[DeTomaso] Car Transporters

Denny Morse denman at gmail.com
Mon Nov 5 02:52:18 EST 2012


On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 9:50 PM, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> Most all the cars I have purchased ended up being on the east coast for
> some reason (NJ or CT) and here's some thoughts;
> Be wary of transport companies that bid out where you are not dealing
> directly with the guy that is shipping.Try Uship a bidding site where
> transporters can bid on your shipment. I had my boat hauled across country
> using this method to select the shipper and everything worked out very well
> and pretty cheap as it was a one man band with minimal overhead. UShip has
> a user feedback rating system, so you are not completely in the dark, again
> read to be sure you are dealing with the guy that is hauling not a middle
> man.
> I have used;
>
> Horseless carriage; Good service, but had minor damage to one car (door
> mirror).Reliable; Great service, my car wasn't time dependent and shipped
> mid winter, it took over a month. Make sure both sides understand how
> flexible "flexible" really is! Also realize the less times it gets loaded
> and unloaded on a truck the less chance of damage. This was a race car,
> they have no problem with cars that don't run or you don't want
> started.Thomas Sunday; Again great service (race car), they were the only
> ones who would take all the spares along with the car (that amounted to a
> bunch of boxes in the cab plus loose 18 wheels and a spare engine!)The guy
> with a trailer; can work out pretty well, the maroon Pantera got shipped
> down to Long Beach for overseas shipment by a local guy with his SUV and
> enclosed car trailer.
>

Based on Julian's recommendation I contracted with this same guy with a
trailer to haul my black Pantera #5197 from Salem, OR to San Jose, CA. He
is based in California and his company name is Blue Heat Transport
http://blueheattransport.com/. He did a very good job transporting my car.

Cheers,

Denny
----



> Good luck,Julian
>
> > Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 22:24:54 -0500
> > From: gow2 at rc-tech.net
> > To: cengles at cox.net
> > CC: detomaso at realbig.com
> > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Car Transporters
> >
> > I have used DAS Dependable Autoshippers. General or regular cars are what
> > they do best.
> >
> > They do what many other car companies do and bid out the job. They can do
> > pick up/drop at house or Terminal. You can pay more to get the car
> > upstairs so some one elses car does not drip oil on yours...or not.
> >
> > I had mine door to door since the seller was across the country and I did
> > not want additional complications.
> >
> > http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/cutlass%20ship.jpg
> >
> > I think in this type of market most shippers will be the same except
> > smaller shippers may not communicate as well.
> >
> > Make sure the car drives and runs. I have seen many post from people
> > trying to ship cars that barely run or don't run. They end up begging
> them
> > to take the car and it never goes well. That's not what they do.
> >
> > Gary
> >
> >
> >
> > > Dear Forum,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >                Welcome back to our regular programming.  I wonder what
> > > happened.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >                A while back there was discussion of inexpensive car
> > > transporters.  I am looking for an basic transporter for a basic car
> with
> > > a
> > > flexible schedule.  I seem to recall that somebody had experience with
> > > such
> > > an arrangement.   Anyone?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >                                  Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles
> > >
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