[Shotimes] [OT] Car shipping suggestions

[Donald Mallinson]

Kerby,

Some of us aren't wimps, but just can't figure out how to 
drive two cars at once!  :)

Jan and I enjoy travelling together so much we don't want to 
drive two cars that long of a distance.  Wisconsin was a 
four hour trip, so that wasn't so bad with FRS and CB to 
keep us "connected".

So I want to ship my '89 out for use on Thunderhill and 
drive the '96 out and back,since it is such a wonderful 
highway car.

We never ever considered flying, but some people will, 
because they just can't take that much time off.

BTW, will your caravan take 66 all the way to LA then back 
up 1 to SF?  Jan and I were going to go that route, but we 
decided to do a Northern caravan and then come back via 
Route 66.

Be sure to get your caravan instructions to me ASAP if you 
have them ready, so we can post them on the web site.  My 
son Ken usually organizes and posts this info with a map for 
others to use to plan their trip.

One thought was for the Southern group to come up to I-80 so 
we could have a HUGE caravan entering the hotel.  Consider 
that.  I was part of a 150 car caravan one year going to the 
Impala nationals.  No possibility of going fast, but it was 
more fun than you can imagine having cars you love as far as 
the eye could see, with everyone being able to relax and 
enjoy the trip.



Don Mallinson

kerbyh@netzero.net wrote:
> All I have to say is:
> 
> You're all wimps!  :-)
> 
> Kerby "Southern Caravan Master" Haltom
> 
> -- Donald Mallinson <dmall@mwonline.net> wrote:
> 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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