Transporting a fiberglass body: Ideas??

[A12pilot]

Greetings Folks!

I’ll be headed out in a February to visit the guy that’s going to be making the BMW 507 body for me, and then it hit me: How is me going to get the body to Texas without it looking like a dropped hard boiled egg.?.

Trusting nobody but myself to transport this, and even then the source is scary, I’ve been brainstorming idears on how to do this. I was thinking of building some sort of wooden box to house the body in with that foam pipe insulation for bracing, support, and protection. The journey would be made in one of those U-Hauly enclosed moving trucks (maybe an 18ft one). Loading and unloading would be simple with long wooden ramps and dolleys, or it would be walked up into and out the trailer with the shipping box built inside after the body is set down, then taken apart for removal when I get it back here.

So, does this sound plausible? Anyone know how Cobra kit cars are shipped? Are there specialized shippers that deal with stuff like this? Just curious if anyone may have experience dealing with shipping something of this size and fragility.

Thanks guys!

Cheers
Dave

[marxjunk]

the cobras ive seen are on a simple 2x4 skid with risers to hold the cowl up and the area behind the seats up too..not very complicated 3 or 4 skids tacked together and some support to keep it hanging instead of laying on the rockers and fenders etc..

this is a general idea
https://quartermax.com/cynergy-c7-z0...-carbon-fiber/

i did a google and used

fiberglass kit shipping crate

[A12pilot]

Thanks Mark. Interesting find. I'll try the same.

Cheers
Dave

[njsteve]

How about wrapping it in plastic and then just placing it in your enclosed trailer on some pillows and then filling the entire trailer, floor to ceiling, with two-part urethane foam? You may have to dig it out when you arrive but it will be intact. ;-)

[A12pilot]

Hmmmm..... are you talking about those memory foam pillers Stevarino? Or just your standard wake-up-with- neck- pain Target jobbies? I was just thinking of towing it with a rope on a custom made boat trailer.... but I think when I arrive in TX the only thing left would be the part that's tied to the rope!

Found a few good ideas looking at how those Cobras are shipped. Gonna be some carpentry, but nothing crazy.

Cheers
Dave

[marxjunk]

i love boxing and crating..love it..you focus on whats at hand, and its therapy...

[RPOLS3]

I assume when they are making the body it will be on some sort of buck/cart? If not can you or the fab shop make one? Back in the day at the Corvette restoration shop I worked at when the bodies came off the frame they were put on a body dolly and then we just rolled them in and out of the trailer if they got sent out for paint work. Never had an issue.

[A12pilot]

Thanks, Jake. When I head out there to chat with the shop I’ll see what they have going on. They do make Cobra bodies, but not sure if they ship them. It’ll be on the discussion plate for sure!

Cheers
Dave