Buying a mint car from afar, I need help!

[rfkellner at snet.net (Rick Kellner)]

You should be able to get a quote on-line from U-Haul, or equivalent,
for a car dolly.  I just ran one for a friend of mine that is towing his
69 Mustang Cobra from Connecticut to southern Florida.  The quote was
for one way, six days (their estimate) at a cost of 330 USD.
They had specific questions you had to answer correctly to get the
quote.  There are weight limits and towing vehicle limits, etc.
Rick.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Rankin [mailto:d_x20@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 12:34 PM
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Buying a mint car from afar, I need help!


   If any of you remember the mk1 I have in my garage, it's far from
being 
finished, the body is the biggest thing left to do.  I live in Fort
McMurray 
where a body man or body shop is IMPOSSIBLE to get, most guys here would

rather be doing collision work.  My only option is Edmonton, which is
430kms 
away.  I've been told I'm looking at about $3000 in body work alone,
then 
you gotta calculate in costs of me trailering it down there, staying the

night etc etc.

   So yesterday I seen THIS    
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2519431     car on the vortex.

WOW, looks great, it's a little farther along then what I am on my car,
and 
I could likely swap all the parts over.  My biggest issue is shipping
the 
car across Canada.  Is this gonna be expensive?

   I'm thinking if I can get the car for $5000 shipped up here I'm doing

good because any of the body shops around here have quoted me at at
least 
$5000 and the car in Ontario has absolutely been done to a further
extent of 
what mine will be.

Do you guys think its worth it?   Is it a major hassle to ship a car
across 
Canada?  for $1000?

Here's a pic of my car in it's current stage for reference...

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/2/web/566000-566999/566365_7
6_full.jpg 
  the doors are taken off now, as well as a little more paint, the
rockers 
need to be replaced, as does the rear fender archs and hatch.

Thanks in advance,

Bryan
Fort McMurray, AB
81 Volkswagen Scirocco
86 Volkswagen Jetta
98 Audi A4



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