[Healeys] Non Healey - travel from US to Canada

[Alan Seigrist]

Just to clarify - you do need to be with the car when crossing the border,
and then it becomes easy.  If you ship and a third party is crossing with
the car, then it becomes complicated.

On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 8:45 PM, Michael Oritt <michael.oritt at gmail.com>
wrote:

> John--
>
> From the CruiseAmerica FAQ site:  "US registered RVs may enter Canada and
> return to the US and Canadian registered RVs may enter the US and return to
> Canada without problem. One way rentals between the two countries are not
> allowed."
>
> As to transporting the FJ's I would be looking to make a deal with someone
> who has an enclosed rig capable of handling 4-5 FJ's to follow you guys
> from race to race.  There are commercial companies such as Passport who do
> this but you will certainly do better with individual owner/drivers.
> Contact me offlist and i will give you the name of some people of whom you
> can inquire/enquire.
>
> Best--Michael Oritt.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 11:17 PM, John Rowe <jarowe at westnet.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Hi All
>>
>> I'm looking for some worldly wisdom about travel from the US to Canada.
>>
>> I am part of the Formula Junior world tour to celebrate the 60th
>> Anniversary in 2018 and have my Lotus 18 in a container with 8 other FJs
>> from WesternAustralia.
>>
>> The trip started in Perth in October 2016 and has already been to
>> Melbourne and Sydney and is now in the north island of New Zealand. There
>> are two race meetings in the north island and 3 more following in the south
>> island.
>>
>> The container then heads for New York for at least 3 race meetings in
>> June 2017 at Indianapolis, Mosport and Mid Ohio.
>>
>> Now the big question I  have is what is the best way to transport 9 race
>> cars around the mid US and Canada.
>>
>> We are looking at the possibility of trucking the container to each track
>> in turn and hiring a crane to unload and load the container at the  track.
>> I should mention here that there will be at least 4 extra containers
>> carrying UK and NZ cars doing the same thing.
>>
>> Our personal travel is another big issue. Most couples are looking at the
>> hired RV route but the major problem is that the hired RVs cannot go into
>> Canada from the US.
>>
>> If any one has any other ideas please share them.
>>
>> Kind regards
>> John Rowe
>> Perth
>> 3000Mk 1
>>
>>
>>
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