Scattering the ashes…
One of the joys of classic car restoration is the hunt for that elusive part to finish off the job.
We spent weekends away from home travelling acroos the country to pick up parts for the car - and ended up with crate loads of things that are now superfluous.
Subsequently I have found myself selling off bits to people from all over the world. I have sent parts to Canada, USA and Italy, Australia, Japan, Guildford and Liverpool.
The daft thing is, when I try to send them the cheapest way, it turns out to be impossible. I thought it would be easy to send a rearscreen to just south of Naples - I would put my wife on a plane, with the crate as baggage - no couldn’t do that. BA cargo quoted a huge amount just from airport to airport.
It turned out cheaper to use a shipping agent (who use BA) and charge door to door. Tony at Phoenix http://www.phoenix-cargo.com/
thinks I’m some sort of Arthur Daly dealing in dodgy car parts - but has done a stirling job so far.
Although it’s a pain, selling bits and pieces like this - it does mean I meet some interesting people doing restorations of their own, and the proceeds all go back into restoring ROJ.
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