Has anyone had a car shipped from CA to the East coast

ebay has a list of companies that you can call. Look at any classic car and hit shipping and you will get a quote.

I've often thought about calling those companies and seeing if they would match their ebay price....

Usually though it takes a week or 2 for them to pick up. They will coordinate it with a truck in the area etc but if you can be patient I've looked and with cheaper gas a couple of months ago it was around $1100 CA to CT