Sparkymart Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 My lad has just brought a triumph herold in Durham and we are in Cornwall so a 450 mile ish trip each way I've been offered a dolly to use but due to the distance would I be better off hiring a car trailer. I will be driving a 110 defender.Any advice welcome Cheers Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 I'd get a trailer personally. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianht71 Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 I used a dolly to transport my Westy pre IVA, To the factory To the IVA To the DVLA It worked really well Different people had differing views on the legality but I figured it was ok after my research Best of luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Everall Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 trailer every time 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkymart Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 Cheers guys I've found a local firm that will hire a trailer for around £75 but I'm even thinking maybe train up and drive it home just seems a shame to put the extra miles on it as it's only done 50k from new (1969) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain m Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 My Mother had a new one, if you decide to jack up the front or rear do not leave anything in the car you may need as you will never get the doors open!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Apologies for generalising, without knowing the specific car it could be anything from a road legal shed to a fully restored model, re-fitted with modern running gear (or presumably, somewhere in the middle). A couple of thoughts occur; a-frame, 450 odd miles of presumably mixed country road and motorway is a long distance to put on a forty or fifty year old transmission & rear drive train of relative unknown state, specially un-driven. (That's ignoring the legal status of the A Frame, that's a debate that seems to bounce back and forth. Certainly you see plenty in use though). Driving it back; has a certain appeal, but my own personal experiance of my own and friends "elderly" second hand cars, (as opposed to classics), is that they seem to miss behave the most/break, when subjected to a sudden big change in the way they're used. I've take a motorway cruiser in a previous life and it seems to object to being used as a short run shopping trolley, or conversely, take something with low miles that's just been used for school runs and short local trips, and put big runs on it, and it soon starts to show. Also bear in mind, when that car was new/young (and yes, I know their were rather fewer motorways), a trip of that distance was a way more significant thing than its been for years. It's all down to the condition of the car and how it's been used, I'd say. But the safest option is to trailer. If driving it, I'd give really serious consideration to two of you going down in a tin top, stick some tools and spare fluids in it, and come back in convoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Everall Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 As previously said 400miles is a long long way in that age of car and when my dad had one we used to check oil and water every 100 miles!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkymart Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 I would like to trailer it back but as he's blown all his money buy it it's down to the bank of dad to get it home so I reckon to drive up in the landy and pick it up with a trailer will cost me about £450 including trailer hire or £200 for two train tickets and the chance for him to get some motorway experience as we dont have one in Cornwall and also the opportunity to get used to the car with me with him, which ever way we do it it won't be done in one hit I'll book a travel lodge halfway home Here is a video clip of the car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Everall Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Remember to insure it and tax it before you drive it back ----you can't transfer road tax anymore I presume its tax exempt buy on DVLA website it says its taxed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkymart Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 Terry even as it's tax exempt do I still have to go through the seller canceling he's tax and me re taxing it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigals Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 That's looks like a remarkably well preserved car, your son has good taste in cars , do you have AA or Rac get you home cover? If so driving it home with a support car, avoiding taking it over 70mph would be my choice, with regular stops during the first couple of hours, just to check fluids ect ect. I always had a soft spot for the herald as we used them to learn on at college, good luck however you chose to travel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTR2Turbo Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 yes you still need to tax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff oakley Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Looking at the video it isn't a shed so I would take a few tools and get some form of breakdown cover and take it easy. It should sit all day at 60mph so A1 down to M1 then off on to M42 take a break around there and then do the last leg the following day. We all used to drive cars like this for many miles, it was an adventure, something we have lost when we just jump in and drive to Germany without a second thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkymart Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 Bigals He's been saving for ages and had no interest in a modern car which I wanted him to get just for the safety side,he was looking for a mini but any thing which wasn't rotten was a fortune and this came along and he fell in love with it and done a good deal on it Jeff I've got cover which covers me for any vehicle It's going to be fun with the gearbox no synchro on first an second I believe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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