[DeTomaso] Recommendations of auto shipping companies and insurance companies for a Pantera.

John Zeedick Pantera351C at Hotmail.Com
Sun Mar 25 14:46:05 EDT 2012


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'nuff said

John Z


On 3/25/12 2:10 PM, "Peter Kovacs" <peter-kovacs at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Assuming you do drive it home, having your AAA card near and your POCA
> Directory with the name/numbers of members (many with tools and
> trailers) along your 650 path... should make you feel pretty comfortable.
> Peter Kovacs
> 209 345-6708 
> 209 436-2000 fx
> 
> From: "MikeLDrew at aol.com" <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
> To: denman at gmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 8:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Recommendations of auto shipping companies and
> insurance companies for a Pantera.
> 
> 
> In a message dated 3/24/12 23 30 52, denman at gmail.com writes:
> 
> 
>> I'm in the process of purchasing a Pantera and will need to hire an auto
>> shipping company to transport it around 650 miles to California. I'd
>> appreciate any recommendations as well as companies to avoid.
>> 
> 
>>>> 650 miles?  Shoot, that's a single long day's drive.  Why not just
> drive it home?
> 
> I just shipped my GT350 clone from Detroit to California which is a bit
> longer--3500 miles or so.  I found lots and lots of scum-sucking bottom-feeder
> car brokers who promised the world but had nothing to back it up with. 
> They will claim they can ship your car for X dollars, but when you press them
> for details, you learn that they don't even own a truck!  They just sit in
> a dark room in front of a glowing computer, agree to ship your car, and once
> they have your money, THEN they go looking for an independent,
> often-unknown individual to agree to take on the job for a lesser amount (they
> pocket 
> the difference).
> 
> No way I was going to agree to that, so I stuck with the major companies. 
> In the end, I wound up going with Passport, who I have used several times
> in the past.  They were expensive ($1800) but extremely professional, and
> there's a lot to be said for peace of mind.
> 
> I'd reiterate though--if it's only 650 miles away, you should drive it. 
> And if Phoenix is partway between where it is and where it needs to be, you
> should drive it via the POCA Fun Rally in just a few short weeks!
> 
> John Maffeo bought a Pantera sight-unseen out of Houston and was
> considering having it trucked to his home in Seattle; I convinced him
> otherwise, and 
> so we both flew to Houston (and met each other there for the first time),
> hopped in the car, and drove it 750 miles to the POCA Fun Rally; I then flew
> home and he drove the rest of the way in convoy with other Seattle-area
> owners.
> 
> In retrospect, he'd never consider doing it any other way! :>)
> 
> Mike
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