[W126 Coupe] Japan/Canadian 560 Import

[Willardtredway at aol.com]

Having bought a Japanese to US 560 SEC last year about this time I can  
verify the issues with VIN, DOT conversions, and  potential insurance/liability 
claims.
 
Here, Texas required the car be inspected by an auto theft task  force unit 
to verify ALL (including the license plate holder, which by the way  did not 
match and was the first thing they inspected) of the VIN's matched and  that the 
VIN was not on ANY international stolen car watch list. Since the Port  of 
Houston is the largest containerized shipping destination in the US, there is  a 
huge traffic in stolen vehicles via shipping and maybe they are just super  
conscious of that. Everyone who had a role in the registration process looked 
at  all the paperwork about three times before they would stamp it approved.
 
My insurance carrier has been USAA since the late 1960's and since the VIN  
was not verifiable through their database, they did not want to insure the car  
nor did the State of Texas want to register it for the same reason. The net  
result was that it took 4 trips to the DMV and numerous calls to the seller in 
 Los Angeles before I was finally able to gather all of the paperwork 
necessary  to register the car.
 
There are plenty of cars available in the U.S. and even if the one you are  
asking about is free, it is still going to cost more than it's worth. 



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