Imagine bringing a car like this in to a country via the wharfs or airports. I bought my Alfa GTV in through the wharfs and it gained a large new dent in the rear panel and other damage as they tried to lift it off the trailer it was tied on to (with this written clearly everywhere!!!). They supposedly have to lift every car so they can see underneath for dirt, and they will use fork lifts to do this ... Plus if it runs ... God only knows what abuse it will have to endure. I cannot imagine the airport staff would be that much better ... I hope it is not damaged! Pete
It will be flown in for sure. Much, much safer than the docks. Car is put on a big pallet and lifted on and off, nobody drives it. Two of my cars have come in by plane with zero damage. Actually three, I forgot my first Granturismo was flown in by the importer.
How do they check for dirt, etc. I wonder? Remember the first Porsche was seriously damaged at an airport when attempting to load a plane ... I'm sure it's body has been rebuilt since then, but ... Best way to move a car is to drive it, but we live on an island. Pete
I very much doubt they do much at all. Sure it's possible to damage them; but the risk is way less than sea freight.
So far no problems shipping cars by container despite the "flimsy" tie downs in the container, and I've been there every time when the cars are unpacked. All good. But I would NEVER ship a car "on deck" as it needs to be driven on and off at each end, and sits in a car park awaiting loading/unloading. Plenty of opportunity for stuff to go missing during that process - think tools/books/stereo and then there is the possibilty of abuse and parking damage. If it was a valuable car, I'd use air freight every time, it's not that expensive, and the car is landed within a few days. M Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
But looks like the wharfies were unloading muscle cars, so they would have been very respectful. Hate to see them deal with a spaghetti/wog car BTW Michael, excuse my ignorance but what is that mustard coloured car?, looks great
My car admittedly was on a trailer because it was just a shell, thus maybe the answer is to always move cars on wheels ... but it was one of the most stressful days of my life. You really have no control over anything. Pete
I've driven a lot of 50s cars Jags,Astons,RR/B and a ride in couple of old Ferrari cars,I prefer them to the modern stuff.
The mustard car is a 1971 Plymouth GTX with a 440 cu 6 pack engine which had been restored in the US . The "green" car is a 1962 Impala SS coupe, all original, approx 36 000 miles from new. Your'e right about the wharfies, they loved the Plymouth, it was in amazing conditon and sounded great. Funny thing was that Customs decided the Plymouth had to be "cleaned", whereas the Impala was free to go. Go figure. I'm over the muscle car thing, both cars were sold several years ago. M Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
