baron_ Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 Well, if you remember...my '66 GTO was stolen 3 weeks ago About 3 hours ago, i got stupid and spent the insurance money on a basketcase '64 GTO that's in northern Michigan i didn't get the insurance value out of my last '66, so i had to downgrade a little but this is arguably a neater car #'s matching 1964 GTO convertible tripower, this time (they don't get much rarer than that) anyways, this one is in about 13,000 individual pieces...and i need to find a trailer anyone feel like helping? I'd prefer an enclosed trailer, but i'll take what i can get any other ideas as to how to get that car from michigan to Ohio? my dad's '07 F150 is a 6 cylinder and we don't have the trailer hitch installed yet So, i need to find a truck/trailer combo I was thinking about trying to find a trailer to rent/borrow and just rent a v8 truck from some rental joint here's a teaser of how much trouble i just got myself into... http://homepages.udayton.edu/~mertzgea/gto1.jpg http://homepages.udayton.edu/~mertzgea/gto2.jpg http://homepages.udayton.edu/~mertzgea/gto3.jpg http://homepages.udayton.edu/~mertzgea/gto4.jpg http://homepages.udayton.edu/~mertzgea/gto5.jpg ...it'd good to have a project again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawnman Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 Maybe it is just me , but I also like a project . That should be fun! As for a truck and trailer, you may have to rent it from someone like u-haul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron_ Posted May 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 i'd be perfectly happy renting from u-haul did i hear they don't put hitches on the trucks for the express reason of not wanting people to tow stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawnman Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 You could just rent the truck and trailer from them. I have a couple of trucks but I can't lend them out since I use them for my business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMeanGreen Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 An original Tri-power, numbers matching, 'vert? Yeah, you did good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirks5oh Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 i'd be perfectly happy renting from u-haul did i hear they don't put hitches on the trucks for the express reason of not wanting people to tow stuff? about 4 years ago, my old roommate used a u-haul with a trailer to tow his car to seattle, and the u-haul truck had a hitch, and it was a specific u-haul trailer. maybe they've changed things, as that was 4 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron_ Posted May 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 An original Tri-power, numbers matching, 'vert? Yeah, you did good I'm still crossing my fingers that it all works out Might end up with a rarer/more valuable car than i had the first muscle car it also has a load of options: power brakes, power windows, power steering, tilt wheel, bucket seats, posi rear, tripower and a dozen little things like lamps and seatbelts I'm calling u-haul early tuesday and hoping they can help out northern damned michigan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron_ Posted May 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 u-haul wants .39 cents a mile (20$ a day for the truck and $50 for the trailer) a little pricey on a 900 mile trip they initially quoted me .59 cents a mile...until i started bitching that 900 miles would be insane maybe they'll do down a bit more this could easily be an $800 or $900 trip with gas i can't find/don't see any other rent-a-car joints that have regular pickups anyone else have thoughts or opinions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 parts in labeled bags will make your life so much easier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron_ Posted May 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 parts in labeled bags will make your life so much easier definitely i've put together 3 '66/67 GTO's almost in this shape so, I don't expect that it'll be a problem.... but maybe i won't end up with 3 buckets of 'spare parts' after reassembling this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berto Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 U could just rent a uhaul big enough to put the entire car in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron_ Posted May 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 gas would double and i'd have the headache of finding how to get the car 3 or 4 feet off the ground current plan is to rent a cheap $20/day car and drive up there...pick up truck/tailer, drop off car and drive home drops it down to around $500 i'd imagine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bam Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 you mean do a 1way truck/trailer? It may save gas money but I know that "in-town" or local return was always a shitload cheaper than a 1 way rental when I've used uhaul. I rented a flat trailer from uhaul and picked up a car in detroit. I was there and back in one day, cost from uhaul was $39.99 plus tax, I think $43.xx. Whereas when I priced out driving up there, renting the uhaul, and towing it back, the rental was like $100 more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron_ Posted May 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 the trailer rental is cheap: 50.00 day the expensive part is the truck, .40-.60 cents a mile 420 miles there, 420 back is why i'm thinking 1-way rentals - to keep the truck price down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bam Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 how much is the cost difference between the local return and 1 way on the truck? Just curious, 420 miles is most likely a tank of gas on their trucks, I know my silverado is thereabouts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 check about 1 ones, dad and I got stranded out in missouri and couldn't find anyplace that would do that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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