Buying a mint car from afar, I need help!

[marc_scirocco at sympatico.ca (Mtl-Marc)]

Nice car, all the bodywork done, you only need to bolt on your goodies to
it. It saves time.

For car transportation, you might want to call these guys:
<<http://www.searail.ca/>>

Cheers.

Marc
'83 Scirocco
'97 A4 Q
'71 H-D FLH

> 
> It's defintely worth it to avoid the headaches associated with bodywork...
> 
> If you could score 4-5 consecutive days off (including a weekend), my
> suggestion would be trailer it back yourself. Or pay someone (cough...like
> Mark...) to drive it out there. On the flip side, I would think $1000CDN
> should
> be enough to get it shipped to you from Toronto...
> 
> G/L - JT
> 
> >
> >    If any of you remember the mk1 I have in my garage, it's far from
> being
> > finished, the body is the biggest thing left to do.  I live in Fort
> > McMurray  where a body man or body shop is IMPOSSIBLE to get, most guys
> > here would  rather be doing collision work.  My only option is Edmonton,
> > which is 430kms  away.  I've been told I'm looking at about $3000 in
> body
> > work alone, then  you gotta calculate in costs of me trailering it down
> > there, staying the  night etc etc.
> >
> >    So yesterday I seen THIS
> > http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2519431     car on the vortex.
> > WOW, looks great, it's a little farther along then what I am on my car,
> and
> >  I could likely swap all the parts over.  My biggest issue is shipping
> the
> > car across Canada.  Is this gonna be expensive?
> >
> >    I'm thinking if I can get the car for $5000 shipped up here I'm doing
> > good because any of the body shops around here have quoted me at at
> least
> > $5000 and the car in Ontario has absolutely been done to a further
> extent
> > of  what mine will be.
> >
> > Do you guys think its worth it?   Is it a major hassle to ship a car
> across
> >  Canada?  for $1000?
> >
> > Here's a pic of my car in it's current stage for reference...
> >
> > http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/2/web/566000-
> 566999/566365_76_full.jpg
> >
> >   the doors are taken off now, as well as a little more paint, the
> rockers
> > need to be replaced, as does the rear fender archs and hatch.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Bryan
> > Fort McMurray, AB
> > 81 Volkswagen Scirocco
> > 86 Volkswagen Jetta
> > 98 Audi A4
> >