Car shipping U.K.to Melb?

[Adrian A_Team 4 Charity]

Hi guys, Does anyone have any knowledge about transporting a van from U.K. to Australia? (Melb)
There is a van perfect for my charity bash that I do which has already been done up as the A-Team van. An actual GMC G20 van already in Right Hand Drive. Just wanting to know approx costs and concerns if anyone has done it before.
Here is the link to the van. (I'll change the interior) - What do you think?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TEAM-VAN-CHEVROLET-GMC-G20-limo-limousine-wedding-car-/300537866783?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item45f973ea1f

Thanks guys,

Adrian.

[aka5000]

Bedfords are way cooler. I know shipping from the US is about 3k. Do a search on the net I'm sure there are plenty of places, make sure they take care of everything, pick up of vehicle, transport, import taxes etc. Or it could turn out to be a headache. There are shipping container companys where you have to sort everything yourself, and then there are car shipping companys that do it all for ya. 
Good luck
Alex

[Bedfordcrazy]

Hey Adrian, mate i would suspect you would be looking at between 5 and 10 grand, thats through customs to your door. Because you dont have thousands to spend on custom work, it would be worth looking at, what is out of your hands is, condition, rust and mechanical unless you fly there or get someone there to inspect it.
I used to drive forlifts for TNT bonded warehouses, and we use to unload the imports from their containers, so expect a couple of weeks to clear the customs warehouse, depending on workloads. That was 20yrs ago so things may have changed somewhat. Good luck and keep us informed.

Just had a look at your pics of the van, nice, yanks do a good job with their vans.
 
george.

[Zeeman]

When I looked at importing my old custom van from the UK, 900 pounds was the best price I could get.

This didn't include duty/customs charges on this end.

There are companies that can do a full service for you. I imagine the end cost would be similar to importing from the US.

Being a large vehicle, I'd say you could do it for under 5 grand if you shop around.
 

[pickmeup]

I got a quote bout 18 months ago from my guy I use to bring stuff from usa with.
Obsession and I were gunna buy a couple at one time to bring in from UK.
Price at that time with every thing done was $8750 delivered to Fremantle.
Melbourne would be slightly cheaper, but that was for 2 vans in a container.
Suggest you try a couple internet sights for quotes.

[Truck]

Hi Adrian,

A few things to consider if shipping from overseas are customs requirements as per attached web address and also to be sure van is spotless for quarantine inside and out. Have seen cars at Aqis in Fremantle that have been stuck there for months paying storage charges due to work load and first in first served. I watched as they pressure washed car inside and out to satisfy quarantine basically killing the interior.

Also when shipping definately go the way of container as Roll on / Roll off vessels are very expensive and require a non owner to drive on and off who in most cases doesn't care cause it's not theirs.

Lastly make sure you have all correct documents for vehicle otherwise licencing can be a huge problem.

http://www.cargoonline.com.au/rulesregulations.php

There are heaps of forwarders who can take care of shipping and customs package on web but licencing is your problem so get as much paperwork as you can from seller for car specs and engineering changes.

Truck

[Bedfordcrazy]

Hey Adrian, mate this is an american vehicle, so make sure that your transport has something on their computer databases, laugh if you will but this is why :
Back in 04 i bought a H1 Humvee/Hummer, it had been registered in australia by a previous owner, anyhow i took it down to my local transport office, they started doing the id info, and they asked me what is a hummer, i said it is a big 4x4, they asked me where it was built, i said america, then they proceeded to ask a heap of dopey Qs.    The result was that pre H3 hummer days, they had no record of what a hummer was, so my rego sticker and paper work showed my truck as AMERICAN VEHICLE  der  they could not print Hummer because the page on their PC would not complete the sticker if they used the word hummer, I had to laugh, they went out to have a look at it in the carpark, her comment was, thats a big one, i could not contain myself and laughed like hell, i said thankyou. 
My point is that there are still a lot of yank vehicles that may not be in their databases, and because it has never been regoed in oz, you could have the fun i had, they will look only at place of manufacture, so pommy land will have no bearing on it, so i would just ring your local and see if the GMC Van is in the PC, or simular, may just save you some heart ache.

george

[eddy]

geez bro thats big, I reckon you could fit a full kitchen in it (hint)   

[rubman]

Man that thing is HUGE ,bloody tough looking truck george

[Bas NZ]

Man that thing is HUGE ,bloody tough looking truck george

Tough, just like George