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Originally Posted by Tim Falce
I don't think the getting of the carnets is much of an issue, the problem, or hassle, lies more with having to leave motorways to go through a border crossing to get them stamped although my memory fades from the 70s as to whether we only got a stamp at the channel port and didn't bother at each border we crossed.
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You used to have to make sure that you got it stamped at every border, otherwise you couldn't show you had left the country and weren't liable for the taxes.
So if you arrived at lunch time or night time you had to wait until someone showed up.
The other issue was the cost of having a large lump of money tied up but it seems that historic racers these days have so much spare money they won't notice!!
The good news is that these days you'd probably only have to get it stamped once, when you leave the Untied Kingdom and enter Europe.
Which probably explains the recruitment drive for customs officers at Zeebrugge, Calais etc.
Hopefully the UK will find enough customs officers to avoid huge queues that side!
As before those who have road registered cars (which used to include a surprising number of single seaters!) would be treated as road cars and there should be a deal to allow them to move freely.
Trailers could be an issue though, many European countries want them registered in their own right.