Hi Guys,
The situation in Canada regarding "kit cars" has many perspectives as there are both Federal and Provincial government ministries invovled. Importing requires dealing with Canada Customs who will not allow a "kit car" in under instructions from Transport Canada. Both are Federal agencies.
At the Provincial goverment level there are allowances for kit cars, customs, home builts, street rods and replicas. Each Province has different classifications regarding hand built automobiles. As Chris mentioned, proof of ownership to protect againt fraud or use of stolen parts is required along with satisfying Provincial Safety Standards and proof of insurance before a VIN will be generated and plates issued.
The proceedure varies from Province to Province, however there are Cobras, Hot Rods, Customs, Dune Buggies and a few lucky stiffs with GT40s plated across the country. It can be done, just don't even think about importing a kit car to start your project (unless it's more than 15 yrs old).
CAV Canada does not import kits or rolling chassis. That's not permitted, we do however import the basic parts which have never been used on a completed automobile or carry any maunfacturers VIN codes. We also manufacture a lot of parts here specifically for CAV GTs so a chassis can be completed. This means we have a tremendous amount of work to do when building a customer CAV GT to roller status.
Our customers understand the huge labour cost disadvantage this puts us in, since our dollar is dollar, whereas the SA Rand is about .15c these days. We'd love to bring the product in as a "replicator kit" which is permitted in the USA so our prices would be in line with the US CAV GTs. Not being able to do so adds over 30,000 to the retail price.
There are also additional duties here too but thats getting off topic. Canadian GT40 kit car enthusiasts are going to have to wait, however quality higher end, made in Canada CAV GTs are available in rolling chassis form, to your specs. Yes we have inventory.
Hope that helps, especially since there's no cure for GT40 obsession
Cheers