Moving a Car from the South Coast

Post by **Derbyman** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:44 pm

I am thinking of buying a Traveller from some one on the South Coast. It is a project car so cannot be driven. I don't have a tow bar so hiring a trailer is out the question. Does anybody have any suggestions of how I can get the car to Derby?

Post by **MoggyTech** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:53 pm

A few options, fit a tow bar and hire a trailer, or hire a classic car transport company to move it for you, at a cost of £1.30 a mile give or take.

Note you cannot simply tow the car, it would need an MOT and be roadworthy to do that.

Post by **andrewwita** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:59 pm

or you can do what i did yesterday to fetch my traveller from london to get it to my folks in west wales - find a friend who does have a tow hitch on their car or van - so you can put thing that are loose in the back of it - rent a trailer and then pay your friends fuel - it cost me in total £100 to get my car to my folks garage -round trip of 400 miles - £60 fuel £30 trailer rental and £10 for the severn bridge toll

Post by **Kevin** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:05 pm

There is a guy in Stevenage Herts who has a classic car recovery business and he is a member of the club just cant think of his name.

Post by **dalebrignall** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:37 pm

his componey is called autoshift tel 01438365198

Post by **UOGMoggie** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:33 pm

I know you said you did not have a towbar, but if you fit one, it's always worth checking the kerb weight of the towing car. I towed a Traveller on a 600kg trailer with a Peugeot estate and I realise now I exceeded the cars towing limit!

Post by **iwsmithy** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:34 pm

Last Minor I moved I put in the back of a Luton Transit Van.
Take the front and rear bumpers off and a Minor is 12 feet long - which made it a snug fit into the van.
It meant I could get the car back home on the Isle of Wight Ferry without paying the Ferry firm's extortionate trailer costs. (Mind you the van cost £116 return on the ferry, and that was the cheapest quote!)
Just an idea?

Post by **heathy12** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:02 am

I used a courier I found on eBay to transport a car from East London to exeter for about £160 all in. Very good deal if you ask me!

Have you asked the seller about transportation at all, the minor before that one the guy who sold it to me did a deal on delivery!