The best box for shipping a crack free dash!

[hls30.com]

Today was an interesting day!

Several days ago, I contacted a gentleman who was advertising a crack free 240Z dash, and made arrangements to pick it up.

He was about two and a half hours from me, so I considered taking the truck and setting up appropriate packing materials to secure and protect the dash while in transport in the bed or back seat of the truck. Several years ago I moved an early Dash on the back seat of the truck, and had packed it up with blankets and secured it with cardboard and the seat belts. That dash survived a 11 hour trip from Mussel Shoals through the course of a covert night trip with no gps and lots of misdirection!

This dash was to be moved in the daylight, and with the company of the same rapscallion who helped me drive back from Mussel Shoals with a huge Ryder truck filled with Z parts, My Dodge Quadcab towing a flatbed holding a shell on a buck-all packed to the ceiling with parts!

Being that this was to be a morning/afternoon trip, I thought: "I certainly don't need so much stuff with me", so to get proper fitting materials, I pulled a Dash cover and set about finding an appropriate container.

I tried several, some were too big, some were too small, some were just too aggravating, then it hit me, I had the perfect package laying in the driveway...

I tried the dash cover-good fit, nice support on the sides, needed some packing on the front and back, but hey, this box fits better than anything else I found.

I asked my buddies opinion, he was stoked! "That fits the bill pretty damn nicely-add a couple of towels, maybe a moving blanket, and you have it!"

I packed up four or five beach towels, and a clean matress pad, and off we went.

When we got to the sellers Storage unit, the seller asked how I was going to get the dash home, so I showed him!

Edited June 25, 2009 by hls30.com

[Arne]

OK, I'm waiting...

[hls30.com]

I did remove some of the packing to take the pictures, I'll take some more tomorrow when I have a place to put the dash.

Will

[280~Master]

Go figure.

I was thinking you had some special fiberglass container or you made some nifty

silly string hanging kit to place in the truck.

So ship the dash to the house here and I will take care of getting rid of the package it came in.

[Arne]

Amazing the things you find out on the spur of the moment. Did you know that a 240Z rear hatch will JUST fit in the back seat of a BMW E36 sedan? It takes some finesse to get it in there, but once in place, it ain't movin'.

[AZ-240z]

If you're askin', I would use lots of bubble wrap, large bubbles, please.

[26th-Z]

Did you know that a 240Z rear hatch will JUST fit in the back seat of a BMW E36 sedan?

Yes I did know that. A hood will fit in the back of an E46 also.

[conedodger]

I just wrapped my new dash in bubblewrap and put it in the crew cab...

[bigoak]

Hmmm...my container was somewhat larger...163" by 64" by 51"...problem was the container weighed ~2300 lbs...

[Arne]

Hmmm...my container was somewhat larger...163" by 64" by 51"...problem was the container weighed ~2300 lbs...

Hmm...

[hls30.com]

Hmmm...my container was somewhat larger...163" by 64" by 51"...problem was the container weighed ~2300 lbs...

I guess you missed the pictures of my container, it's around, around 3500lbs, 169.4 in long, 70.5 inches wide x 49.5" tall, My box is bigger than yours!

Will

[bigoak]

I guess you missed the pictures of my container, it's around, around 3500lbs, 169.4 in long, 70.5 inches wide x 49.5" tall, My box is bigger than yours!

Will

Ah...so we're playing it that way...forgot to mention I had a container pulling my container...

199" x 79" x 74"...6785 lbs...285 HP @ 5,200 rpm; 330 ft lb @ 4,000 rpm...(see if you can guess...)

But I'll guarantee your container was more aerodynamic and got better mileage...

Edited June 25, 2009 by bigoak