IT\'S HEEEERRRRE
After 8+ months I now have in my possesion a GT-40. This is an unfinished DRB kit ( car no. 5 )that was worked on for 4 years, before putting it up for sale. Here ( I hope ) is the pretty picture:
And here is the composit ( I hope )after it arrived home:
Trying to get the car out of the Savannah Port Authority was an ordeal and a half. After we arrived in Savannah to pay the storage fees ( That's another story ), it took 5 hours, many phone calls made and recieved, before we had the car on the trailer and headed home. I never knew there were so many layers in the shipping industry to get a simple job done. Every one was telling us how it could not be done today, the shipping line had not released the car, even if it were released it couldn't be done, all orders to remove a container from the stacks stoped and hour ago, we don't have a chassis to put the container on, who's your trucking line that you need to get it to the warehouse for unloading. Where is the crew to do the stripping from the container, blah, blah, blah blah, blah.
Thanks to a 4-midnight assistant plant manager who just happened into the office, we were able to get the container out of the stacks, to a warehouse, and unloaded. He just took charge and made things happen. When we figured out how much the overtime would amount to, he took us in HIScar to get the money. Since the bank gives only $20s and $10s, we didn't have $3 for the total. He opened up his wallet and chipped in the $3 bucks. Needless to say he will be recieving dinner for two at the Savannah Chart House Resturant.
I will be doing a Dos and Don'ts for importing a car that will help all those needing that kind of info. For now, all I can tell you is, make sure you have a copy of every pice of paper, from every shipper, including release forms, involved in the process. My case had 5, and I didn't know that until I was on my way to pick the car up. My primary shipper thought all was done and the car was sitting in a warehouse waiting to be put on my trailer.
It's here now and thats what counts. Now I can start the checking process ( 5 days, then I have to release the money in escrow to the seller or go to arbitration ) and the ordering/fabrication of many parts. The process begins......
Bill
After 8+ months I now have in my possesion a GT-40. This is an unfinished DRB kit ( car no. 5 )that was worked on for 4 years, before putting it up for sale. Here ( I hope ) is the pretty picture:
And here is the composit ( I hope )after it arrived home:
Trying to get the car out of the Savannah Port Authority was an ordeal and a half. After we arrived in Savannah to pay the storage fees ( That's another story ), it took 5 hours, many phone calls made and recieved, before we had the car on the trailer and headed home. I never knew there were so many layers in the shipping industry to get a simple job done. Every one was telling us how it could not be done today, the shipping line had not released the car, even if it were released it couldn't be done, all orders to remove a container from the stacks stoped and hour ago, we don't have a chassis to put the container on, who's your trucking line that you need to get it to the warehouse for unloading. Where is the crew to do the stripping from the container, blah, blah, blah blah, blah.
Thanks to a 4-midnight assistant plant manager who just happened into the office, we were able to get the container out of the stacks, to a warehouse, and unloaded. He just took charge and made things happen. When we figured out how much the overtime would amount to, he took us in HIScar to get the money. Since the bank gives only $20s and $10s, we didn't have $3 for the total. He opened up his wallet and chipped in the $3 bucks. Needless to say he will be recieving dinner for two at the Savannah Chart House Resturant.
I will be doing a Dos and Don'ts for importing a car that will help all those needing that kind of info. For now, all I can tell you is, make sure you have a copy of every pice of paper, from every shipper, including release forms, involved in the process. My case had 5, and I didn't know that until I was on my way to pick the car up. My primary shipper thought all was done and the car was sitting in a warehouse waiting to be put on my trailer.
It's here now and thats what counts. Now I can start the checking process ( 5 days, then I have to release the money in escrow to the seller or go to arbitration ) and the ordering/fabrication of many parts. The process begins......
Bill
