Jim brings up the primary point to let the car go - diseases that it will promote. There was a notice by Mercedes to be VERY wary of cars submerged by Katrina. There were several instances of very sick mechanics that worked on them.

See what the import duties would be for car parts. Have someone pull the engine/tranny then ship the body in one shipment, the engine/tranny in the other. It wouldn't be that hard to reassemble it.

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