Importing bits and peices of cars from Japan?

[GeneralSpeed]

What are the regulations on importing engineless cars, or just bodies, or just engines, and so forth from Japan by themselves? Can you buy a whole bunch of parts and body bits from Japan, get them shipped over individually and build a car out of them and register it here? Could you import an aftermarket second hand engine from Japan and stuff it into any car over here and have it road legal?

[GILTY]

unsure, call your DOT in your state...

[kakimoto33]

You would not be able to register any imported body shell (with or without an engine) unless you have an import approval for it - obviously this would not be possible if that model car is not allowed for import .. other than that you can import any parts you like for use as parts (or to rebuild a local vehicle)