I should have posted before now...sorry!!
We loaded the car and crate with the hardtop in it onto an very nice enclosed car hauler on November 13th and it was in Ft. Lauderdale in a container ready to ship the 27th!!
The exporter called me to confirm and said it would sail the first week of December......probably in Bremerhaven, Germany by now??
Everything went smoothly.....so far?? I guess no news is good news??
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!