[TR] TR6 Bodyshell US to UK shipping

[Tony Gordon]

I looked into this for a friend a few years ago, and the cost of shipping 
deck-cargo/mixed batch container was about $3,000 from Chicago to Ipswich. 
There was a lot of paperwork to be done, and ever shipper I spoke to 
informed me that anything (and they stressed ANYTHING) of value (radio, 
interesting badges, rear view mirror, shiny engine parts) needed to be 
removed prior to shipping since it was bound to go astray.  The alternative 
was to ship sealed container but that was very expensive (can't recall the 
cost but I think it was more than double).  'Though shipping two cars in a 
sealed container might make it worthwhile .... in terms of ports, you could 
ship from Newark, Atlanta (well, somewhere in Georgia) Los Angeles or 
Chicago (I think Newark was the cheapest).

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Tony Gordon
72 TR6
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <pethier at comcast.net>
To: "Bill Davies" <bill at rarebits4classics.co.uk>; <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: [TR] TR6 Bodyshell US to UK shipping


> From: "Bill Davies" <bill at rarebits4classics.co.uk>
>> A friend has asked me for advice on buying a TR6 in the US, and shipping
>> back to the UK. He has a donor car with bodywork that is beyond any 
>> sensible
>> repair through rust. He would like to find either a substantially rust 
>> free
>> bodyshell, or a complete car in need of restoration.
>> Does anyone have advice on doing this, or a suitable vehicle/shell for 
>> sale?
>
> By the time he gets a suitable car in the USA and ships it back to the UK, 
> he might have been better-off with getting a new Heritage bodyshell in the 
> UK.
>
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