I have just received my Super Pro Package from Tornado. Please see my "Introduce Yourself" thread entitled "Bob Woods in Texas" dated 30 December 2013 for details about my motivation and plans for my GT40.
The package was shipped in a large crate holding the frame and body parts, and a large box containing all of the parts. I did not order the engine since I will build one here.
My crate and box were put in a shipping container that arrived at the Charleston port on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, 27 November. Of course nothing was done until the following Monday. Then Customs decided that they needed to perform an X-ray inspection (which took about 5 days). Then they decided that they should visually inspect some of the contents of the container (which took another several days). I don't think they opened my crate or box, but perhaps something else in the container. Since 9/11 Customs tends to inspect most of the containers. After Customs cleared the container, then the warehouse took several days to unpack the container. After that, it took a few days to coordinate an over-the-road trucker to bring the crate and box to Texas. After sitting in Texas for a day or so, it finally arrived at my house on 19 December.
For someone that counts his time by the minute, this 3-week delay almost did me in. Further, I had given my last final on 16 November so I had a lot of flexible time that I intended to devote to the car. I lost a month of potential work time.
Three of us unloaded the body parts and frame by hand from the delivery truck and we were able to use a pallet jack to take the whole box to my garage (which I now call the "GT40 Factory"). Total time was about 30 minutes.
Even though my GT40 Factory is small, I managed to fit everything in it with the exception of the front body parts and doors which I am storing in another one of my garages.
The package was shipped in a large crate holding the frame and body parts, and a large box containing all of the parts. I did not order the engine since I will build one here.
My crate and box were put in a shipping container that arrived at the Charleston port on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, 27 November. Of course nothing was done until the following Monday. Then Customs decided that they needed to perform an X-ray inspection (which took about 5 days). Then they decided that they should visually inspect some of the contents of the container (which took another several days). I don't think they opened my crate or box, but perhaps something else in the container. Since 9/11 Customs tends to inspect most of the containers. After Customs cleared the container, then the warehouse took several days to unpack the container. After that, it took a few days to coordinate an over-the-road trucker to bring the crate and box to Texas. After sitting in Texas for a day or so, it finally arrived at my house on 19 December.
For someone that counts his time by the minute, this 3-week delay almost did me in. Further, I had given my last final on 16 November so I had a lot of flexible time that I intended to devote to the car. I lost a month of potential work time.
Three of us unloaded the body parts and frame by hand from the delivery truck and we were able to use a pallet jack to take the whole box to my garage (which I now call the "GT40 Factory"). Total time was about 30 minutes.
Even though my GT40 Factory is small, I managed to fit everything in it with the exception of the front body parts and doors which I am storing in another one of my garages.
