I imported mine from Dallas to the UK
It was a driver and came on a roll on roll off shipping method from Galveston Port Texas
I had to pay some inport duty and vat on mine
Vat doesnt have to be paid as it had origionally come from europe but you need to show proof, i didnt have the time , contact the UK club they should help you on this.
There is no major differences in the car Mot wise, just need to change the headlight to rhd and the front marker lights into indicators
Classic insurance should be simple to find and much cheaper than normal insurance.
However i would look at ebay.de as there are quite a few for sale in Germany and with the money and hassle you could eliminate buy buying it there may make more sense.
Nick
Shipping costs from the US to Europe, 1500-2500 dollars depending on where the car is located so finding one in Europe may be a better idea except that they're getting kinda pricey over here now and 1.1's are few and far between
I'm not sure I get the insurance bit though, is a 1.1 GT really that much less to insure than a 1.9 that it would make sense to buy and import one when you already own a 1.9 ?
Even up here in Norway I only pay 300 dollars a year for my TR6, that's with my regular insurance company and with an estimated value on the car of 20k dollars. It has a few limitations on the use of the car though but that's the same with any classic car insurance
I would look into buying a cheap runabout that could serve as a dd and then put a classic car insurance on the GT and live with the limitations it puts on your driving, my policy allows me to drive it 5k miles or something and that's more than enough for me to use it to commute to work when the weather is nice during the summer season and stuff like that