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Posted 28 August 2024 - 11:45 AM
Hi all,
I have bought another car and need to get it moved from Gloucester, England to Co. Down, Northern Ireland. It is a stripped, rolling shell with all interior / exterior trim, engine and gearbox out, but these need to be moved too.
Does anyone have any recommendations?
Kind regards
Roy
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Posted 28 August 2024 - 06:10 PM
Nr Swindon is a haulage company who the track day companies use to move bikes to Europe, the may be worth contacting, let me know and I'll dig the company name out.Hi all,
I have bought another car and need to get it moved from Gloucester, England to Co. Down, Northern Ireland. It is a stripped, rolling shell with all interior / exterior trim, engine and gearbox out, but these need to be moved too.
Does anyone have any recommendations?
Kind regards
Roy
Edited by Ivor, 28 August 2024 - 06:10 PM.
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Posted 28 August 2024 - 07:55 PM
Thanks Ivor, that would be really helpful. I am trying Shiply also. And, looking at borrowing a van & trailer combo and going on a road trip! It won't be ready for collection until 9 Sept, but doesn't need to be immediately collected so I have some time.
Roy
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Posted 28 August 2024 - 08:44 PM
CCRS, Woodsides, Eamon & Mary McLaughlin, Parker Car transport
All local firms.
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Posted 29 August 2024 - 07:26 AM
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Posted 03 September 2024 - 08:25 PM
Thanks for the suggestions chaps. Shiply came good. Door to door delivery for £771. It is the first Shiply delivery for this haulier so fingers crossed. This car is 46 years old and probably not very robust.
I bought this before the Clarkson & co big reveal. It is not either of the British cars in the trailer which only leaves the Italian one ... which to be fair weren't renowned for robustness in their heyday!
It should be here next Tues 10 September. The only bodywork / monocoque restoration work left to be done is the cabin floor - now available again new through the owners club, so I probably have these replaced at this stage, particularly given the amount of work done to date. Then a full paint job and re-trimmed and re-assembled.
Engine and g/box will need stripped and rebuilt as it hasn't moved in some time but the engine turns over by hand ... but, I will get help with this and the painting.
Anyway, a 3D jigsaw puzzle with not a lot of instructions.
Kind regards
Roy
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Posted 22 September 2024 - 08:41 AM
Hi Guys,
we have had glorious weather for the last 5 days, The VX has covered 600 + miles. I have had a ball ... wow, I know why it is here. Fettlling still needed - rattlling windows / Gaz shocks too soft etc. but what a car,! I am totally in love again,
Disaster with Shiply. Aside from the driver emailing me to say "I didn't read the postcode and not delivering there but will drop off at Stranraer instead", he got nicked for driving an unroadworthy vehicle. The vendor recovered it back to his house. I was at Toyota last Friday for GRY service and asked them. Car collected Sat morning and en route here. Before you all walk away, it is Lancias version of the VX - engine behind driver and rwd,,,
Roy
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Posted 22 September 2024 - 12:20 PM
Stratos?
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Posted 22 September 2024 - 12:53 PM
Hi Hairy,
I wish! Weather still good here - I had the VX out for a proper run this morning. Wow, the windows rattle and I need to stiffen the shocks a bit but wow, wow, wow, I love this car. It is a standard 2.2 N/A but wonderful in the twist1976 Series 1 Beta Montecarlo
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Posted 22 September 2024 - 01:21 PM
oops, hit the wrong key. All I was trying to say was I totally love my VX. What a thing. My daily driver is a GR Yaris. The VX is better in some ways which is pretty amazing,
The Lancia is a 1976 Series 1 Beta Montecarlo, Engine and g/box layout similar to VX but everything else is 50's ish.
It has had 30K worth of resto work done on it. And that is just bodywork. It also has an Alquati inlet manifold and twin DCNF webers so not standard. I paid £4,500 for the car and another £500 to get it here.
I might 037 it, which is why I bought it. But I think it might be too good to do that to it. I can't believe I am writing this... I have owned 6 Lancia's. None of which were THE delta, cos I couldn't afford them. Every one broke down / fell apart.
Clearly, I need counselling!
Roy
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Posted 23 September 2024 - 06:40 AM
Love a Lancia - post up some pics please!
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Posted 23 September 2024 - 06:48 AM
Some O37 porn for you - this was the prototype: 
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Posted 26 September 2024 - 08:10 PM
Thanks so much Hairy! Pics will follow - I have our IT team (20yr old son) working on it. The car is here. Engine / running gear loosely fitted for transport. Hopefully, all out in a couple of weekends.
I did a lot of work on my VX, but had amazing guidance from .org which made the process 'understandable'. And all my work was replacing / updating the running gear to date, to make it better and safer, not faster, maybe a wee bit!
This is a bit scary. The car is in primer, but not totally stripped for painting - to be removed: (bonded) glass, all fore and aft fluid and electric pipework, fuseboxes, relays etc., I have no idea what else.
The salvageable running gear bits will be sand blasted and all new bushes fitted.
I am going to have a go myself / friends at the engine.
The Lancia Montecarlo Consortium doesn't have the resources .org has - that is a disappointment.
This is not criticism of that club, it is a HURRAH for .org
My target is summer 2026.
But, hopefully I will club do a run with the VX before that,
Roy
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Posted 27 September 2024 - 03:02 PM
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Posted 28 September 2024 - 06:36 AM
I amI think Ivor is planning a trip to Ireland next year
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Posted 30 September 2024 - 05:22 PM
Hi Ivor, if you wish to let me know where and when. If I can do so, I will come and meet you!
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Posted 01 October 2024 - 07:08 AM
Hi Ivor, if you wish to let me know where and when. If I can do so, I will come and meet you!
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Posted 01 October 2024 - 02:37 PM
Hi Ivor, if you wish to let me know where and when. If I can do so, I will come and meet you!
But of course, probably a round Ireland trip again, starting in rosslare, clockwise, to NI depart Belfast to Liverpool unless I can get a ferry to Isle of Man from Belfast
Are you going to row from Fishguard to IoM?
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Posted 01 October 2024 - 04:42 PM
Hi Ivor, if you wish to let me know where and when. If I can do so, I will come and meet you!
But of course, probably a round Ireland trip again, starting in rosslare, clockwise, to NI depart Belfast to Liverpool unless I can get a ferry to Isle of Man from Belfast
There are some ferries but only during peak times, and even then I think it's only once or twice a week to Belfast.
Not sure about the likes of IOM to Dublin.
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Posted 01 October 2024 - 05:26 PM
Think my rowing days are done
But of course, probably a round Ireland trip again, starting in rosslare, clockwise, to NI depart Belfast to Liverpool unless I can get a ferry to Isle of Man from BelfastHi Ivor, if you wish to let me know where and when. If I can do so, I will come and meet you!
Are you going to row from Fishguard to IoM?
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