March 2004	Kit arrival
		I had the kit shipped via Stewart shipping and they did a great job. Their enclosed truck has a special hoist for unloading kits.  They happened to have a few completed FFR cars in with my kit.  My kit was all the way up on the front of the truck. That is the body and frame hanging from the truck's hoist.  They can get up to 12 kits in one truck.  Here the body and frame are suspended and being  moved to the back of the truck. The hoist runs on that track near the ceiling of the truck. I was definitely glad I used Stewart instead of having the kit crated.  But will I get it into the garage?
		The kits sees daylight. The hoist now is able to lower the frame and body on to that dolly leaning up against the truck. Brice, the driver, told me he often gets offers to purchase that dolly. The kit was lowered onto that dolly and wheeled into the garage.  It was a one man operation and took less then 30 minutes. There were 10 additional boxes that were still in the truck at this point.  There were several items back ordered but nothing that was going to prevent me from starting on the kit.
		The big question is answered.  The kit fit in the garage as well as the 10 boxes.  No problem and plenty of room to work with. Brice lifted one end of the frame and body while I slid the jack stands in place. After getting all 4 jack stands in place Brice took his dolly. Shucks I was hoping he would forget it.  arg arg arg Doors were duck taped closed and inside the body were the aluminum body panels. The chrome roll bars (for passenger and driver) were back ordered as well as the high back seats. They will be delivered via UPS later. Brice provided me with the inventory list of each box and back ordered items and was off to his next delivery which was only 17 miles away.
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