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hi,

ive been a lurker on these forums for a while...

i know there is a user here who is able to look up this information but i can not remember their name.

i urgently need to know the date of manufacutre of this 1990 GTR

BNR32-007802

if anyone can point me to the month of manufacutre i will be very very gratefull

cheers,

Lang

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i am very very gratefull funky.

i bidded on this car at auction today i am yet to hear if sucessfull.

if i had not have found out the month i woudnt have been able to bid at all so i cant thank you enough..

if he buys now he shouldn't have any problem. if they change the law, just write in a letter to dotars with a copy of the recipt of puchase and exact date of purchase and they should theoretically allow you to bring it in under the current laws.

BUT.......it is stated on the doatars website, and in written correspondance that I am no doubt many others have recieved..........NOT to purchase 1990 model vehicles under the presumption they will allow them.......

I would think this would enable them to refuse approval, given that we were warned......

I myself have avoided purchasing 1990 model vehicles for this reason.

Perhaps you could ellaborate on your reasoning funky? Have you recieved in writing something to follow up what you have stated? I am VERY interested to know :rofl:

I'm thinking that Shan was thinking along the lines that DOTARS won't penalise you (by refusing import approval for a car you've bought already).

When they changed the 15 year rule from year of manufacture to month and year, initially DOTARS did not allow any exceptions. However they decided to amend that for people who had bought cars already in the few months surrounding the announcement of the new rule.

However, another chain of thought has me seeing that since DOTARS have forewarned ppl they may not be able to get 1990 cars in, like RiverSide said..

I wish they'd make up their mind already!

RiverSide, show me this notice on the dotars website or any copies of this written notice that you have recieved. To date I haven't seen any (then again I haven't been into work for a few days now).

RiverSide, show me this notice on the dotars website or any copies of this written notice that you have recieved. To date I haven't seen any (then again I haven't been into work for a few days now).
ALERT - IMPORTATION OF VEHICLE 15 OR MORE YEARS OLD

The Government is currently considering the responses to the discussion paper on the Importation of Vehicles 15 or More Years Old and the options outlined in the paper.  

Prospective importers should be aware that there may be changes to the current regulations. You should not assume that vehicles manufactured in 1990 will be allowed to be imported should the regulations be changed.  

Source: http://www.dotars.gov.au/transreg/vsb/vsb_10.htm

ouch... there goes that idea then ;)

that's strange tho, I've searched thru all the parliamentary transcripts and I still can't find any conclusive bills etc. wierd.

Funky.......As far as I am aware, no concise bills have been passed at this stage. The warning is shown on their website as posted above......from what i can gather you are in the business of importing, I am surprised you did not recieve direct correspondance from Dotars stating the same thing.

Last years AMENDMENTS to the ruling were a very quickly sorted matter, as the ruling had always stated that the month of manufacture was required, however this was only enforced as of Sept 2nd. Due to the surprise nature of that announcement it was not surprising that Dotars allowed vehicles to be imported via the "loophole".

This time around however we have all been forewarned. I personally do not feel confident enough to risk purchasing 1990 model vehicles until a firm ruling has been announced.

Lang.......I sincerely hope this works out for you, last thing I would like to hear is of people losing money due the change in legislation. As you mentioned, you were aware of the possibilities and have found it to be a viable risk. Good luck.

We've recieved a verbal warning from a dotar's representative, we requested it in writing but to my knowledge nothing was recieved, unless it was in the last week as I haven't been in because I was sick.

Will check on it tomorrow when I get into work tho.

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