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New Caprice owner from Puerto Rico
Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2021 12:57 pm
by Tito
Hi, New Caprice owner from Puerto Rico. Great to be part of the PPV community. I brought my white 2012 from Gonzales Tx. in July 2020 and is a work in progress. Glad to be on board and hope we continue sharing experience and knowledge all over the forum.
Re: New Caprice owner from Puerto Rico
Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2021 6:07 pm
by GammaFlat
Welcome Tito! How much does it cost to get a car from the states to Puerto Rico? Keep us posted on your updates/fixes.
Re: New Caprice owner from Puerto Rico
Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2021 8:15 pm
by Sanford
Sucks to get old, but it seems like there was an episode of Airplane Repo that was shot in Puerto Rico and there was a shot that showed the tail end of a Caprice driving down a street.
Re: New Caprice owner from Puerto Rico
Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2021 10:22 pm
by Mooseman
Welcome! Post up some pics of your ride. How rare are these in Puerto Rico? I would assume very rare.
Re: New Caprice owner from Puerto Rico
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 7:02 pm
by Tito
Hi, in my case from Gonzales Tx. to Jacksonville Fl. the cost was $800+. I think I paid a bit much to the carrier who also happens to be Puerto Rican. The sea league to Puerto Rico was $737 with Crowley with help from a friend and then the cost of registering the car (title, license and plate).
I believe that at the moment my Caprice is the only one in the island registered for private use (that I know of). PPv's are not that rare in the PR State Police fleet and they are all white. A lot of municipalities in the Island also have Caprices in a few other colors. The DOD system fail has kept the majority of these cars away from active duty in recent years.
will post some pictures soon when it is back from local machine shop (broken starter bolt).
If its not much to ask, can anyone help me with the Holden WM side skirts and the front splitter that one of the members was producing? I really want these for my car.
Thanks for welcome.
Re: New Caprice owner from Puerto Rico
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2021 11:26 am
by CrashTestDummy
Nice! I don't think the fee for shipping from Tx. to Fl. is all that bad. IIRC, our Caprice was a bit over $600 from Tampa to the Houston, Texas area. The Tahoe PPV before that, from the same place was about $500.
Welcome!
Re: New Caprice owner from Puerto Rico
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2021 6:46 pm
by Tito
Thank you! This is my first time shipping a car from the States.
Re: New Caprice owner from Puerto Rico
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 7:26 am
by Turbopowered68
Tito wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 6:46 pm
Thank you! This is my first time shipping a car from the States.
Cool stuff, dude.
I have to ship 2 or 3 cars from PR to NY.