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dgentner

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I just purchased a 1957 Austen Healey 100/6 for restoration. My first British car was a 1957 TR3 purchased 54 years ago. I was young and wrecked it the first summer I owned it. My second was a 1967 Austen Healey 3000 MKIII. I bought it in 1971. Great car, fun to drive, but it was costing me too much having to replace the exhaust every so often. In 1988 I bought a 1972 MGB which I restored for my son who was about to turn 16. He took it to college with him in Colorado. I've always wanted another Big Healey, so when this one became available I bought it. I'm open to recommendations on how to have it shipped from Arizona to Kentucky. It doesn't run. The tires don't hold air. It's currently sitting on dollies. Plus there are numerous loose parts. I have it listed on UShip.
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If you're not a member already, I'd suggest looking into the Bluegrass Austin-Healey club. Good bunch of folks.
 
Welcome to BCF! And congrats on the find - looks like a great start on the project!
 
Welcome! Not sure if you (or perhaps more helpfully your son) could take a couple of days and a Uhaul? Alternately an actual moving company rather than a car shipping company? I know when we moved back to Canada they just put the car in the truck with our furniture. Movers would certainly pack the parts better.
 
Wow nice solid car. Welcome! That looks like a new front shroud $$$$ and I shudder to think about some non-caring mover tossing it around all for a low bid and many don't like moving loose parts either. I would somehow figure out how to get it myself. Eric
 
Thanks for the info guys. I just booked a retired individual. He has a trailer for the car. He says he'll cover and secure everything. The loose parts he's putting in his RV. I would have liked to go get it myself but at this time it's just not feasible.
 
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