<VV> Shiiping west scrap cars east- a fine idea

[corvairduval at cox.net]

The logistics are the problem. If I buy a running west coast car, I can
call a shipper (like Peg's Trucking) with a car carrier to haul it eaast
for a good price. If I buy a non-running car, this is more troublesome. In
fact, I have not found an answer of how to do it, without me driving 5000
miles round trip with truck and trailer.

I hear of great non-running, barn fresh western cars all the time, but am
forced to repair what I find here due to shipping.

Parts of cars are easier. I have bought 1/2 of a BMW 3.0CS from CA and
shipped it by truck. Several peole required to unload, as I had no
forklift, but it was doable in a shop environment.

Frank DuVal
Wanting a method to move non-running cars 2600 miles. Suggestions?
I know the EUM was sort of like the Christmas Corvair, except I drove that!

Original Message:
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From: Bill Elliott corvair at fnader.com
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 12:58:40 -0400
To: ronh at owt.com, therobbins82 at gmail.com, virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Part Aquired / EUM  painting


Proximity, up front investment, etc. You convince yourself that the $1000 
local car with rust that you can personally examine is superior to the $500 
CA car that you can't (and that would cost you $1500+ to ship)

But I absolutely agree... I've seen 5 figures spent getting a Corvair body 
up to where you'd start with a sub $1000 western car.

If someone with the time and money would buy those western bodies headed
for 
the scrapyard and ship them out east, I think there is profit to be made 
(and Corvairs to be saved)...

Bill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron" <ronh at owt.com>
To: "The Robbins" <therobbins82 at gmail.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 12:48
Subject: Re: <VV> Part Aquired / EUM painting


> An always perplexing question is:  Why do the Easterners always prefer to
> spend a fortune in time and money restoring a rust bucket rather than
> purchasing a relatively rust free western body which then gets scrapped 
> out
> for lack of a buyer???
>
> RonH - just wondering
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "The Robbins" <therobbins82 at gmail.com>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 8:44 AM
> Subject: Re: <VV> Part Aquired / EUM painting
>
>
>> Shoot that car was almost a show compared to what I started with. Go to
>> http://community.webshots.com/user/davair1
>> to enjoy what I had to start with. Nine Clarks patch panels and lots of
>> custom made parts made it a solid car again.
>> Not to mention lots of Benjamins!!
>>
>> ****  And the car is for sale, located in IL. For more details contact me
>> off list. ****
>>
>> Joe Robbins
>>
>> 

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