@davidnunn posted:Doug, UPS offers an unadvertised service option called “high value” package. It’s really designed for watches and gold bricks, etc. but I’ve done it with auto parts that were irreplaceable. A high value package gets carried in the cab with the driver, rather than in the back with the other packages. When the package moves to another truck, the driver hands the package to the next driver. At no time is it sitting in a pile with a bunch of other packages. I used this service to ship my Kelly Coffield IR intake manifold, not because it was expensive but because I didn’t want it to go missing. As I recall, it was not expensive and it was still “Ground” service.
Irreplaceable in this case means just that, i.e., you can't get another one.
I once heard of a situation where someone had a Boss 302 Trans Am car for sale that had a very rare set of steel valve covers on it.
They were completely "blank" and had no provisions for any kind of breather attachments.
The car was for sale but the seller wouldn't sell the valve covers separately. The new owner bought the car so he could have those valve covers, took them and resold the car.
Those Mangusta uprights can be replaced but you have to buy another Mangusta to get another one.
I don't even want to hold them in a bench vise to break the axle nut loose. That's 400 lb-feet and is going to leave a mark in the uprights.
The only shipper here that I know of that will insure for even $1,000 is Fedex. If you need more then you need to hire an armored car company.