1959 FC Special

[crossply]

This may be of intrest to someone.
A good Mate of mine has asked me to post this up for his friend in NewZealand who owns this FC. My mate has seen the car. He tells me that it is of a very high standard. It's being sold due to health reasons.
Here are the details he's sent to me,

"Year 1959 Holden FC Special , been in the family 42 years , was totally re built 10 years ago , Nominated car of the decade at two of the New Zealand nationals - Invercargill 2007 and Nelson 2009 , It has won numerous awards over the passed 10 years"

•   Plate: AQ2986
•   Effective date , October 19th 1959
•   Plate type: Standard
•   Engine no: L576275
•   Chassis: FC225.1432


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For any further details you can contact the owners son
Kerry Hammond
kerry@bassetsolutions.co.nz
M : 021 981558 P : +64 3 3836001
The car is located in Christchurch New Zealand

[fe-ambo]

Looks like a great car.
The only problem with buying a car in New Zealand is the drive home is long and tedious.  ;D

[CraigA]

And wet!!

About $6k to get a vehicle here from NZ. This is the figure I have heard from guys who have bought XU1's back across.

Nice car and good luck with the sale.

[Paul In Ireland]

$6K? Are you sure? I bought 2 cars over to Ireland in a 40 foot container for less than that 2 years ago or so. Or are the Kiwis saying "Look, here comes another one!"?

[rat]

nar around 2 to 3 to get one back depends if its drive on drive off or u out it in abox

[fe-ambo]

It was around $6000 to get the ambulance from New Zealand to Australia in a 20 foot container. That was getting the contractor to load it in New Zealand and it to be unloaded in Australia. I had quotes from two different companies and they were about the same price.
It seems ridiculous as its only around $3500 for a car from the States. Cheers
Paul

[FCRB26]

you would also think its cheaper with the dollar being 1.35

[Paul In Ireland]

I think I see there must be no competition or price fixing  :-\

My price was less than 5k and that included full loading in Melb and customs etc. both ends of the trip. I unloaded them myself and that is part of the fun - slip the guy a 50 and he drops the container next to the carpark instead of in the clearance area (assuming you have cleared it first of course) and drive em home!!  ;D

[Ol_Girl_58]

A recent post on the OzRodders site suggests that the total cost of shipping a car from New Zealand to Melbourne should be close to $4000.

Here's a breakdown - the car is question is a stock 1938 Willys sedan.

Container loading and shipping from Tauranga NZ to Melbourne was $1,503.63 Aus.
From the Ship till i picked the Willys up through Specific Freight Shipping at there depot at Pestex in West Melbourne was $2,415.84 Aus PLUS the Customs Duty which depends on the price of the car.
Total cost was $3969.47 plus Customs Duty.
The price was more than i was quoted but at least i have the Willys here.
My Willys is a stocker so there was no issues with getting it passed through Customs
I hope this helps if you are thinking of importing a car from NZ.

Here's the link...

http://ozrodders.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=41637

Cheers,

Ol_Girl_58

[Paul In Ireland]

$1500 sounds better. Of course the taxes are another thing and surely every car people buy to import from NZ is only worth $500 for tax purposes when they bought it?  ;)

[MAF]

Has anyone found out how much the guy is asking for the FC?

[crossply]

A slight error in the original post.
The email address above for Kerry is incorrect.
It should be kerry@kbassetsolutions.co.nz

Also, if anyone is keen, he can work out a best shipping rate through his shipping agent in NZ

Hope this helps,
Paul

[MAF]

Hi All

Just had a reply from Kerry and the asking price is $30,000 NZ with an estimated $2800 +gst for shipping to Aus.
Way out of my price range.

Cheers
MAF