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 Post subject: Transporting a wreck interstate
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:14 am 
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Hi All,

I'm considering purchasing a vehicle that is...well... its a wreck for me to restore. Catch is, much like many other vehicles selected for restoration, it doesn't run, is not drivable (currently) and is also located interstate!

There is also a heap of parts that come with the vehicle that are loose i.e. that are not currently bolted on the car.

Apart from me driving down there with a car trailer, is there any other way for me to transport the car and parts?

Has anyone else here done this before?

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks all,

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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:20 pm 
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you'd have to pick it up mate, a transport/freight company wont touch it if its got parts hanging off it

 

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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:05 pm 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
you'd have to pick it up mate, a transport/freight company wont touch it if its got parts hanging off it


is it a rolled car or accident damage????? if not does it have wheels etc etc most frieght companies do not touch them but if the car is in a reasonalble condition they should be able to do it.

 

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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:17 am 
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I think someone just bought that rolled EBGT on ebay.......lol
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 Post subject: transport
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:26 pm 
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he he he.

Am I that transparent?

I reached the limit of my bidding on that one...

...but its not the only car that I'm looking at.

A mate of mine told me (from a mate of his) that typically a forklift is used
to pick a non-starting car up to put it on the truck, and so, price would reflect that.

I got a quote of $1250 from one company!

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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:29 pm 
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Go hire a trailer and get it yourself. Would be cheaper, and you know the car is safe then
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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:51 pm 
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forklifts are used, do it all day at work and you could try shaws transport or ricky blinco.

 

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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 1:22 pm 
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what state is it in? not the condition of car....vic?

 

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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:33 am 
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Hi All,

That GT was located near Adelaide (I believe).

But the question still stands for where ever any decent project car may reside.

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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:39 am 
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you were looking at the eb gt werent you?

 

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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:59 am 
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Naturally.

But the question still stands for any other car that might be a decent project.

Been eyeing off a few other cars for a while now.

Transporting a running car interstate is easy. Its the non-starters that I wasn't sure about.

 

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Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:32 pm 
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Without knowing where the Pickup & Destination is, have you thought of getting the car and all it's parts stuffed in a 20foot container an sent to you either by road or by rail?

 

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