Re: New Alpine..All aboard for the East Coast!!

From: Bob Hamilton (hamilton(at)cast.navnet.net)
Date: Tue Oct 27 1998 - 10:04:43 CST


Kurt,

        I had my '53 Alpine shipped to Boston from L.A. for about $900
on an open auto carrier - took 10 days and the car was quite dirty upon
arrival but intact. Lots of carriers listed in Hemmings. Good luck.

Regards,
Bob

At 08:19 AM 10/27/1998 -0500, you wrote:
>It is looking like Bob Willis' Alpine will be coming to the East Coast to
become
>my new garage queen. Damn it is going to be painful watching the old one go.
>Even though it looks like a big piece of swiss cheese I have spent several
>hundred hours with her and she has become part of the family. If anyone has a
>need for upper sheet metal, such as those big, beautiful fins, boots,
bonnets,
>etc. please let me know. If she has to go at least I'd like to see her be
of use
>to someone.
>
>Anyway, I will need to figure out a way to get the new one from San Diego,
CA to
>Burlington, VT. Does anyone have any suggestions? If anyone has done it
before,
>what are the do's and don'ts of transporting a car to the opposite corner
of the
>country?
>
>Thanks,
>Kurt Eckert
>
>
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Robert (Bob) A.C. Hamilton, Waverley, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Man of Many Sunbeams - Alpine, Drophead and Saloon 1953-1954
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