Arrival

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Major System Category: Misc
Task: Delivery via Stewart Transport & Inventory
Parts: Basic kit plus optional parts ordered April 2012
Prerequisite Tasks: See planning phase
Additional Costs: N/A
Time Requirement: 1 hour
Date Started: June 29, 2012
Date Completed: June 29, 1012

Stewart Transport is an independent entity from Factory Five. They have delivered over 11,000 kits, so they're experienced. After you call them up and pay your money, their driver will pick up your kit on the next run. This can take 7 to 10 days after the kit is ready to ship.

The build site.

Next, you will get a call from the driver. He'll give you a date and ask if that's okay. If you're like me, you're going to clear the calendar (I started this process 14 months ago).

First shot of the GTM being winched out of the truck.

The night before delivery, the driver calls again and we settle on a time. (In my case: noon.) The driver told me he was about 250 miles from my house. I figure this is roughly Madison, Wisconsin. I know this road well, so allowing for summer road construction noon sounds about right.

She looks fast just hanging there.

I need four jack stands and some kind of jack. I have a four post lift, four jack stands, an inline jack and two floor jacks. I think I've got things covered. The plan is to roll the GTM onto the lift, raise it slightly, jack up her up and set her down on the jack stands.

She's resting on jack stands in the garage under the lift.

Things didn't go according to plan. The cart they have to roll the GTM into your shop or garage isn't wide enough to roll up a four post lift. It might work with a 1 or 2 post lift with extended arms. We rolled her into the garage. I used a floor jack to raise her up and we deployed jack stands under the car.

There were a few boxes too. My shipment included 22 boxes and/or pieces (e.g. roof scoop. splitter) and 1 box back ordered.

Stewart Transport is definitely the way to go. The driver was great! Plus they have the trucks and equipment to get your car where you want it.