Hey everyone!
A fun Saturday update...the best kind. As you all know, two weeks ago my Ecto was picked up out in California. It was supposed to arrive last Saturday but the driver called me that Thursday night and said it would be coming early...Friday morning. I had to jump through a lot of hoops to get someone to cover me at work, but a very kind individual agreed to do so and I was there when my baby arrived!
The truck was so big that it could not make the turn off of the main road to get into the shop's parking area. This turned out to be the BEST THING EVER because I got to drive the car on the main road and down the street. It wasn't much, but I originally thought I would only get to back it into the shop off of the trailer, so it was nice to get behind the wheel.
I had to climb into the trailer through a narrow opening and then into the driver seat of the car. It's a good thing I was there, because I was the only one there who was small enough to accomplish this. The driver of the trailer was excellent, he directed me in backing the car out of the trailer. It was impossible to see out of the car, so I relied exclusively on him. The trailer was a tight fit and we were actually on a little bit of an angle because the road wasn't level, so his skills were legit in directing me. I was able to back the car out very, very carefully.
The most terrifying moment was backing the car completely onto the hoist. As you can see, the car's rear wheels just barely fit on the back end of the hoist. I was so ridiculously careful backing her out...
Then the moment of pure bliss...
I parked her in the lot for some additional photos:
BADASS:
And then it was time to pull her into the shop and let her recover from her trip...
SHE ARRIVED IN PERFECT CONDITION. Not a scratch or dent on her. She still needs some work, of course, but the gentleman that is finishing the car has such a great eye for so many little things I never would have even noticed. We have A LOT of work ahead, but I don't doubt for a second that we will get every single thing done and done beautifully. A BIG THANK YOU to Reliable Carriers, Inc. They did a fantastic job shipping the car and getting it here safely. I didn't mind waiting an extra 3 weeks for it to get here...once they picked it up it came within 6 days and I would absolutely use them again to ship any other project cars in the future. Perhaps an Ecto-1a will eventually be in order.