Mike, what is your lowest immovable obstacle (not counting wire drops that can be slid over the load? Are they bridges, etc., or wires?
Your car does have a tall cupola, could be a tough move in some areas in the northeast. How tall is the car (both with and without the cupola)?
Depending on individual utilities, or even regions of individual utilities, you might get a concession on wire raising fees.
Late in 2010, we moved CNR snowplow #55400 by road from Ottawa to Smiths Falls, Ontario. Even using a low railway bed float with the car off its trucks, the horn and headlight removed, the load came out to 16'9".
We, too, had been resigned to removing the cupola but that proved unnecessary. A week of exploration revealed a very roundabout route where the only overhead obstacles were wires. This was complicated by one sharp vertical curve in an otherwise suitable road- the float would have hung up there.
In the route we chose, the worst wires- those taut, thick main telephone lines- had a bit of slack coiled up at intersections, which enabled raising them.
Quite a few wires were raised by several utilities- Ottawa Hydro, Ontario Hydro (through two separate regions), Bell Telephone, and a couple of cable TV companies. Of all these utilities, the only fee we paid was to one office of Ontario Hydro- the corporation's bean counters overturned the donation of the work on the last day, after the line crews had already spent two days preparing.
The western solution would be great, if the equipment is available and local laws allow it. The cost savings might even make shipping the equipment from some distant point worthwhile.
Best of luck with your move! It looks like a great car.
Steve Hunter
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