Ok so say a person was interested in a 2002 Corvette that is registered in Canada that will be in the US at time of sale. The car originally came from the US and was titled in FL. What does it take to register this in the US again? I'm going to call the DMV but was wondering if anyone has experience with this.
There have been a couple threads about this recently, this one has tons of good info on importing from Canada in general: http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/buying-a-newer-car-from-canada-and-importing-to-the-usa/99788/page1/
If it's originally from the US, I don't see what any issue would be given that the car, by default, was made to US standards for safety and emissions.
You'll have to push the button on the dash that makes the needles read US instead of Metric 
I wonder... does it have the speedometer that goes to 300? Apparently, Corvettes that went to Metric countries had speedos marked out to 300. And they would read to 300 miles per hour when switched to Imperial. It would have had to been converted, of course, but why would someone buy a Corvette with a speedo that only went to 200km/h? That'd be like someone buying a car with a speedo that only goes to 85mph. Who would do that?
In reply to Knurled:
Even if it was originally from the U.S., AFAIK you still need to have notarized paperwork to that effect if you're not the one who brought it to Canada in the first place. Customs WILL treat you like a terrorist on your way back into the country. They do it to everybody.
We bought a Harley-Davidson Sportster on Canada (it's like a whole other planet,) brand new, at the Canadian dealer in 1987. Getting across the border was a total biatch. We were one sticker and a MPH speedo short. HD next-day'ed us a speedo and a typed up sticker. I suspect they just pulled a speedo off of the nearest bike and put it in the box. It had 3 miles on it, just like a new bike. The a-holes at the border still gave us E36 M3, but finally the head of what today would be called "ICE" said "These people have been here 2 days. Let them through."
Anyway, if your vehicle was originally from the US, registered in the US for the US market, I think you will be ahead, but expect trouble from the Gestapo. Be sure the DoT sticker is clearly visible somewhere, and you have a MPH speedo.
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