I am purchasing a 62 LeSaber (the same one I posted the pic of for photoshoppers). The only problem is the car is in Henrietta NY, and I am in St. Louis MO. Curious if anyone has had any good experiences with any of the various car shipping companies out there. There are a ton of them and the prices are vary quite a bit. I shipped a car I sold on Ebay a few months ago, but was very unhappy w/ the service I received. Just wanted to see if anyone had any recommendations, or if there are any HAMB'ers out there that own a shipping company or anyone who would want to deliver a car to St. Louis MO? Thank's for your help
Oh yea, I see that you are in STL. My wife is from there and we roadtrip about every couple of months to the right coast of MO. PM me your number and we could meet up for a beverage or a junkyard trip. Chris Nelson Kansas
Thank's for the info. Just PM'd BenD to see if he had any interest... BTW I will be a the Hunnert Car pile up this coming weekend, so if anyone wanted to attend from the East coast, but needed an excuse or a way to pay for the gas, I will be there and could pick up the car in Morris IL.
If you want it done right and reasonably, pay one guy to get it and bring it to your door. Will cost a lot more though. It's too far for me to go, although the car's not far from me. Someone explained a while back how if you get a rate, the car will go so far from one terminal to the next to fill a truck, each time it moves it uses X dollars of the rate you paid. sometimes it takes a while to make the last leg of the trip on whatever amount is left. Especially if there's no terminal close to you. Personally, it looks nice in the picture, if it's on the road I'd just make a road trip with someone and have them follow me back with tools and some spares. Or even fly in and drive it back.
Great. How road-ready is it? If you do get it, and it's ready to roll, pop over by plane and DRIVE it home. If it can be trusted at all, I'd go for it and just make a weekend out of it. There's gotta be at a ton of hambers along yer route to lend a hand if something did come up. Or hell...fly me out there and back to Columbus and *I'll* drive it out to ya. That'd be a treat...ya that's it...do *that*! Olson
I have actually thought about flying out and driving her home, but by the time I priced a plane ticket $200, gas- probally $200, hotel room, $80... I'm not that far ahead of the game... So far I got a quote of $750, and still hopeing for a cheaper one to come in. It is supposed to be a very nice running driving, 40**x mile original car, the owner said it would make the trip, but I'm just leary taking a 43 yr old car that I've never driven on a 13 hr, 850 mile trip. I would love to take a road trip in the car, but I dont think I'd be saving much.
Found a shipping company (B&K) that will ship the car for $575... Done deal. Now I just need to slam it on the ground and toss on some astro's.
That's pretty cheap for a long haul. I suggested it not so much as a way to save cash, but for the enjoyment/chaos of it. For the adventure! No better way to shake the boogers loose than a good road trip right off the bat. Get it home, however ya do it. Olson
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