I'm currently living in France and am thinking about importing my 1991 Defender 130 from the US. I bought the Car in Egypt, did quite a bit of work to it, and imported it into the US where it is now registered. I have the Heritage certificate which indicates that it is a Defender 130 200TDi. It also indicates LH, Export, but without a "destination" as may certificates seem to do when sold in Europe (ie dealer and city or country). It belonged to an Oil & Gas company working in Egypt and I presume that they imported it to Egypt out of a fleet vehicle. The Serial Number Codes out to 110 wagon, but that appears to be the norm before they started making 130 specific frames I believe within a year of when this vehicle was built. When I had this vehicle down to the frame, you could see where they spliced in the additional 20-inches of frame.
So my question is with respect to Certificate of Conformity. I have seen some discussion on this and have the Land Rover France form from their website.
Any idea on the likelihood of just doing an online request using the serial number and getting a CoC?
What if they reject it, will I know why and what would the next steps be? As far as I can tell, this 130 is no different than it would have been if sold in France.
It has Euro glass and headlights (except windshield which was replaced in Egypt).
On the Land Rover form, they request tire size. I have LT235 / 85R16 tires on steel discovery rims. Would I need to go to a stock size or at least say that's what I have and then have stock sizee on when I go to register for the first time?
I installed an oversized intercooler. I can for the purpose of importation reinstall the original one.
Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated.
