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 Posted: Mar 18, 2018 01:17PM
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I told Mike i don’t do business with people with mismatching shoes lol

 

 Posted: Mar 18, 2018 12:17PM
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Dennis: fabulous car, though I thought you'd wash it before a show .
At least your shoes matched for the photo!

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"Hang on a minute lads....I've got a great idea."

 Posted: Mar 18, 2018 06:47AM
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Thanks Darren. Right now it’s the little hidden pieces are needing attention but it’s coming along great. Here’s a recent from the classic auto show at the LA Convention Center with me and Mike Brewer.

 

 Posted: Mar 18, 2018 04:55AM
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The US border guards at the Fort Erie bridge into the States do not like RHD cars. You will be pulled over and questioned,for a very long time.

 Posted: Mar 18, 2018 02:28AM
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Before I bought my LHD JDM Mini I had a deal in the making for a 93 RHD Mini for registration in PEI ( Canada ). My insurance agent said that she didn’t think she could find an insurancer until I mentioned Haggety, and when she checked she found she could offer me collector insurance ( car was 25 years old ) with full coverage, including fire, theft ,vandalism and glass. 219$ CDN per year as long as more than 5000km weren’t put on the car. Currently in this tiny province any RHD vehicle ( that wasn’t registered prior to this new legislation ) must be at least 25 years old to be registered for the road. Just FWIW. Good luck on your project armycook ! Darren.

 Posted: Mar 17, 2018 09:54PM
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Before doing anything ask your insurance company if they insure RHD cars....
My Riley Elf came from Bude Cornwall England in 1986. in 2005 we changed it to left hand drive.
So much more fun to drive now.... unique enough that it does not need to be RHD,
As for banned RHD  in Quebec any care registered after Oct 1971 cannot be licensed if RHD.
Current licensed car are exempt but some insurance companies no longer insure RHD.
Yet, our garbage trucks, recycle trucks Mail vans and street cleaners are all RHD!!!!
This new law came about because 18-24 years old were importing Nissan Skylines and having major car accidents...
 
No insurance company concerns here in the US I am aware of for RHD...
In Canada I find most insurance companies will cover RHD vehicles however they only offer basic PLPD coverage. No fire/theft or collision

 Posted: Mar 17, 2018 09:52PM
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longbridgemini.. you are new to the import game..  I hope MINI MOVER chimes in about all the problems with CPB about crossing the  US/ CANADA border in RHD minis.. later bc
I might be relatively new to Mini importation however I am NOT new to importing or exporting cars. my partners and I have brought in over 600 vehicles into Canada from Japan since 2007. And imported many vehicles to the US and vise versa pending how the dollar is treating us. Any export for sale was done through a RI and brought across on our transport truck. 

I purchased my first RHD car in 2006 (Skyline) and have done many road trips through the US with RHD cars. I have never been hassled crossing the border with my personal car including any of my Minis. They were all my cars though, never driving for another individual. 

 Posted: Mar 17, 2018 07:53PM
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Originally Posted by kd
Before doing anything ask your insurance company if they insure RHD cars....
My Riley Elf came from Bude Cornwall England in 1986. in 2005 we changed it to left hand drive.
So much more fun to drive now.... unique enough that it does not need to be RHD,
As for banned RHD  in Quebec any care registered after Oct 1971 cannot be licensed if RHD.
Current licensed car are exempt but some insurance companies no longer insure RHD.
Yet, our garbage trucks, recycle trucks Mail vans and street cleaners are all RHD!!!!
This new law came about because 18-24 years old were importing Nissan Skylines and having major car accidents...
 
No insurance company concerns here in the US I am aware of for RHD...

 Posted: Mar 17, 2018 04:50PM
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Before doing anything ask your insurance company if they insure RHD cars....
My Riley Elf came from Bude Cornwall England in 1986. in 2005 we changed it to left hand drive.
So much more fun to drive now.... unique enough that it does not need to be RHD,
As for banned RHD  in Quebec any care registered after Oct 1971 cannot be licensed if RHD.
Current licensed car are exempt but some insurance companies no longer insure RHD.
Yet, our garbage trucks, recycle trucks Mail vans and street cleaners are all RHD!!!!
This new law came about because 18-24 years old were importing Nissan Skylines and having major car accidents...
 

Keith & Deb

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 Posted: Mar 17, 2018 07:58AM
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It should not be an issue Dennis. As your car is already registered most States do not require a re inspection when being registered in the same State with a new owner. I don't know of any US States that have a RHD ban only in certain provinces in Canada have i heard this is an issue.
Go ahead convert it you will not regret it.

If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.

Give a car more power and it goes faster on the straights,
make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.

 Posted: Mar 17, 2018 07:44AM
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Originally Posted by bluebox
The border guards don't like RH steering cars. If you leave the US you may not get back in. This would also cut down your customer base.  Just sayin. Cheers
I have driven many RHD cars to and from the US and Canada without issue. Its common place now a days and most dont bat an eye. 

Resale value.... coming from a person who sells Minis. LHD is in much greater demand than RHD... I constantly get people asking me to convert cars prior to sale (RHD to LHD) 
I’m not worried about resale value at all and I have the perfect car for this. I’m not doing a vtec conversion or anything close to concourse “original” restoration.. Very far from that. I already have a LOT of people sending me offers almost twice the amount of what I originally paid for as it sits and if I convert this then I’m sure I will attract more attention overseas especially around former Works rally mini owners, mechanics and enthusiasts as they’re the ones currently helping me. I’m giving my all on this project. I’m the current caretaker of this car and my goal is to convert it for a tribute project i’m building. But i don’t know anything about paperwork if i’m going to have an issue with DMV later on. But i’ve already spoken to a few offline that they don’t think it’s going to be a problem.

There was only one LHD works car, AGU780B but it was Green/White for the 65 Monte. Mine is the CRX90B but not from the current from the new owner but from the 1965 Monte that was driven and navigated by the Morley brothers from Suffolk.

 

 Posted: Mar 17, 2018 06:13AM
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longbridgemini.. you are new to the import game..  I hope MINI MOVER chimes in about all the problems with CPB about crossing the  US/ CANADA border in RHD minis.. later bc

 Posted: Mar 16, 2018 11:18PM
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Originally Posted by bluebox
The border guards don't like RH steering cars. If you leave the US you may not get back in. This would also cut down your customer base.  Just sayin. Cheers
I have driven many RHD cars to and from the US and Canada without issue. Its common place now a days and most dont bat an eye. 

Resale value.... coming from a person who sells Minis. LHD is in much greater demand than RHD... I constantly get people asking me to convert cars prior to sale (RHD to LHD) 

 Posted: Mar 16, 2018 04:55PM
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Originally Posted by bluebox
The border guards don't like RH steering cars. If you leave the US you may not get back in. This would also cut down your customer base.  Just sayin. Cheers
Me leaving the US? Customer base?? HUH???

 

 Posted: Mar 16, 2018 04:02PM
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The border guards don't like RH steering cars. If you leave the US you may not get back in. This would also cut down your customer base.  Just sayin. Cheers

 Posted: Mar 16, 2018 03:30PM
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California, USA. I guess it’s more than just driving my car. A very special person is generous enough to help me properly wire my rally lamps and everything behind the dash. I know i’m going to kick myself later on if i wire everything myself with my current LHD dashes. I’m very positive i’ll be itching to convert it once i’m done with my project and it would be very painful to switch all the wires then.

 

 Posted: Mar 16, 2018 01:56PM
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Originally Posted by armycook
Thought about converting but not sure about any issues in the future about legalities as my car’s a LHD export. 
Where will the car be driven? (country/continent)

 Posted: Mar 16, 2018 07:17AM
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Yes sir. Not really concerned about it being shown as a concourse car (not even close). Just want convert it but i don’t know if it’s going to hurt me later on with paperwork and stuff. I haven’t wired my dash panels yet and thought i’d convert it now than regret it later. 

 

 Posted: Mar 16, 2018 05:32AM
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armycook. is the mini in the USA now??
 no legal issues. if car is already in the USA

 Posted: Mar 16, 2018 05:00AM
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Thought about converting but not sure about any issues in the future about legalities as my car’s a LHD export.