Re: ****COULD BE SPAM**** Re: [Chrysler300] 300 import

["Terry & Andree Hoeman" <tehoema@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

He is still around.  Basically out of the old car parts business.

Was at Iola this year.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Waters" <ronbo97@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <hmpirish@xxxxxxx>; "Roger Schaaf" 
<obiwan10@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 7:43 PM
Subject: ****COULD BE SPAM**** Re: [Chrysler300] 300 import


> Great story, Roger ! It should find its way to the club's website...
>
> I remember buying lots of parts from Ken Block back in the 80s. Also have 
> a
> pic of his white B somewhere. Does anyone know what became of him ?
>
> Ron
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Roger Schaaf" <obiwan10@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <hmpirish@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 2:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 300 import
>
>
>> I purchased my B in Canada in 1986.  It had been sitting outside under a
>> tarp for 10 years and was in possession of the Sheriff of Pentictan(SP)
>> which is located a couple hundred miles East of Vancouver.  We purchased
> it
>> on a sealed bid auction and the car had no title.  Never did find why the
>> Sheriff was in possession except was the result of some type of
> litigation.
>>
>> Upon being informed that I had won the auction(4,500.00 Canadian) I 
>> called
>> the local Chrysler dealer to find if they might get it road worthy for us
> so
>> that if we would fly in, we could drive out.  They sent one of their
>> mechanics out who towed it to his home where it received some brake work,
>> starter, generator,  gasoline drain and fill, new oil and other
> maintenance
>> to ready it for our trip home.
>>
>> This gentlemen picked us up at the airport, invited us to spend the
> evening
>> at his home, go out to dinner(he insisted that pay) with him and his 
>> wife.
>> After dinner I asked him what I owed him for his repair efforts.  He
>> responded 500 dollars.  I insisted that this was to cheap but he insisted
>> this was what the bill was.  I then gave him 500 dollars, whereupon he
>> returned some 150 of them, telling me that his bill was 500 dollar
> Canadian
>> and would not in spite of my protests would not take a cent more.
>>
>> We then drove the car to Vancouver where the 1986 World's Fair was being
>> held.  We spent several days there and then began the drive home to
>> California.  Great time in Vancouver, except being stopped 3 times by
> local
>> Police as we had no license plates, and they also were a stickler on
>> assuring that we had proper insurance(which you can buy by the day as I
>> remember).
>>
>> Also while driving around Vancouver, one day I was parked at a telephone
>> booth(remember those before cell phones?), a lady in a Cadillac pulled up
>> and spoke to my wife who was sitting in the car while I was on the phone.
>> When I left the phone booth she introduced herself and told me that she
> had
>> stopped as she had noted the 300 and said that she felt that she knew
> every
>> 300 in Vancouver and this was a new one on her.  I asked her why she knew
>> every 300 and she told me that she was the wife of Norm Frey and he owned
> a
>> collection of them, loved them and had a service garage that specialized
> in
>> MOPAR products and service.
>>
>> She invited us to follow her to her home where we were introduced to Norm
>> and his collection of 300's(2 55's 2 56's and perhaps a 57(not certain on
>> this) and other assorted Mopars including a 67 Satellite(?) with low 
>> miles
>> and a hemi and a 79(?) 300 with some 5000 miles on it.  Ending up 
>> spending
> a
>> day or 2 with him(he replaced a vibrating U-Joint for me) and having a
> great
>> time with he and his wife Rose.  Also staying at his home and eating
> several
>> meals with them.  We have remained friends for many years and they have
>> visited us when they came thru to California(he loved to come down for 
>> the
>> big swap meets at Turlock and Watsonville).
>>
>> When we attempted to enter the US we of course were stopped by Customs as
>> again no license plates.  After presenting a bill of sale from the 
>> Sheriff
>> and they then calling him to assures that we were legit, we were informed
>> that we owed duty on the value that we had paid for the auto.
>>
>> After much discussion regarding our feelings that we did not owe any 
>> duty,
>> and they finally being persuaded that indeed we did not after I pointed
> out
>> that this was a USA built auto and was merely being returned home, and
> again
>> Customs making a couple of telephone calls to their superiors somewhere,
>> they waved us on thru and told us to have a nice trip home.  No duty was
>> paid.  Car averaged just over 17 miles per gallon for the entire
>> trip(probably 1800 miles total and used zero oil) and had no problems
> except
>> for vibration from U joint and tire balance.
>>
>> Car was then shipped to Warren Automotive in Iowa City, Iowa where it
> spent
>> 2 years for a frame off restoration.  A fellow club member at that time 
>> by
>> the name of Ken Block(who owned his own very fine 300 B) who lived in
> Cedar
>> Rapids helped oversee its restoration.  I would stop by on my frequent
>> business travels back East to look in also.  When restoration was
> completed,
>> it was shipped back to California via Passport.  California labor at that
>> time was about 50 to 60 dollars hourly and finding a great shop was 
>> almost
>> impossible.  Warren Automotive in Iowa City did a wonderful job and labor
>> rates were 25 dollars hourly.  They basically specialized in Bloomington
>> Gold Corvette restorations but with Ken's guidance(they had also done his
>> car) were able to do repeat their great work on his car.
>>
>> The toughest problem that I had with the car restoration and getting it
> back
>> on the road, was persuading the California DMV to give me a title(took 2
>> years) based only upon a Bill of Sale from a Canadian Sheriff and
>> registering a set of NOS 1956 license plates(still in original DMV
> wrapper)
>> that I had picked up at a swap meet in Watsonville(I think for 75 dollars
> at
>> the time) to the car.
>>
>> So now you asked what time it is, I told you how to build a watch.  The
>> short of it should be, that if the car was built in the USA, I doubt that
>> you should pay duty to bring it back.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>> Roger Schaaf
>> 300 B Calyfornua
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <hmpirish@xxxxxxx>
>> To: <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 8:01 AM
>> Subject: [Chrysler300] 300 import
>>
>>
>> > Hi 300 Fans,
>> >    I am looking at buying a 300 in Canada.  Does anyone know what is
>> > required by US Customs in the way of paperwork and tax?  I don't want 
>> > to
>> > use a broker
>> > to bring it in to save money.
>> >            Thanks for any insight.  All the Best 300ing !
>> >                Phil Irish - outside Memphis (wet from Katrina but only
>> > slightly blown around)
>> >
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