Transporting A Shell Door-To-Door

[Mic]

Hi Guys,

 

I undertook this process a few weeks back for my Ke25. I had it shipped from Gold Coast (door) to Sydney (door). I had to call a heap of places to try and find one who could ship the car. The problem was the ke25 was just a rolling shell. It had no working brakes (no handbrake either), no seats and also there was a heap of spares chucked in the cabin. Thankfully I found this company:

 

Openica Transport

http://www.opsl.com.au/

 

It cost me $850 inc GST and only took 2 days to be delivered (they quoted 1 week originally).

 

Now, I know a lot of companies can ship working cars and are pretty reasonable. But when trying to ship a rolling shell (with spares stored inside) it can be quite impossible, as companies are not willing to accommodate the requests.

 

So I do recommend these guys. Service was good, cost was pretty good considering all other companies wouldn't touch it and transporting was quick.

 

I thought this may help for people who are interested in shipping shells interstate but not sure who to contact in regards to shipping.

 

Hope it helps.

 

Cheers

 

Mick

[ke70dave]

they have me sold on the cool website.

 

good info though, 850 is pretty reasonable!

[Mic]

It was either $850 or $830, I can't remember. It was definitely reasonable though, considering the condition.

 

Some places wouldn't even touch it, as soon as I said it had no seats. A lot of places I found refused because glass was not intact and also they wouldn't accept with spare parts in the car. Basically I found the criteria for most cars set by transport companies were:

 

Must be a complete shell

Must have working brakes

Must have seats

Must have all glass in place

Must have no spares in the cabin

 

So pretty much a car which has broken down. Hopefully this helps someone else out, definitely helped me.

 

Cheers

 

Mick