Update
on reimporting Oxford Blue 1589?
 Impressive tail end of Oxford Blue 1589 (Photo: David Boniface) Al Barnett has sent in his fourth report on his experience of buying Oxford Blue 1589 who had advertised the car on the V8 website and then reimporting it to the UK: I am now back in UK after a pleasant three weeks in France where the weather was cooler and wetter than UK but the wine was cheaper and I didn't have to mow the lawn. The car, Oxford Blue 1589, has now left Yokohama and is en route to Southampton aboard the MV Asian Sun. The normal time en route is around 5 weeks so I hope the arrival date will be towards the end of May. I have paid the Japanese agent's bill of 100,000 yen, which at the current exchange rate amounts to £426 (GBP 426). I now have the Bill of Lading and the all important Export Certificate, the latter in both English and Japanese. I have applied online to the DVLA for their Vehicle Import Pack and am awaiting delivery. Peter Best Insurance have confirmed they can issue an Insurance Certificate based on the chassis number, pending the issue of a UK registration and number plate. I do not have the car yet but David Boniface has, whilst visiting London, delivered the |
tool roll,
spare key and one or two other items, including a totally incomprehensible
detailed service record in Japanese! The other important development is that BRG 1839, our lovely RV8, has now gone to a new owner in Scotland. My thanks to Clive Wheatley for handling the sale and to Steve and Jill for delivering it. I truly hope the new owner will enjoy RV8 ownership as much as I have. There was plenty of interest in the car and we could have sold it three times over. Still I have always said if you want to sell a car, take care of it and don't ask too much. The philosophy seems to have worked well on this occasion. Today we have had a trip to Pontypridd in Wales to go and see Mark who is breaking two RV8s, you may have seen his entries on the V8 Bulletin Board. I had bought a couple of items from him on Ebay and whilst collecting them also came away with a brand new spare wheel and a pair of as new rear lights. These will join the 'Big Box' of spares that I have, most of which I have fortunately never needed but they do give a sense of comfort! (1.5.07) Diary of reimporting Oxford Blue 1589 We felt many members would be interested in a series of running reports on Al Barnett's experiences with reimporting this RV8. So Al will be sending a series of reports of how he has organised the export arrangements, freight and insurances, reimport procedures, collection from the UK docks and preparation for UK roads. The full set of reports is available using the links below.
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