Corvair engine site needed

"Ralf Mueller" wrote

German ebay lists quite a few for reasonable price:

How much would it cost to find someone who would crate and ship on to the
US?
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Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:
"Ralf Mueller" wrote
German ebay lists quite a few for reasonable price:

How much would it cost to find someone who would crate and ship on to the
US?
finding someone shouldn't be the problem ;-)
but shipping cost could. I recently ordered a canopy and fuel tank from
Sonex. Freight cost (air freight) and tax was twice the value of the
goods. Sea freight is not much less (and more risky).

le dimanche 17 janvier 2010 19:32, Ralf Mueller s'est penché sur son
écritoire numérique et a écrit:

How much would it cost to find someone who would crate and ship on to
the US?
finding someone shouldn't be the problem ;-)
but shipping cost could. I recently ordered a canopy and fuel tank
from Sonex. Freight cost (air freight) and tax was twice the value of
the goods. Sea freight is not much less (and more risky).
Volume cost as weight...

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le dimanche 17 janvier 2010 19:22, Morgans s'est penché sur son
écritoire numérique et a écrit:

How much would it cost to find someone who would crate and ship on to
the US?
I guess more than $500. Ask UPS for a 200lb parcel

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Morgans schreef:
"Ralf Mueller" wrote
German ebay lists quite a few for reasonable price:

How much would it cost to find someone who would crate and ship on to the
US?

Finding someone shouldn't be too hard - all else failing, one could try
bribing yours truly };-) Crating should be done by the supplier, and
these Germans have a reputation for doing mechanical jobs solidly, so
that's not a problem either.
Or for a second hand engine, yours truly might well be able to dig up a
used pallet somewhere, strap the engine to it, and add some planking around.

But indeed shipping a single piece would be a bit awkward, the one thing
to make sense is to ship a container full of them. Even a 20" container
would easily hold 50 pcs, though, at a rough estimate - would there be a
market for 50 of these engines at a reasonable price?

And the comparison with the Jabiru is justified: what advantages has the
modified BMW over Jabiru 2200? The "reasonable" price for the BMW
should, IMHO, have to be lower than the Jabiru's. Not an easy ambition
at today's $-€ rates.