Okay, I would LOVE to have my Jeep Wrangler in Thailand. It's a cheap knockaround car, but I think it will be cool to go out to the family rubber tree plantation. Now we have been talking on the bikes in Thailand board about dissassembling our bikes and bringing them over bit by bit to assemble. Of course this means that we have the invoices that we paid for the parts, and then assembling the thing and getting a green book.

Now, I am thinking of just getting a Jeep tub, stripped, and sending it over as a "test run of the adventure" like this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...em=320500565088

I buy the tub and import it to Thailand, and pay invoice. The advantage is that some custom s official won't want it. (Enjoy your lawn ornament Somchai). I then ship the engine in separately and pay duties on it. I then, in a big container ship in the rest of the parts. Whoila! I have a jeep.

Thoughts any one?

And how would you get it registered and how would you get a blue book issued?

U can do this only if you plan to drive it on private property. U can't get registered.

The import duty on car parts is something like 15%, and if all the bits are there to make a car/jeep etc. it doesn't take a one-eyed customs mastermind to see the importer's name is farang and he is wanting to make a 'special' car: It must be special because he has shipped it across the world to Thailand - therefore the logic is that you will pay big money for it. For the extra hassle the customs department has asking for more money as fees or duty they can equally pass it on to the people that collect metal for scrap - it will not be on his lawn as a farang folly feature.

Link for car sales. As I write the one on the web site is 330,000 Baht - one that has not been refurbished will be about 70-150,000 Baht.

Under the table Blue book will be 30,000 with no cast iron assurance that you will not be hit for admin costs or fines at a later date.

However - don't let me put you off - prove I'm wrong and show us the pictures of your pride and joy on Thai soil.

I've seen Wrangler / CJ jeeps on the road here... can't just buy one in Thailand instead?

Thoughts any one?

Having just followed the eBay link for the $100 floor pan, that is the basis for spending you free time dealing with shipping agents, Thai customs and The LTO for getting paperwork.

In my considered opinion with full due respect my thoughts are that you are insane.

There was a tank of an old Jeep for sale in Kamala 2 years ago for 100k ... that HAS to be cheaper than trying to import parts and hoping they all arrive.

Didn't you read my post?

We import parts for american cars and the tax is actually 60% on the value of the parts on the bill. Parts no problem so far. Sure you can put your car together, but you will gever get a blue book and registration plates. How? This was done already 20 years ago with many cars. After they stop issue blu books for "put together cars" in Thailand. You are not the first guy who have such a idea.