2 of my Porsche cars off to Belgium Options

[burton73]

Porsche cars off to Belgium

Some of you may remember Dax (Danny) in Belgium.
He was looking for a very nice 914 and was having a hard time finding just the right car.

Well he decided that the 911 Carrera Cab was what he wanted and his new Porsche buddy Mathew was looking for a super nice original paint 1976 big bumper car.

They are the new caregivers of these two very fine examples of super clean Porsche machines.

Carrera just turned 70,000 miles on the drive over and the 914 120,000 miles. I had the Carrera for around 15 years and the 914 for around 7 years.

I had no idea how cars where shipped to Europe in cargo boxes. The place that I delivered the cars too ships around 50 cars on a good day in 4 up stacked in 40 x 8 x 8 cargo boxes. Extensive wood structures are built around the cars and they are stacked 2 up x 2 deep plus a motorcycle in the box too.

I got lots of pictures of the cars in their warehouse and it was very impressive. Cars are bought on line and at the Pomona swap meet and sent to Europe. Auction houses also send cars with them.

Bob B
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[malcolm2]

2 x 4 wooden structure. Holy Crap is that safe?

[Big Len]

2 x 4's great for building closets, but geez.....

[sb914]

Wow!!! my neighbor is a freighter pilot he goes all over the world,and I've seen some of his videos in ruff seas. Makes a freighter look like a cork in a bathtub. I wonder if they have had some crumble over.

[burton73]

They block the shit out of them. Look at the picture. In the lower area of the corrugated like sides of the box. The weight on he top makes them loch. Plus there is insurance of the cars. I guess you could ride in a 20box by yourself with no top load but I am sure it will cost a lot more. Each car was I think was $1,300 when you ship 2 of them.

Lots of freight going as well. A 76 Union oil ball sine 8 ft. across Lots of cool stuff going on board. Wheels, suspensions. Car Body’s

Bob B

[NeunEinVier]

Wow, that's amazing! They've probably been doing it for a long time and have it figured out.

[Mike Fitton]

I'm going to assume the buyers made the shipping arrangements and you just delivered to the dock, so who gives a S**T!

[rgalla9146]

Were the Speedsters real ?

[Mueller]

are they good with checking your paperwork to help prevent stolen cars getting away?

[JRust]

The main structures are 4x4 not 2x4 as well. They would be pretty stout with all the 4x4 they are using.

[malcolm2]

We import stuff from all over the world. The Logistics people tell me that if a boat sinks. EVERYONE PAYS.

Let's say there were 100 boxes on a boat. 1 of them had my stuff. All 100 and the boat were lost. My company would owe the boat company 1/100 of the cost of that boat.

[98101]

I’m curious whether more 914s move from the US to Europe than vice versa.

Asian investors are buying up real estate like crazy where I live. Do classic Porsches cross the Pacific as well?

[mepstein]

I’m curious whether more 914s move from the US to Europe than vice versa.

Asian investors are buying up real estate like crazy where I live. Do classic Porsches cross the Pacific as well?

Yes. A lot of them.

[bretth]

I can't image a good way to lift the top car in place that wouldn't damage the car somehow. Forklift would dent floors up. I rented a trailer that size to store my Beetle when I moved and there was barely a foot of space on either side. Sold my Bus to the UK and always wondered how it managed the trip.

[burton73]

are they good with checking your paperwork to help prevent stolen cars getting away?

They Cked the Vin's and they take to Pick Slips to US Customs to have them cleared so the boxes can ship with out a problem.

This is a huge operation moving 10 -40ft cargo boxes a day. They have offices in port cities all over the world.

Wire made to them by buyer, when I cked in they wired the money to my account. In 15 minuets money was in my account and I signed the pinks. Got copies and went home. Clean fast deal as far as payment and delivery for shipping. Got home and called Hagerty and canceled the insurance on those 2 cars and then got on the CA DMV and let them know that my cars where sold to the new buyers.

Bob B

[burton73]

They had a big forklift with a super long set of forks. I think they lift the car from the back drive it in and drop it on the wood structure and then roll the next car in and build the frame around that one.

They know what they are doing. Yes it was super tight in there

Bob B

[Dave_Darling]

I’m curious whether more 914s move from the US to Europe than vice versa.

Most of the ones in Europe rotted away. We have more 914s than they do, so when they move overseas they are moving from us to them.

--DD

[98101]

I’m curious whether more 914s move from the US to Europe than vice versa.

Most of the ones in Europe rotted away. We have more 914s than they do, so when they move overseas they are moving from us to them.

--DD

Real (air-cooled) 911s too? Sad to think the indigenous ones are extinct.

[cal44]

It is amazing how efficient the shippers are. We had a garage find Sunbeam Tiger that went to Australia. Picked up on a flat bed in San Diego, driven to Long Beach and bam, a few weeks later it was in the buyers garage.

[rhodyguy]

DAX was the most patient buyer we've seen in a long time. Looks like it paid off.