Location: Atlanta OTP GA
Posts: 7,084
My VIN: 2743
Club(s): (SEDOC) (DCH) (DCUK) (DOC-UK)
Chris Parnham posted this a few days ago of one of the first cars being loaded on the first ship at Belfast docks. Perhaps even the very first car driving up the ramp - 00899.
Then I noticed the Audi Coupes already on the ship and I have to say I was irrationally surprised that our cars were sharing a ship with other cars. Of course they were, that's the transatlantic shipping business.
I wonder what other marques shared the ships with our cars?
Dermot
VIN 2743, B/A, Frame 2227, engine 2320
I don't always drive cars, but when I do, I prefer DeLoreans
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Location: Burnaby, BC
Posts: 466
Club(s): (PNDC)
Very cool find! Thanks for sharing!
Posts: 131
The ships must have trawled all over the world picking up and dropping off various makes & models of cars, before making its way to Belfast and then on to America, before picking up more cars and and going else where with more cars etc
Location: Stevens Point,WI
Posts: 2,470
My VIN: 6125
That is such a great photo. If I was the owner of 899 I'd want that hanging on my wall.
The VIN registry shows the owner as living in Prosser,WA.
Anybody know him?
Location: France
Posts: 2,457
My VIN: 16951
Club(s): (DCO) (DOA) (DCUK)
How cool is it to have his VIN number with an historic picture like this one
Location: Chicago
Posts: 91
My VIN: 6635
Club(s): (DMWC) (DCUK)
Love this photo (and the other historic ones).
I cannot recall - is there an overarching shipping history of the VINs that made their way to the States? I thought there was, or at least one for some of the VINs.
I'd be very intersted to know what dates and boat my car came over on.
Rich
Location: South Jersey
Posts: 147
My VIN: 4245
Club(s): (DMA)
Any DeLoreans preserved out there with their original shipping foam? That is a great photo.
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