auto transport - need to ship a 914, bought a 914 and need to have it shipped to me Options

[seanpaulmc]

Do you have any recommendations (good or bad) for cross country auto transport.

While over Thanksgiving holiday at my in-laws I picked up a '73 914. It runs but it needs too much work to drive it from Philadelphia to Orlando. I've never shipped a car before and what I've gathered is that these brokers (middlemen) hire the truckers, you pay a fee to the broker (deposit), and then hope the trucker is reputable. When the car arrives you then pay the trucker (in cash) yet the broker has no responsibility or liability. Any issues with the transport of the car have to be delt directly with the trucker. What could possibly go wrong?

I'm a newbie. This is my first 914 and I'm looking forward to getting it. That said, any advice on where to start with making it road worthy?

[branston]

I shipped a 912E from OR to MI a few months ago, never shipped a car before and had no idea what to expect.

I used Montway Auto Transport and was frankly surprised at how good they were, picked up on schedule two days after purchase, delivered as scheduled 5 days later, sure they subcontracted but I was given the drivers number and spoke with him a few times in route.

Everything was clearly explained and my questions answered up front.

I was kept up to date via email and instead of paying part CC and cash balance to driver I opted to pay additional $100 and pay CC up front, but only as I was scheduled to be out of town when the car was delivered and I didn't want to burden a friend with handling a cash deal with driver.

Schedule changed and i was present when driver dropped the car off late in the evening, with a clear manifest showing all identified blemishes at time of loading and took care to unload while I watched.

Auto transport gets a bad rap, my experience was better than I anticipated and I would not hesitate to use these guys again.

https://www.montway.com/car-shipping-lp?hea...CFYW4wAodk5oATw