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Hi whoever is reading this. So, this all started after I jumped across the pond from the UK.
I bought an ex race locost on eBay that had sat in a barn in Wales for maybe 4 years, exported it to Calgary, Alberta. And started stripping it down.

When it arrived July 26th, 2011, it weighed 300kg (661.4 lbs), that included the weight of the crate too. So it's safe to say it's pretty light.

The car hasn't run in some years & right now in between working, building a deck extension & repairing all the things that get broken in the house while I'm away working, I have managed to at least strip most of the car, for a restoration/piece of mind thing.

Hoping to keep you guys here informed of the progress, although it's gonna be slow.
Would like to hear from any other guys up in Canada running one of these as I believe it's not going to be easy to get the car road registered.
The car runs a Yamaha YZF 1000R motor & Ford Escort Mk1 live axle. The plan is to leave it as a RHD until after it's road registered. Then maybe convert it to LHD, if I can find enough space to route the steering column under the exhaust manifold.
Apologies for any incorrect terms used, coz in the UK, we have different names for everything. It's an ongoing battle to be understood here, lol.

(pulling up comfy chair and popping popcorn to watch this build)

Welcome

Welcome aboard. It looks like you found a pretty nice car.

How difficult was it to import? Any idea if there will be any registration hurdles since it was already a car?

...how was it registered from where it was built...what year, etc.

Your hoping it was registered as a KIT as opposed to a Homebuilt....?

Homebuilts have to be emmission tested....Kits don't.... (if it was built after 88 I believe?)

Just read that you are in Alberta....the above is for Ontario.....???

It really didn't seem to difficult. I spoke to a guy in Innisfail, AB (Christopher Hale, owner of Haler concepts Ltd) & he couldn't believe how easily I got it here.

Chris used to build & sell Luegos in Alberta.

From the time the car left the shippers in the UK, it was a little under 10 weeks before it arrived in Calgary. 3 weeks of that was spent in customs in Montreal. The import cost all said & done to get the car from the UK to Calgary was just over $4100.

Buying & building a kit here was an option but I preferred to get a used one that needed some work as building from scratch would take me even longer than rebuilding this one, lol.

Registration will come in time I guess, I know I have to have a VIN assigned before any paperwork can happen.