Marlar/Delk Rocket car

[MI Dirt Fan]

I see where Marlars WoO championship Rocket car was bought and shipped to Australia. Still has the original body.

http://www.motorplex.com.au/who-will-win/

[TBSprintFan]

I wonder what it costs to ship these cars over there?

[One Man Gang]

Wombat siht crazy amount probably

[manwplan]

And the dude is slow. Started on the pole and got lapped by Stubber in the race I watched. Just goes to show you that the car isn't magic. Also shows you how weak the competition is over there. Stubber is a 15th place car at best over here on the Summer nationals . Over there he looks like Bloomquist.

[MI Dirt Fan]

Well it's obviously shipped on a boat. Jeep Vanwormer had a few cars bought and shipped down there yrs ago but never heard how much it cost.

[slideiton]

Well it's obviously shipped on a boat. Jeep Vanwormer had a few cars bought and shipped down there yrs ago but never heard how much it cost.

A quick google machine search says in today's money, your looking at about 2500 USD to ship to Australia.

[MI Dirt Fan]

That's not too bad. I'm sure rocket has something setup with a shipper since they ship stuff fairly often I would think.

[President Clinton]

Steve Francis use to ship cars over there for some guys I believe?

[Josh Bayko]

All of the late models over there are American chassis. I’d imagine they probably have some kind of deal going on where they stuff as much stuff as they can in each container and somehow split costs among the guys that need stuff shipped.

[MI Dirt Fan]

I think Bloomquist has a few cars over there. Didn't Vosenberg or something buy one this year. Raced it a time or two.

[One Man Gang]

A quick google machine search says in today's money, your looking at about 2500 USD to ship to Australia.

I figured it would be a lot more than that

[Krooser]

I have sold a few Triumph roadsters to Europe over the years and I paid about $700.00 to ship a 20' container.

When I was into traditional hot rodding I sold a ton of stuff to the Aussies and Kiwi's and they would park a container in Charlotte at a hot rod friendly shop and fill it to the brim with parts. One container I saw had five Model A Ford's disassembled and stashed among other parts... pretty creative blokes.

[zyoung25]

A friend of mine bought a 87 Buick GNX from California and had it shipped to his house in Mississippi, and it cost him about 900 bucks through some guy with a climate controlled enclosed trailer and dually. I'm sure if you go through reliable or something like that it would cost ya big. I didn't feel like 900 was too shabby for that distance.

I always figured it would be outrageous to ship something big. Surprisingly, it's not.

[TBSprintFan]

A quick google machine search says in today's money, your looking at about 2500 USD to ship to Australia.

That's not too bad at all. Talked to a guy in Knoxville at the Nationals from Australia a few years ago and he said he was buying a new truck in the U.S. on his trip and havingit shipped back home and after shipping he still expected to save over $15000 .

[chupp n bloomer fan]

A friend of mine bought a 87 Buick GNX from California and had it shipped to his house in Mississippi, and it cost him about 900 bucks through some guy with a climate controlled enclosed trailer and dually. I'm sure if you go through reliable or something like that it would cost ya big. I didn't feel like 900 was too shabby for that distance.

I always figured it would be outrageous to ship something big. Surprisingly, it's not.

Them were bad a** cars. My old neighbor growing up, a girl, had one from brand new, in mint condition.