[Healeys] Shipping Healeys this summer -- to National Events

[Greg Mandas]

David,
That's why I'm suggesting we partner with a shipper and they do what they do
best, logistics and transport.  We bring them a customer base and let them
call themselves, "The official transporter of the .... Austin Healey ... Club
...." Wouldn't you love to see a 100M painted on the side of an 18 wheeler?  
Maybe for my discount / our business / and their logistical efforts I agree to
allow flexible pickup from and return to my garage or a central pickup
location, anywhere within a period of (swag here) two weeks prior to and after
the event. We give them free add space in the club magazines and banner adds
on our websites. 
I'm a computer programmer. I don't know what a shipper would want in return
for a group discount / business / and I don't have the clout to ask.

Greg

--- On Tue, 11/9/10, David Nock <healeydoc at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

From: David Nock <healeydoc at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Shipping Healeys this summer -- to National  Events
To: "Greg Mandas" <gmandas at yahoo.com>
Cc: 55healey at comcast.net, healeys at autox.team.net, Editorgary at aol.com
Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 5:12 PM


Greg, the organization of the National Meets is a huge undertaking that is
done by volunteers in a local club. There is usually only a small handful of
volunteers that are will to do these meets.  
When we did the Open Roads Healey International Meet at Lake Tahoe in 2002 we
started to look into doing just what you are asking and the logistics of
trying to organize this for a group of club member 2000 miles away was to
much. So the transporting of cars was organized by a few members of the local
clubs on the East Coast.
In 2002 there were over 700 registrants from all over the world. There were
over 650 cars and of those there were only about 30 that came out on
transporters.  This in only about 5% of those attending that used a
transporter. 

 David Nock Golden Gate Austin Healey Club
 www.goldengatehealeys.com
On Nov 9, 2010, at 1:24 PM, Greg Mandas wrote:
For me, simply attending is the question.  I'm still working and have alimited
amount of vacation time.  Attending or not is based primarily onavailable free
time. If I were to attend I wouldn't have the time to drivemore than a day,
possibly two.
I wonder if more people would attend national events if the national clubswere
able to work a deal with a transport company for discounts to and from.It
would alleviate a lot of issues around individuals and/or local clubstrying to
organize a truck.
Any of the auto transport companies owned by Healey Drivers?
Greg