Doug,

      BBB, I'd check with one or two of the Classic Auto Clubs, CTCI, or the Ford vickie group to see if they can help. By the way, I'm out of the picture for now.

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

Hi Paul,  several conflicting signals in that bid tab,  The outlayer lowball number, the close spacing of all the other bids and the lack of knowledge of any of the specific vendors.  When I was project engineering we had enough of a data base of vendors and we could write detailed specifications so that we had a good idea of who could deliver the goods.  In this case the spec is simply to get the car to me which doesn't allow for much interpretation. The lack of vendor info is what I am trying to remedy by asking on this site but there are no specific recommendations.  So I don't currently know enough to throw out the low vendor and if I did throw him out I have no criteria to pick a higher priced vendor. All in All a bit of a puzzle.

Doug T

The Highlands, Louisville, Ky.

Doug T: Just a word to the wise.. A well known 19th century economist was quoted as saying.."if you always deal with the lowest bidder, best allow something for what your not going to get"..

Paul

Doug ,

The Y -Blockers help line sounds like a great idea ?? I have used  the services of a few guys on this site before .It sure is cheaper for me to pay for gas ,food & accomadation to check out a car than jump on a plane for 13 + hours and take a week off work ??? I don't mind paying as I know the price of gas these days is not cheap .There are similar services available on the web to check out cars ,but can you trust them ? Have heard of stories where they have told the customer that the car they went to check out for them was a pile of  s&* t,then bought it for themselves ??? I would trust that Y-Blockers would not rip off another fellow member .

Lon

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We have shipped a few cars between chicago and az over the years. Recently i just shipped my dads porsche rs 60 and used a guy recommended by a friend that owns a resto shop. They were top notch, enclosed transport, did everything on time, and matched the lowest price we got on line.

One thing you will likely want is someone that offers door to door service. Its more of a hassle, but it ensures that the car wont be off loaded/reloaded during the process, thus minimizing the chance for damage.

If you are interested i can dig up the info and post.

Thx

Ron Grove

Wauconda, IL

Thanks for the comments and ideas, they are very helpful. Here is a listing of the vendors in Price order:

Duo-Fast Transport  $750

Show Time Autotransport $1050

One Shot (?) $ 1100 

And then several others at $1150 to $1236.  These are all apearently real companies that actually have trucks hauling cars around,  not brokers for other haulers.  Also I have used a company called Barnes Auto transport in the past and have been satisfied, but they quoted around $1500. This Falcon isn't all that much to begin with!  So any specific experience with any of these companies?

BTW after reading Lon's post I would have been most willing to help out with his shipment from Louisville.  And I have asked fellow Y blockers to help me a couple times via this site.  Maybe we should have a catagory of "help needed" in different parts of the country and world.  I am not thinking of sending money but just a friendly pair of eyes to look at something if needed.  I would sooner trust a fellow Y blocker than just a photo or discription. 

Doug T

The Highlands, Louisville, Ky.

 Two of the largest---INTERCITY LINES, INC. and RELIABLE CAR CARRIERS,I went with Reliable,cost $1200 from Georgia to SoCal but that's enclosed trailer on top deck, some of these are options=$ took 2 weeks from pickup point.KID

I've only had one experience with an auto transporter, but I learned alot from that 1 experience. It was when I relocated from Idaho to Maine. I dealt with CSL transport which is a broker. That was my first mistake. The timing of the move was critical we were moving from Maine and the car had to be picked-up the week of the move. The day before the car was to be picked up, I got a call from the broker saying the transporter broke down and they had to locate another rig. Since we were moving ourselves, I couldn't leave the car at the house so I had to haul the car 5 hours to a friends house so it could be picked-up by another transporter at some later date. If you can deal with the actual transporter, you will be better off. My bid was also for an "Enclosed" transport, but what I actually wound up with was a soft-sided carrier which arrived 1 month late and the car was covered with dirt. For that service I paid $2,300. Oh yeah, forgot to mention that the transporter also broke off the rear deck antenna which he paid for on the spot when I met up with him in Maine.

If I have to move the car again, Think I use my aluminum car hauler and wrap the car in "road wrap", a new product I found at Griot's Garage.

Rono

  Ron Lane,  Meridian, ID

I personally don’t see any issue with using shippers names at least on this site regarding their performance.  Good or bad experiences by a particular shipper do need to be shared simply to make life easier for those that have not had experience with that shipper.  Just keep the comments honest and straight to the facts if there are any negatives.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

I don't know the name of the transport company that was used ,but I sure paid the price . I was given a "ball park figure " to ship the T'Bird I bought back in 2010 from Independance KY to Los Angeles . Was assured it would be traveling in a fully enclosed semi ??? The quote was  around $750 to $800 .I had arranged with the guy I bought the car from to send me some photos when they picked up the car .Next ,I got a call from the import agent  in Au to say the car was in Los Angeles & there was no back window  ??? Also the price had risen to $1400 .The transport company swore the back window was "missing "when they picked it up in an open car carrier ??What happened to the "Fully enclosed trailer "???They soon changed their story when I supplied the photos of the car being loaded .They ended up buying a complete rear window with stainless trim and shipping to Australia .Total cost for them was around $1000.It took about 6 weeks for them to pay up .

Lon

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