Car transportation from East Coast

[Jennifer and Hugh Pite]

I recently purchased a '54 TF in Greensboro, NC and need to have the car transported to the West Coast. This would not be a problem except the car is dismantled and I cannot find a transporter that will deliver the car for a reasonable sum. I was quoted $3800! Does anyone have any ideas? Alternately, I could drive out there (2900 miles) with my van and small trailer and pick it up. If I do this I would be going East empty and could transport some parts with me if anyone has something that is too big and awkward for UPS that needs to go in this direction. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Hugh Pite in B.C., Canada [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[capaciousmg@aol.com]

Hugh Have you considered having it crated and shipped via an LTL, such as yellow freight Joe Potter In a message dated 5/2/2002 8:41:34 AM Pacific Daylight Time, jenntoo@shaw.ca writes:

> I recently purchased a '54 TF in Greensboro, NC and need to have the car > transported to the West Coast. This would not be a problem except the car > is dismantled and I cannot find a transporter that will deliver the car for > a reasonable sum. I was quoted $3800! Does anyone have any ideas? > Alternately, I could drive out there (2900 miles) with my van and > small trailer and pick it up. If I do this I would be going East empty and > could transport some parts with me if anyone has something that is too big > and awkward for UPS that needs to go in this direction. > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. > Regards, Hugh Pite in B.C., Canada >

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[Diecuts@aol.com]

Hi, One option I used once that worked great was to fly to the car, rent a one-way 'U-Haul' moving van 12 to 14 foot, depending on how disassembled it is, push it in, tie it down, throw everything else on top, and cruise home. A little dickering on price may lower it but I would not mention that you are hauling a car. Just antique car parts. Another thought is to find a trucker returning empty, but the rental option gives you more control on how careful the parts are conveyed and handled if you have the time to make the trip. Cheers, Lee Jacobsen, TA2969 Tickford.

[AJChalmers@aol.com]

In a message dated 5/2/02 8:16:31 PM Pacific Daylight Time, diecuts@aol.com writes:

> rent a one-way 'U-Haul' moving van 12 to 14 foot

That's how I got my TA home - granted it was only San Jose to San Francisco tho [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Want1937hd@aol.com]

Just pray that nothing goes wrong. It is stated in the fine print that you can't transport cars inside rental trucks. Bob TC4956

> > rent a one-way 'U-Haul' moving van 12 to 14 foot > > That's how I got my TA home - granted it was only San Jose to San Francisco > > tho

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[Edward Dunn]

Hugh, A relatively simple solution might be to fly to Greensboro, and rent a U-Haul / Ryder truck. Put the whole mess in the truck, and drive home in three days... Sounds like a good road adventure to me. Ed

> I recently purchased a '54 TF in Greensboro, NC and need to have the car

transported to the West Coast. This would not be a problem except the car is dismantled and I cannot find a transporter that will deliver the car for a Alternately, >

> > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >

[candahill@worldnet.att.net]

I keep thinking about the episode of MASH where Radar mailed a Jeep from Korea to Iowa a piece at a time. Charles Hill

[Carlyle Merritt]

I purchased a TF in Southern US - flew there and the person I got the TF from loaded the car on a rental truck and returned to Iowa - worked great. Sure beats pulling a trailer across the US twice. Would not do it any other way. That's 1 way rental. Look for some cheep tickets to anywhere on the east coast and rent your truck and go after it. Carlyle Merritt

----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Dunn" eedunn@adelphia.net> To: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com>; "Jennifer and Hugh Pite" jenntoo@shaw.ca> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 3:15 AM Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Car transportation from East Coast

[Martin Johnson]

Okay, but if its in pieces, when does something stop being a car and become car parts? Martin TC3586 -----Original Message----- From: Want1937hd@aol.com [mailto:Want1937hd@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 10:19 PM To: AJChalmers@aol.com; Diecuts@aol.com; mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Car transportation from East Coast Just pray that nothing goes wrong. It is stated in the fine print that you can't transport cars inside rental trucks. Bob TC4956

> > rent a one-way 'U-Haul' moving van 12 to 14 foot > > That's how I got my TA home - granted it was only San Jose to San

Francisco

> > tho

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[i.thomson@talk21.com]

And I always thought that you colonials had a devil may care attitude to distance from living in the big country. Hell, what's 3,000 miles anyway. Ian T. -----

> I purchased a TF in Southern US - flew there and the person I got the TF >from >loaded the car on a rental truck and returned to Iowa - worked great. Sure >beats >pulling a trailer across the US twice. Would not do it any other way. >That's 1 way rental. Look for some cheep tickets to anywhere on the east >coast and rent your truck and go after it. > >Carlyle Merritt >

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