by Western Union, that's just asking for trouble.

Thanks Blue

Get the seller to send you a pic with the car and the current days newspaper resting on it so you can see the date. Then a pic with the title on top of the paper. I asked 1 guy to send a pic with a coke can on the rear deck.

When you send the original title document to the DVLA, you don't get it back.

Ta

check the dealer out, look for feed back etc.

do all your homework on the car and ask for pics of the common areas of rust etc,

oh, and don't buy a ringer like I did! and wait 2 months to get your money back...

Well he was happy to be friends on FB so I reckon that's a good sign.
He's sent loads of photos, answered any questions pretty honestly and he hates Trump
He's a member on VintageVans forum, which is where I found him.

I've had a ball-park shipping figure from Ron, I'll be setting it all up in the next few days hopefully.

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always good to call and talk to the seller, this way you can judge him from his answers.

I got all my original US documents back from DVLA, part of the cars history.

I would say that getting your US title back was quite unusual.

I agree, I didn't get my title back either I took a good colour copy before I sent it off as I was told I wouldn't get it back. Shame, I bet the DVLA just throw them away, can't see they would keep them on file.