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Hi all,

I want to bring my 33 from adelaide up to sydney, anyone know a cheap and very safe way to do so? Paint is immaculate so i dont really want to drive it up, that along with the fact that on the way i may not be able to get 98 octane fuel at some stops??

I dont really like the idea of dropping it off at a depo then loaded onto a truck then dropped off at another depo for pick up, and definitely not up for a door to door service where some dude drives the car!

Anyone ever done a transport in an enclosed truck? cost?

Does anyone recommend i drive it up? at least that way its never out of sight, but what about the petrol issue?

cheers guys, SLY

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The only way you could have someone pick it up and drive streight to you without going through depos etc is hiring a tow truck and getting them to drive it up there, but that would be very expensive, think $50+ and hour each way. Best and cheapest way would be drive, just buy a few bottels of actane booster if there is not premium and dont do any high speed runs.

For cruising the highway, you really don't need to run 98, 95 will suffice. I ran mine on Mobil PULP from Melb to Bris (I have a Mobil card for the fuel), then filled with 98 (Ultimate) in Bris - no serious side effects yet

But check out the Shell Optimax website, it lists every servo that sells Optimax - you should be able to work out a fuel stop strategy to get you to Sydney if you really need to run 98.

I would drive it...

I did a drive where I was sure there would be no 98ron, but there ended up being a few, and whenever i saw one I filled up even if it was only $10. Only once did I have to use PULP, never had to use standard.

But if you're worried about stone chips, then maybe not...

I brought my car down Brisbane --> Canberra on a Finemores truck...cost about $300-$400 from memory. I don't think it was enclosed though.

The best protection for stone chiping is to gaffa tape the panels like leading edge of roof/bonnet/guards and front bar. You may want to do lower edge of body aswell. Tape is cheap in big rools and it goes a fairway when put on carefully

The only risk then is the h/lights and windscreen.

I have driven from adelaide to sydney, think I only had to fill up once without 98RON, and even then it was 95RON, wasn't too bad. As for stone chips, I attached some mesh cloth (kinda like shadecloth) to the front of the car, didn't look too good but it certainly did the job...... and didn't scratch the paint either. Also stopped every now and then to clean the bugs out of the grill/ducts etc.

just watch out for the rozzers on the Hay Plain, patrol car was travelling in opposite direction to me but once they saw the 'line they did a u turn, chased me and pulled me over, for no reason.

Al,

Drive it mate! I did the reverse of what you're looking at doing (Sydney - Adelaide) & it was a hoot :) If you're worried about access to 98RON then take a few 20L jerry cans of 98 in the boot. That's what I did. In the end I only needed to use 1 can for the trip. Everywhere else had 98.

As for stone chips & bugs etc.. Well you've seen my car & the front bar hasn't been touched since that drive across (other than polish). Like JR33 I stopped every so often to clean the front end of bugs & grime. This time of yr roo's aren't as much of a problem too!

The cost of a good quality full front bar respray is less than the transport costs. Plus there's always that chance the car will recieve damage during transport.

My final words of advice...... If you want something done right, do it yourself :(

Yeah, I've done Adelaide to Sydney too, its a great drive, you can sit on the speed limiter for hundreds of klm across the Hay plains (not that I did, of course). Sure, you might get stone chips, but unless youre talking show car paint job they're bound to happen sooner or later.

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