Folks Of Interest Anyone Buy This 1961 Chevy Biscayne In Florida ?

Good Luck ….


Jim

 

Neat car, but yes, scary load.

 

Those are my favorite '60s Chevy car. Looks like a good one.

 

That looks like a dealer bought wrecked cars at auction. Maybe the Biscuit was auctioned.

 

Yes, it belongs to a HAMBer but he cannot answer at the moment as he fainted when he saw how his new acquisition is transported.

 

Not sure what that strap configuration looks like on the back side, but definitely not the best designed harnesses! The harnesses that capture the top part of the tire with loops anchored over the top, to a horizontal strap are the best failsafe design. I'm kinda partial to the blueish/purple one in the middle! 60 Special

 

These images are from a video
that I took as the carrier passed
me headed north on I-95 around
Melbourne, Florida.

Jim

 

I had a shipper ruin a transmission on a 56 Buick because he loaded and unloaded several times in Hi gear which is hard on an already tired dynaflow. (My theory) It worked when it left the seller then was trashed when I got it.

Long story short, I won't ever use shipping brokers again, and most likely go get it myself unless the shipper comes highly recommended or I know them.

 

There is a nice (?) '61 Biscayne, maybe a Belair for sale locally. Lemme know if anyone is interested and I'll post pics...

 

Are you by Caldwell, Idaho ?


Jim

 

Brokered car haulers are much like scrappers, they don't give two shits about how old or precious or important an old car is. They are there to turn a buck the fastest way possible. There are good car hauling places for sure, but they cost more.

 

Most folks consider vehicle transport
to be a “ good “ and not a “ service “.

They have unrealistic expectations
of how their vehicle will be hauled
and they expect it will arrive in the
condition it was picked up in for
a price that is not possible.

Jim

 

That pretty much describes the entire trucking industry today. Customers want it as cheap as possible, understandable, but the carrier has to make a buck too or they will be out of business. No telling how many $1.00 a mile loads I turned down in my career. "It'll pay your fuel money back" was dispatch's response every time, and mine was, "I'm out here to make more money than just enough to pay for fuel".

 

The same goes for the pack-and-ship operations I do every day. People ask me for free or reduced rate shipping all the time, not realizing that if I don't spend a couple hours engineering a package for some of these parts, the box is going to be a maraca by the time it gets dropped off.

Everyone was willing to pay for the premium service, but only after the cut rate one turned to shit.

 

I sold several 6 figure cars thru the years and I've always specified Reliable or it wouldn't leave the shop. I sent one hauler packing with an open trailer and thoroughly pissed off the buyer but I'm not releasing one of my black deuce roadsters with convertible top to be hauled here in the midwest in the dead of winter on the icy and salty roads on an open flatbed.

 

This is how one of mine was delivered….

to the scrap yard

 

That looks like a good solid truck!

 

I have been transporting year round
as weather allows since 2006.

The two worst markets are the
Chicago - Detroit area and Florida.

Seems most of the vehicles in
those areas are sold on commission
and bought by resellers.


Jim

 

It is. Owner couldn’t get it to run.
I bought it from the scrap yard. The tires and radiator were gone, running boards ruined.
Coil was wired backwards and firing order was wrong.
Got a nice cab anyway.