So now the question becomes "How do I get a body and all the parts that make up a car (but not attached to a car) from the back of this truck in a farmer's field in Northern Alberta to my house in Seattle".

It's all in this truck. The friend who went out to the site said a roll-back tow truck could likely winch the body out onto the tow truck deck, and then you could maybe load it into a 24' or longer trailer along with the parts. But how on earth am I going to find a shipper and tow truck in Alberta to meet up on the same day I fly in? The logistics seem problematic. If someone has done something similar, let me know your thoughts!

I believe the seller will throw the truck in for free but I don't want the truck, getting it (with a car inside) across the border might be tough, and I'd have to dispose of it once here anyway somehow.

Sorry these images are so large, I figured the board software would downsample them a bit, but maybe not!

-- Edited by davepl on Friday 20th of October 2017 11:07:04 AM

StriperSS wrote:

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Maybe get the whole thing hauled to Vancouver, and split them up there. Easier for you to deal with being close to home, and scrap the truck in Vancouver. Just a suggestion to get the ball rolling.

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 I was thinking along the same lines. 

So make that X2

Looking at the GVW listed on the van, that truck must be a 6500 series which means it should have a tall-deck 366 or 427 Big Block V8. Useful for donating 4-bolt main caps if it is a 366 (a small bore 396 not terribly useful for any performance build). A tall deck 427 could be useful as a core to build a stroker 489 or to use the forged 3.76" stroke crank, but even that is old school now. The same stroke is used on the 366 but it would be balanced for small 366 pistons.

Is the car movable, as in, on wheels and tires? Can it be rolled off the truck onto a ramp to the next vehicle?

Sounds like it's in the Edmonton area, and I'll bet a member or two will lend a hand if you need them to.

-- Edited by StriperSS on Saturday 21st of October 2017 04:52:40 PM

He Dave. I'm in Maple Ridge, just 45 mins out of Vancouver. Let me know how I can help.

The car is indeed about 45 minutes outside of Edmonton, or so I'm told.

One thing I have to decide is whether I do it in one step or two:

One-step:

I have a rollback meet the shipper w/ trailer at the farm where the truck body is and they move everything to the shipper's trailer

Two-step:

I have a rollback transfer the contents of the truck body to some intermediate place, then have the shipper pick it up from there. This is an extra step but then you don't need the rollback to meet the shipper, that sort of thing. I'd fly out to Edmonton to oversee it.

I'm starting to think this "two step" where I have the shipper pick the vehicle up from someone's place near or in the city might make more sense. It also gives me a way to pay for and "take possession" of the vehicle.

There would be a few boxes of parts, stuff that wouldn't fit in the car. If anyone has room to store it for the week or two it might take to synchronize the 2-step process, and wants to help out, chime in!

Well, I bought it! Which is to say I sent a bank draft off by UPS to Edmonton. Then at some point, assuming all goes well, he signs it and gives a copy to my buddy who will then take the car into possession from the truck. Actually, he's going to take the whole truck and sort out the mess later and prep the car to ship (yes, this is one of THOSE friends, you know, the kind you get like 3 of in your life that just makes stuff like this happen when you haven't seen him for 20 years).

So it sounds like I should be set for local help, but if I need more I will follow Carl's lead as a first step!

Is it weird I own an original 427 2+2 convertible 4-speed and don't feel it? I don't think I will until the car is in-hand.

Now, about that 427 emblem... separate thread!

Pretty rough! I need a clean donor car to make this work I think! Here it is in the light of day...

-- Edited by davepl on Wednesday 15th of November 2017 08:42:01 PM

Don't care how rough it is, look at that pedigree!

It'll look sick once I lower it and get the 22s on it. No, I'm kidding. It'll be tower clamps and redline tires, the right way.

Funny thing the only other M20 car I have has been converted over to a TKO-600 long ago, so I don't have an original Muncie car. I'd imagine with the Muncie, F40 + F41 suspension, this car will be a seriously stiff ride compared to the outgoing Bonneville Brougham!

That car is a thing of beauty.

How is the frame ?