Importing A Westfield Kit to New Zealand

[Gre99ers]

Hi guys and girls,

I posted this in the "Kit Car" section but was wondering if anyone here could help me...

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Basically, I'm thinking of importing a complete Westfield kit to New Zealand when I move over early next year and was wondering what pitfalls I might expect in terms of NZ customs with what is essentially car parts and then trying to get the car road legal when I've built it.

Any advice you can give me would be greatfully recieved!

Cheers,

Greg

[Gre99ers]

Thanks for replying, lestag. Well, the parts will be straight from the Westfield factory and will all be brand new... I'd hoped to avoid GST but hey, what you going to do? :-)

The big worry as you say is getting the car road legal when I've bolted it all together. I spoke to Westfield and they said that they've shipped one to NZ before and that they'd try and get in contact with the owner to help me out.

I've always wanted to build a Caterham/Westfield and thought that coming to NZ would be the perfect place and opportunity to do it... it'll be a shame if my plans get scuppered at the first hurdle!

Cheers for you help lestag!

[Gre99ers]

Hi jmsnz. Thanks for those links... You made me reassess what I'm going to do now! I love the look of the Fraser Clubman S, very Caterham, which is my favourite 7! It now looks like I'm going to wait until I arrive in Auckland in January and visit Fraser and see about ordering one.. After taking one for a good test drive first though! Does anyone know how the Fraser compares with something like a Caterham Superlight?

Cheers,

G