Victorian American Imports was established in 1996 by John Bakker, the owner and director of the company and its sister company Rival Marine.

After having a vehicle converted for him in 1995, John found the quality of conversions within Australia to be lacking. Another vehicle was imported and converted by John himself to a much higher standard and with this Victorian American Imports was born.

With the company's roots in top level Power Boat racing, the high level of engineering and development required has been passed on and further refined to produce a top quality, world class left to right hand drive conversion.

With the federal regulation changes in 2003 and the introduction of the Registered Automotive Workshop Scheme, Victorian American Imports became the first Australian company to be approved to convert American pick ups and SUV's to right hand drive.

Since then, Victorian American Imports has had a number of other firsts, including the introduction of the Chevrolet Suburban, GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade range to the Australian market.

The full range of Chevrolet Silverado, Chevrolet Avalanche, Chevrolet Suburban, Chevrolet SSR, GMC Sierra, GMC Yukon, Dodge Ram, Cadillac Escalade and Hummer H2's are now available through Victorian American Imports.

One of the largest importers of GM vehicles within Australia, Victorian American Imports has also expanded internationally and is now exporting Right Hand Drive Conversions to the world market.