Hi George and welcome to F500. I bought my first F5 this time last year and it was located in Wisconsin and I am NW Washington. Needless to say I was not in a position to go get it.
After a tremendous (and I mean tremendous) amount of research into shipping options I found the average cost to ship the car in a crate was roughly $2,500 plus the cost to have a crate built (another $800 or so) - ouch. Once I got past the initial shock of this reality I remembered that I had a business acquaintance who happened to own a UPS Store franchise. I called him and explained what I needed to have shipped and asked if he could please find a less expensive option. He did. First of all DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES used the words RACE CAR when discussing shipping and prices. Remember, if it flies, floats or f*%#s it's going to cost a lot more. I told him I was shipping race car "replica" used for hobby purposes. I know, I know it's almost the complete truth. Anyway, he was able to get it on a vehicle transport truck and had it picked up and dropped off door to door within about a week. The cost was only $1,000. If you do the math I could drive round trip for less than in fuel/lodging costs not to mention my time. If you can't find anyone in your neck of the woods to make similar arrangements I can ask my guy for a contact near you who may be able to make arrangements. Good luck! Sean Sean G. McDonald Advertising Director Peninsula Daily News 360-417-3540 -----Original Message----- From: George Muggee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 10:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [F500] Novakar that was on eBay Another followup and brief introduction... I've been on the mailing list for a long time now, but just reading. So... what's the best way to get a F500 that's in Texas all the way to Northern California? I was a thinking about a big box and Federal Express. How about UPS? Seriously though, is anyone headed in this direction or towards California anytime soon with room in a trailer? I thought I'd ask before arranging shipping. Thanks in advance, George monkey nuggets racing > It has been sold. > > On Thu Jan 4 17:05 , 'edward capullo' <ecapullo at hotmail.com> sent: > > >... In looking at > >the EBay site it appears that Mr. Dixson has gotten two offers and > already > >rejected one. I don't know how EBay works but I thought the > highest bid was > >always shown. I see nothing except the Buy it Now price. ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
