Selling Defenders to US

At risk of sounding like a traitor to the green oval marque I've been considering the future of my factory 200tdi Defender 90 SW and come to the conclusion that it should be sold to the US. It's LHD for one thing as it was originally in the Canary Islands and it's still on its original chassis... I had planned to convert it to RHD and build it on galv chassis this year but I believe I'm actually going to devalue it by doing that. I also have two earlyish 110 SW's which I had planned to use for spares for the 90 project but are also on their original chassis'. These two are not MOT'd but they are running and driving and complete... Maybe these should also go to the US.

So how do I go about doing this? Should I offer to get them as far as the docks and let the buyer on the shipping thereafter? How do I accept payment? If I was a US buyer I'd feel a bit wary of sending a relatively large sum of money to a foreign bank account but neither would I want to accept PayPal (for example) as they seem to retain control of the payment for months afterwards.

Has anyone here got experience of doing this and did you make the transaction as straightforward as possible? Looking forward to hearing from you, and seasons greetings.

As far as I am aware it has to have original chassis to export to US, so check if you are thinking about swapping on a new one.

Have a look at "Trans Global Logistics UK ltd" for info.

Anaconda said:

As far as I am aware it has to have original chassis to export to US, so check if you are thinking about swapping on a new one.

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Thanks for that.

That's why I say I believe I'm devaluing the vehicle if I continue with my plan. Currently all three vehicles have their original chassis' and I think they should stay that way for the time being.

I am a long way from an expert, and I know they are worth more in the US than here, but i believe the era of being worth vast amounts is possibly behind us. To be US exportable it has to be over 25 years and all original when they were worth huge amounts there weren't many that fell into that category mainly based on age. These days early td5's fit the bill and it wont be long until nearly every defender is old enough for export so the supply is much greater than it used to be.