[Shotimes] [OT] Car shipping suggestions

Mon, 20 Oct 2003 10:27:01 -0500

I understand about not going up to 80.  I was just hoping to 
have the Texas bunch along in a caravan for once!

Maybe we can hook up for the trip back?  I wanted to see the 
SHO Shop before it became the BMW shop!

Also, although it will probably be slow going, I wanted to 
do route 1 between SF and LA.

Don Mallinson

kerbyh@netzero.net wrote:
> As you well know, I was kidding.  But I will be driving.
> 
> I will get you the details sometime in November.  Can't start planning too early.  Coming up to I-80 from here will add several hundred miles to the trip and make it a definite 3 day journey.  That is not a good option for me, or several other people.  It is a long 2 days from here, but doable.  Adding any more miles kills that.
> 
> Kerby
> 
> -- Donald Mallinson <dmall@mwonline.net> wrote:
> 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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