[Shotimes] [OT] Car shipping suggestions
Donald Mallinson
dmall@mwonline.net
Mon, 20 Oct 2003 10:40:14 -0500
Well, they still do SHO work, so it is still worth visiting,
just won't be as good of a picture.
Don Mallinson
Kirk Doucette wrote:
> To late Don, The ss has removed the SS from the window and not that building
> in Huntington Beach says EVOSPORT
>
> Kirk J Doucette
> NESHOC President
> Stormtrooper-97 White
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donald Mallinson [mailto:dmall@mwonline.net]
> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 11:27 AM
> To: kerbyh@netzero.net
> Cc: V8SHO@V8SHO.COM; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] [OT] Car shipping suggestions
>
> 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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