Experience With Auto Transporters

[mschwing]

I recently purchased a 2005 T-Bird from a Florida seller. Now I have to either fly to Florida and drive it back to California or use the services of an auto tranport company. Does anyone have any experience with any of those companies good or bad? If you used one of those companies did you select open or closed tranport? Thank you in advance for your comments and recommendations.

[MATBird]

Re: Experience With Auto Transporters

I used a Mayflower Van lines from MA to Ohio and Horseless carriage (antique car hauler) on the return trip for an antique wooden wagon - No problem

Two years ago I used a car hauler found on the web to move a car from Suffolk, VA tho MA and it didn't go well at all.

There's a lot of these guys out there, on the web, and they're mostly brokers hooking people up with independants, so you can't resolve issues. I won't do that again.
Go with the pros!

[4LOWBIRDS+7]

Re: Experience With Auto Transporters

I recently purchased a 2005 T-Bird from a Florida seller. Now I have to either fly to Florida and drive it back to California or use the services of an auto tranport company. Does anyone have any experience with any of those companies good or bad? If you used one of those companies did you select open or closed tranport? Thank you in advance for your comments and recommendations.

I USED DAS FOR THE VINTAGE MINT GREEN, THE NIEMAN MARCUS, AND FOR A 1987 20TH ANNIVERSARY COUGAR ALL FROM PHOENIX. OPEN CARRIER, AND NO PROBLEMS ON EITHER OF THE CARS.

[FUN X 3]

Re: Experience With Auto Transporters

We used an open carrier to move the Bird from VA to FL, the car was dirty when it arrived, but it cleaned right up when I took it through the car wash. Back to hand-washing it ever since. It's amazing how good the car looks after 8+ years. Waxing 1-2x per year has really paid off.

[gundler]

Re: Experience With Auto Transporters

I used Door to Door Transport from Oakland Cal to Columbia SC.(Sep 2010) $800.00 I could not fly and drive any cheeper. She was picked up on a Friday and was sitting in my yard on Tuesday. A good car wash, and she was as good as new

[gary hauver]

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I used DAS - no problems, good price, good service and web tracking.

[JAB02LHS]

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I used DAS from OK to OH smooth move!

Pay the up charge for top rail, you don't know what may be dripping on it otherwise plus less chance of road debris being tossed up by truck tires.

[Sealy]

Re: Experience With Auto Transporters

Adding this as a humerous antedote - - When I bought my '64 Rambler American, it was in Miami. I told the seller I would arrange for shipping. He told me he had a "friend" - $500 cash to my door. I wired the money and two days later a closed truck showed up out front. Mustang in front, Rambler behind. Unloaded and away they went. Best $500 I've ever spent.

[islandtime]

Re: Experience With Auto Transporters

I stand by my experience with Intercity Lines - Moondoggie was transported (enclosed and literally the white-glove treatment) from Sacramento, CA to Norfolk, VA in '07.
http://www.intercitylines.com/
If it's good enough for Jay Leno and Barrett-Jackson...I'm just saying...

[Rocket56]

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I've had two cars transported both by Horseless Carriage. They move more than just vintage cars. No problems, each time the cars arrived on time and in perfect shape. And both times my unrestored, cars looked so sad in that prestine truck tucked in with new Lamborghinis, Austin Martins, Rolls Royces and Bentleys.

[Chuck]

Re: Experience With Auto Transporters

I had issues with DAS - could have been the local team but I wasn't very happy with them at all and would not use them again.

[Rondor]

Re: Experience With Auto Transporters

Horseless Carrage has been around a long time and I have never heard a bad reprt other than pricey A closed truck would definately be better for that distance even if a little more. I used a guy out of Edgewater Fl for my mercedes from Penn. to fla, but the car was not a pristine show car and on open truck through stormy weather. The drivers before and after onspection report was very impressive. $500.00

[rpatton3]

Re: Experience With Auto Transporters

I just bought a new Backdraft (Cobra) from Connecticut and a Reliable owner-operator brought the car early. They're based in Orlando.

Enclosed shipping on a car with no top, shipped on top layer, was $1,300.

I got lucky with a shipper when I bought a 981 mile Grand Marquis in Atlanta at Dyer Vovlo for my parents Friday afternoon on Ebay and it was in Jonesboro, AR at 10 am Saturday. Shipping was free because it was the last one on and first off and they were coming through my hometown anyway.

[DudleyM]

Re: Experience With Auto Transporters

When we had our business we contracted moves with Reliable and they were tops.

[ScottyNeutron]

Re: Experience With Auto Transporters

I used Exotic when transporting my T-Bird from Florida to SoCal:

http://www.exoticcartransport.com/

They're based in Orlando. I was 100% satisfied.

Used Reliable to ship it to New Jersey when I sold it to the buyer there. They were very professional too.

I wouldn't consider an open carrier for such a long journey, unless the car was a basket case.