Nov. '03 - Kit Arrives

Stewart trucking brought my kit, serial number FFR4760K, on Nov. 28, 2003, the day after Thanksgiving.

Mikey the Mutt is almost as stoked as I am....

Stewart Trucking has a pretty nifty rig for unloading the kits they carry for FFR. No crate (and no $350 crate fee) necessary.

Mikey, Ray the driver, and my friend Ken roll the frame/aluminum/body assembly into my less-than-ideal garage. It'll have to do!

Mikey puts on his demon hellhound look to guard the goods.

Ray goes through the packing checklist and instruction/parts sheets with me...

Big ol' stack of boxes. 11 to be exact. Lot o' parts to inventory.

It seems like every FFR builder has to get out the steering wheel, get in the kit after it's in the garage, and make 'VROOM VROOM!' noises. Who am I to mess with tradition?

My wife Rena is going to be helping on the build when she isn't up to her eyeballs in pre-pharmacy classes. Mikey the Mutt will be supervising throughout the build.

Me, Ken, and Ted, my paw-in-law, lift the body off the frame and put it on the wooden body buck kindly donated to the cause by Craig Merrill of Provo, Utah.

Nifty arrangement....just roll the body out of the garage when I'm working on the chassis:

A couple of angles on the frame with the aluminum panels removed. Next step - get it powdercoated.