Dear Hemifish, its a shame you had to go to the extent of removing your motor to comply with a jumped up policemans opinion, I have no idea how Gary Myers gets away with having his mustang and the tower of a motor he has! .. on another note, having read this thread, I was looking at a '60 impala to import and one that i come across has 14" wires on it, same size as factory, it makes me nervous to consider bringing it in due to the fact that it might get disapproved on the basis that the wheels are not stock, and don't have an ADR approval..it also has compressed springs. probably doesn't help the case out at all, but in theory, i don't see why this matters, as the car will have to go through the necessary steps to be registered, and that would probably involve new springs, so regardless of the condition of wheels and such, it shouldn't matter, as long as its all complied by at the time of registration. Thats my whinge for the day -Benji