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G\'day guys... some queries about 1982 c\'vette

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69 DIRTY RAT:
Gday Nik,I worked in LA for over 3 years and came back last year with my beloved 69 big block.Government charges are still a big rip off!By the way you need to own the car for a year now to take advantage of being a personal import.which means you dont pay import duty BUT they hit you hard on everything else.Just a note the RTA website is not well maintained! its all old information,a lot has changed.Your better off trying to call someone in the RTA that knows what there talking about.when you bring it back make sure you under value it!.you still have to pay GST plus a whole lot of other costs that they dont deserve!then when you register it they want stamp duty etc ,everybody wants there little piece of the pie!.Can I make a couple of suggestions.If youre getting paid in US dollars,I would try and make any repairs or do the car up over there before bringing it back.It works out cheaper,and there is more likely someone that knows vettes better over there.there iare a few people who sell parts here,but they sell mainly basic parts.there are heaps of big parts places over there.Next suggestion is - do you know about the 30 years or older cars dont need right conversions.so anything up to 74 you will save money by not having to convert it!and usually these cars have higher resale value!youll save 10-15 grand aussie ! in other words buy a BIG BLOCK there more fun!!!!

Nik:
I was considering that

but i love the rear spoiler on the 82! :bold and the look just looks a lot more refined...

but, we shall see :) I just love the basic stingray design... by the time I come back to the USA, I will be able to have up to a 1975 without having to have it switched over to RHD i believe.

What major mods u think I should do over here in the USA before I bring it back to aus?

Any company u can suggest for importing? And a round abouts cost in AUD or USD? and yes, I am getting paid in USD.

69 DIRTY RAT:
Ycould buy a 74 or 75 and do what the bloke done to Rebels vette before he bought it,his is a 74 which has been converted to look like a 80-82!but thats a lot of work!.when you buy the car,get on the computer and find a local vette club and find out which mechanics they recommend,then usually for a hundred bucks or so get them to fully check out the car(he may do it for nothing?)and get a list of priorities that need to get done ,and slowly do them while your there.My mechanic in LA used to be on the vette  production linein the 60's.he knows every nut and bolt and rattle them off in an instant!amazing guy - and best of all he owns a 68 genuine L-88 worth 180,000 us$ and 6 other great vettes! If you buy an original 80-82  then it may be worth doing up the engine and gettin somemore horses in there!as they only had 190 - 200 hp.which is still good but depends on what you want out of the car.As for exporting the car I got the company I work for to pay for my household items and I snuck the car into the container,heee heee hee.I went through Wrighways in Sydney,but they were pretty ordinary.there is heaps of companies on the Net.as for price,mine was mixed in with furniture so I dont have a exact price.I've heard from 1500 us$ up to $5000 or more so you'll have to shop around.Also it depends on how much paperwork you are prepared to do to cut the costs.It can get pretty complicated,thats why I would try and find a company that deals with mainly cars.With getting parts just put into your search engine the words "corvette parts" you'll find heaps.hope this helps a bit.

Brutus:
I'd be inclined to have the car (whichever model you choose) fixed up as mechanically perfect as you can while over in the US, but leaving the body and interior slightly ratty. Then bring it back as just a spare parts vehicle which could alleviate some of the duty involved with importing a "newer" car. This has been done before, but how it stands these days I'm not sure, but it could be still worth investigating.

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