73 DINO - GT on BAT

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1973-ferrari-246-5/

 

A lovely car and I hope Steven does very well.

 

The seller should do well.

It seems like a wrong time to shop for a Dino.

Matt

 

Respectfully disagree, I think that everyone is taking a beat here. Shipping charges from NZ will be murder.

 

Very nice.

 

Shipping will be less than 5% of the final auction bid. That’s hardly murder, my friend.

Matt

 

Manslaughter?

 

How would one ship?

Do they have humidity controlled containers?

It seems I have heard a container from China to the US went from $4000 to $20,000.

If that’s true, you would think a one time contract for a humidity controlled container from Auckland to the US would be pretty costly.

I would guess the US is the most likely destination.

Maybe Japan? Are Japanese folks still buying up collectibles like they did in the past?

And since I’m rambling here, let me just say that those Kiwi license plates are the coolest. The font, especially the “4” makes it.


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I would not ship this Dino on a ship and a container, just my opinion. Air fright although expensive would be a better choice assuming it is coming back to the U.S. Last i heard you are looking at 30-40K . I also don't think Japanese are buying classic cars like they used to. Even Matsuda one of the biggest collectors with his own museum sold out most of the cars. I miss that place BTW.

 

What a beautiful example! Best to the seller. It will be interesting to see where this car lands.

 

This is a really good, honest car. Any buyer will not be disappointed by it's originality.

 

usa spec car?
fun fact: the distance across autralia is greater than the diameter of the moon.

 

While my experiences of shipping vintage cars internationally are mostly from 30+ years ago and pandemic related delays/issues notwithstanding, I would venture a guess thousands or more are shipped by ocean freight daily around the globe and I couldn’t see the cost of shipping something like the topic vehicle, depending on destination (but let’s say Europe or US) and (lack of) urgency would be more than few grand (misdemeanor ?).

While I’ve never heard of anyone one using “humidity controlled container” per se for shipping vintage cars via ocean freight, but have heard of some moisture absorbing materials having placed inside of them.
Majority of ocean freight shippers specializing in (vintage) cars I’m familiar with usually place 2 or more vehicles inside each standard container, depending on its size, i.e. 20 ft. or 40 ft. length.

OTOH, if one is willing to spend proposed +/-5%, it just might be enough for air freight.

YMMV.

P.S. In nearly 4 decades involved with all this, I’ve always found it interesting that Americans in general are and have always been the biggest chicken little’s when it comes to buying, selling or shipping something internationally.

 

My buddy just imported a Jaguar D-Type replica from Tempero in NZ back in February. The cost in a closed sea container was $11.5K and included customs and handling fees plus trucking from Savannah, GA to Athen, GA. It was handled by Schumaker with no problems.

 

While obviously somewhat different locations, direction and distance, last summer I sold a super nice, 2-owner, original condition, 18K mile, 36 year old full-size American car to a gentleman in AUS and he told me afterwards shipping it from L.A. to Sydney was around $3K-$4K in a container professionally handled and packed by an internationally recognized freight forwarding company specializing in this type of stuff.
He had used them before for shipping several other collectible/vintage cars he'd bought from U.S. over the years and has always been happy with their services, but this one became a slightly more costly and frustrating due to pandemic related delays.

But like I mentioned, YMMV.