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No-one is going to do a job for a stranger for the calculated price of the fuel and a bit of pocket money. Not in the real world. Maybe for a mate, otherwise most people running a reliable enough car aren't going to lose 2 days of their life for that sort of money, certainly not from dahn sarf.
It would be more economical to use a single car breakdown truck transit size or similar.
Still will cost a fair bit for the ferry + you need trade insurance to carry a car on the bed. As mentioned above, it's not worth to do the job for peanuts- it does not work that way !Quote:
Originally Posted by Doctle Odd
I'm sure everyone in here is agog to know that the car was picked up sucessfully from Moldrup, Denmark and returned to Sudbury on the back of a Vauxhall Movano (me neither!) The overall mileage was 1,384 and the overall Derv MPG was over 30mpg. Not bad for a transporter that'd done over 136,000 miles on that engine and clutch -- over 217,000 otherwise
Only downside is that the Movano is 7 metres long -- one metre more than an equivalent transit -- so attracts Stena's full freight rate of £674 return as against just £202 for a car. But driver does get a meal and shared cabin for that! Apparently many now go Dover/Calais crossing and drive around to avoid Stena's new "winter" fares
Seems all my life I've been surrounded by ne'er sayers trilling: "you can't do this", or "you can't do that". But I have
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1961 Jaguar Mk IX, auto, 4.2L Daimler Sovereign engine, lots of spares, in need of TLC
Soooo, what is this mysterious vehicle then?
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Originally Posted by mycarsavw
Beautiful!
Mark IX?
nice, very very nice indeed.
Yes, with Daimler Sovereign 4.2L engine. Been standing for six years but in a covered shed. Owner never got around to the restoration, preferring to do current projects of an E-type, Rolls Royce (Mulliner Park Ward), and a Jensen Interceptor III. So cut losses and cleared the space along with a XJ-SQuote:
Originally Posted by mycarsavw
Have you seen the prices that XJ6 and -Ss now command restored? I'm sure it was only five years ago you could see them piled up in scrap yards. There's a place down in Eastbourne (XJ Restorations) that does only them. Booked up until January -- two door XJ6 100A1 restored commands £30,000 and up :yikes:
Wonder which Passat will be being hunted down and restored in 20 years' time?