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The find-your-muscle-car News, #002 -- Classic Car Shippers
October 09, 2008

This Issue: What We Did Right Hot Topics on the Site Video of the Month
Choosing a Transport Company Did You Buy A Car Sight Unseen?


Get That Muscle Car Home!

Six Things You Need to Know Before Choosing a Classic Car Transporter

A key factor when buying a muscle car from an online site or at an out of state car show: how to get it to its new home - your house! Even if your newly purchased muscle car is drivable, it may not have legal tags or registration.

The time to choose a classic car transport company is before you find your muscle car. Do you know the most important questions to ask before selecting the auto shipper for your car?

  1. Is transporting specialty cars like muscle cars their primary business?
    Find out if this should matter to you.


  2. Are written pre-delivery and post-delivery inspections performed?
    This is a must have!


  3. What insurance coverage does the company have? How is your car covered while in their care? Is there a deductible?
    This is info you need to know before you sign a contract.


  4. Details on the questions above and three more critical questions you should ask any classic car transporter are discussed in this article. Contact info for several popular auto shippers is included, too.

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    Current Popular Links on the Site

    Insuring Your Muscle Car

    Field Reports

    Sample VIN Decode

    Our Classic Muscle Car

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    What We Did Right

    Of course we like to think that we did everything right in searching for, finding and buying our first muscle car. After all, we've taken the time to create a website all about it! But looking back on the last year and a half, we realized there we just a few things we did that we so important that they made up for the other areas where we weren't quite so particular...

    Want to know more?

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    Did You Buy A Car Sight Unseen?

    So we broke our own rule and purchased a muscle car on eBay without seeing it in person first or having an appraisal or even having a local car enthusiast go check it out for us. Luckily, the transaction was satisfactory, we believe, because we were prepared with very specific, pertinent questions to ask the seller. Also, the amount of money we were going to spend versus what we could sell the car for in our market verified our decision.

    What do you think? Have you bought a muscle car without seeing it first? Was it a good purchase? Click here to share your experience with other muscle car buyers now.

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    Featured Video

    Since many subscribers have videos blocked by security programs on their mail servers or security settings on their individual computers, we chose not to embed the video from our field trip to Country Classic Cars in the newsletter. If you want to see the YOUTUBE video with the awesome assortment of antique, classic and muscle cars for sale at this unique dealer, CLICK HERE.

    You can also see the video on the website by clicking the "field reports" link in the Current Popular links section of this newsletter.

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