Date:         Sat, 28 Nov 1998 15:43:09 +0000
Reply-To:     Racer X <akimmons@PDQ.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Racer X <akimmons@PDQ.NET>
Subject:      Re: Long Distance Moving to Portland Oregon.
Comments: To: Alan S Gondry <alangondry@JUNO.COM>, vanagon@VANAGON.com
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I had my 87GL shipped from California to Texas about 4 years ago. Was on
a long camping/moving trip and the thing broke down near Placerville. I
was financially unable to have it repaired at the time, so I flew back
to Houston, leaving my van with a friend. (If I had only known of 'the
list' then, I could have contacted one of the Placerville folks!) A
couple of months later, I had it shipped to me. I went with the cheapest
I could find which was still around $900 bucks. It took about 4-5 days,
and despite all my worries of some chop shop running off with my van, it
arrived intact with no damage or looting. I was the first scheduled
stop, so they arrived at my home at around 4:00 AM in the morning. I had
to have cash on hand, no checks or credit cards, and they were very
explicit about me being there to meet them or else they would go on...
Sorry, don't remember the name of the company. Basically looked in the
yellow pages and called several companies to find the best price. Seems
to me they were all in that same range.

Good Luck.

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Alan S Gondry wrote:
>
> I am relocating to the Portland, OR area around Christmas.  My '83
> Vanagon is my primary vehicle, but is second to my wife's newer Voyager.
> We (the wife and  I) are weighing the pro's vs con's of the drive.  The
> big point is the survivability of  ourselves and the van.  Has anyone
> shipped a Vanagon long distance??  If so any offerings of a shipping
> agencey/vehicle hauler??  We have one bid for $850.  I will have to
> pocket the majority of the expense.
>
> Alan Gondry
> 1983 1.9l
> 7 passenger
> 184,000 plus (one rebuild)
>
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