<VV> TRANSPORTING ULTRAVAN no go so far.

[wfcc at mediacombb.net]

If this is the one on the beach at New Smyrna Beach, Ryersons old V8 coach,  I would be worried more about the whole thing falling apart when you try to move it.... It is pretty rotten.... been sitting 50 yards from the ocean for years.
 When I got 407 out of the woods in Louisiana we used a fifth wheel heavy equipment trailer because it was the only one wide enough- it was 82" between the fenders and the rear track on an Ultra is 81" We had to load it backwards cause the front track is wider. Don't know about the track on a V8 coach, I know they do have bigger wheels and tires.
 You could always stop and get Bob Browns coach-it's on the way back north and he really wants to sell it-and it is probably closer to being restorable than the other one.

                                 Ed Lindsay
West Florida Corvair Club
Ultra's #338 & 407


                                       
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From: shortle <shortle556 at earthlink.net>
To: kenpepke at juno.com, virtualvairs at corvair.org
Sent: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 10:08:36 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Re: <VV> Fw: Re:  TRANSPORTING ULTRAVAN  no go so far.

Tim, That's a long ways to go to come back EMPTY HANDED. I sure agree with Ken about making it happen. But how about driving it home? Fix it in Florida just enough to make it roadworthy?
Timothy Shortle in (beautiful) Durango Colorado


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>From: "kenpepke at juno.com" <kenpepke at juno.com>
>Sent: Dec 6, 2010 7:41 AM
>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: <VV> Fw: Re:  TRANSPORTING ULTRAVAN  no go so far.
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>Heading back EMPTY HANDED?????
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>Just because the wheels do not fit on the trailer?  How about shoring up the chassis with railroad ties or landscaping 4x4s?  Even if temporary ramps are needed to get it over the trailer.  Let the wheels hang over the edges.  Make it high enough that the body is over the trailer tires if needed.  Think how narrow the trailers are that carry pontoon boats!  Chain the Ultra down with binders and drive carefully ... in  a safe and sane manner and it will safely follow you home.
>Ken. there must be a way, P
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>N2VZD at aol.com wrote:
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>i guess we need a better way to transport the ultravan from Smyrna FL to  
>Utica NY. if anyone can really do this , and can call soon , he is looking 
>for a  way.  he is there with a 2 car trailer that seems to be too narrow to 
>do it  safely.     i think he needs a flat bed?
>plus now we are getting hammered with a blizzard here in NY.  he is  
>heading back empty  this morning.
>i guess this is how memories are made?
>regards, tim colson   off to blow snow