[Shotimes] [OT] Car shipping suggestions

[Frank Costa]

George,

I spoke to the company i dealt with and they gave me a quote of 800 or so.



Frank Costa and the "SHOrage"
89 In The Currant Red Flavor 154 On The Clock

MODS-
Extrude Honed Intake
Gutted Catalytic Converters
Dynomax Catback System
Dynomax Super Turbo Mufflers
Koni Externally Adjustable Inserts
Eibach Lowering Springs
Updated Front Swaybar Endlinks
Polyurethane Rear Swaybar Endlinks
Solid Delrin Subframe Bushings
SHO Nut Front And Rear Reinforced Motor Mounts
Directional Italian SLicers
Bridgestone HR40 Tires All Around


SERVICE-
60k @ 135k
Replaced Sub Frame
Replaced Inner Tie Rods And Outer Tie Rod Ends
91 And Up, Front And Rear Swaybar ENDLINKS
New Front Strut Mounts
Ford Police Package Rear Strut Mounts
Ford OEM Transaxle Mount
5th Clutch
4th Transaxle (Damn Lead Foot)


TO BE INSTALLED-
Subframe Connectors
Rod Shifter
Rear Police Package Strut Mounts


NEXT THING TO Spontaneously Combust-
Rod Bearings Possibly
Front Main Oil Seal Leaking
Damn Konis Are knocking Around (Poorly Installed, Highly Pissed)


Shifter Linkage (Its Gonna happen, it is just a matter of time)

WISH LIST-
Just a Solid Car, Nothing fancy, JUST SOLID!


http://www.geocities.com/shoprofiles/costa.html


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donald Mallinson" <dmall@mwonline.net>
To: "George Fourchy" <krazgeo@jps.net>
Cc: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 12:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] [OT] Car shipping suggestions


> I talked to about three companies, and they all quoted near
> $2000 PER CAR!  We did some quick math, and with the fuel,
> and about a week and a half (four days of dead time for the
> driver, tough to find something to do for half a week!) and
> permits needed for CA if the truck originates somewhere
> else, even if you owned the truck, and drove for free, it
> would be tough to do for 3-400 per car.
>
> My son is a pro driver, so he is looking into renting a rig
> and taking a vacation and driving it out for us.
>
> If you can find somebody that will do it for 300 to 600 per
> car, that would be great.  We already have 6 or 7 cars that
> can be picked up at one spot in Illinois and dropped off at
> one spot.  Ben Bentley's place (he still has to get
> permission from his boss to park the cars for a couple of
> days on their lot) but that should reduce the cost.  Figure
> from Mendota, IL (or LaSalle, nearest bigger town) for
> miles.  Let me know.
>
> Don Mallinson
>
> George Fourchy wrote:
> > On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 10:06:40 -0500, Donald Mallinson wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I am still trying to find a company to move 8 or more cars
> >
> >>from the midwest to the CA convention.  I THink Kirk and
> >
> >>others are trying the same thing for the east coast.
> >
> >
> > Fred Herder Jr. mentioned at the banquet in Madison that there ought to
be truckers
> > who would load their car carriers up and charge for the whole load,
divided by the
> > number of cars on the truck.  The total amount was something like $3K
one way, which
> > would be about 3 or 4 hundred apiece, which is pretty close to the cost
of driving
> > across country one way.
> >
> > I was going to investigate this possibility, and still will, but the
home-front
> > alligators are still occasionally pretty fierce.  I'm working on them,
and on the
> > convention.
> >
> > I can (and have been meaning to) call the folks that shipped my car to
Mark Nunnally
> > and ask them about bulk shipping possibilities.  They are very friendly.
> >
> > George
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