Doing restorations across Canadian border?

[Don_Lightfoot]

John - very true, but even the Postal Service "sometimes" has the same brokerage fee, although it is usually a lot less than the Shipping Companies.

Jeff - I'll try to explain your question as best I can. Important to distinguish between duty and tax, here's an overview:

1) - Old, original parts are not subject to "duty" if they are over a certain age (25 years???), same as cars. However, the tax is still payable.

2) - New, reproduction parts for the old cars "should be" subject to both duty and taxes.

Parts up here are just too expensive which is why I order from the U.S. and have them shipped to a buddy in Syracuse. I'm down there several times a year and bring them back with me. On new, reproduction parts I tell the Customs officer they are for a 35 year old vehicle and they normally don't charge me duty, just the tax. It's just too miniscule for them to pursue that kind of stuff for the amounts involved. Obviusly, if they want to be a PITA, they could check each individual part.

Hopefully this provides some clarification.