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Oh Yeeeeaaaaahhhhhh!!!
The wait is over. It's been just over a month since I made the deal in Denver and three weeks since I actually paid for the car. Made the transportation arrangements on June 18th.
InterCity Lines delivered the Quasar yesterday at noon. Tom and his wife Hanna were in constant contact with me starting on Wednesday night when they were delivering a couple of cars in Wisconsin. I provided a short cut to get them around the Detroit traffic snarls and they arrived ahead of schedule!!
The cars are double covered in the transport truck, one cloth cover and a second plastic one over the cloth. The first step was to get those off and then remove the hold-down straps.
Wearing white gloves and checking to see that the seat cover and floor protective mat (that they provided) were in place, Hanna got in the Callaway and backed it out of the upper level with Tom handling the lift controls. They gave me a detailed checklist showing the condition of the car when it was picked up (every single thing). It was signed by the previous owner so everybody knows what was what when the journey started. Needless to say, they did a fantastic job. My two sons were manning the digital movie camera and digital "still" camera so I've got the whole thing on tape and diskette.
Took everyone out for a ride, one at a time of course, even my neighbor. He isn't too familiar with Corvettes so the funniest question was "Does it have a back seat?". Finally found some open road and punched it when he was in the car and came to a stop behind a late model Impala. The driver was watching in the rear view mirror and gave me the "thumbs up" sign. My neighbor saw this and said " I guess he's happy you stopped in time....". Maybe he just knew the Chevrolet bloodline and what a Callaway looked like from the front.....
Took the solid roof off and put the clear blue one on and with the dark tinted windows, it does look quite a bit different. The entire greenhouse portion of the car is all one matching dark tinted color with only the B pillar looking like a big blue roll bar!!!
The last family member to go for a ride was my wife. She has to put up with my ever changing expensive obsessions and she was really great. Her last comment was "So are you going to stop being a grouch now? For the last month, you've been a real pain in the a**". I guess my reply wasn't necessary, as the grin hasn't left my face yet. Ordered the personalized plate "VRYFAST" which will be mailed in a few weeks.
I'd like to post some of the pictures, but do not have access to a "public" server. Anybody want to host a few snapshots for a short time?
The only thing that I noticed was that the oil temperature gauge looks like it is not functioning. Needle stayed at the bottom end (100) and never moved. Anybody got any ideas on what could be causing that and about how much it would cost to fix??
Let the good times roll.......
HoldHard
The wait is over. It's been just over a month since I made the deal in Denver and three weeks since I actually paid for the car. Made the transportation arrangements on June 18th.
InterCity Lines delivered the Quasar yesterday at noon. Tom and his wife Hanna were in constant contact with me starting on Wednesday night when they were delivering a couple of cars in Wisconsin. I provided a short cut to get them around the Detroit traffic snarls and they arrived ahead of schedule!!
The cars are double covered in the transport truck, one cloth cover and a second plastic one over the cloth. The first step was to get those off and then remove the hold-down straps.
Wearing white gloves and checking to see that the seat cover and floor protective mat (that they provided) were in place, Hanna got in the Callaway and backed it out of the upper level with Tom handling the lift controls. They gave me a detailed checklist showing the condition of the car when it was picked up (every single thing). It was signed by the previous owner so everybody knows what was what when the journey started. Needless to say, they did a fantastic job. My two sons were manning the digital movie camera and digital "still" camera so I've got the whole thing on tape and diskette.
Took everyone out for a ride, one at a time of course, even my neighbor. He isn't too familiar with Corvettes so the funniest question was "Does it have a back seat?". Finally found some open road and punched it when he was in the car and came to a stop behind a late model Impala. The driver was watching in the rear view mirror and gave me the "thumbs up" sign. My neighbor saw this and said " I guess he's happy you stopped in time....". Maybe he just knew the Chevrolet bloodline and what a Callaway looked like from the front.....
Took the solid roof off and put the clear blue one on and with the dark tinted windows, it does look quite a bit different. The entire greenhouse portion of the car is all one matching dark tinted color with only the B pillar looking like a big blue roll bar!!!
The last family member to go for a ride was my wife. She has to put up with my ever changing expensive obsessions and she was really great. Her last comment was "So are you going to stop being a grouch now? For the last month, you've been a real pain in the a**". I guess my reply wasn't necessary, as the grin hasn't left my face yet. Ordered the personalized plate "VRYFAST" which will be mailed in a few weeks.
I'd like to post some of the pictures, but do not have access to a "public" server. Anybody want to host a few snapshots for a short time?
The only thing that I noticed was that the oil temperature gauge looks like it is not functioning. Needle stayed at the bottom end (100) and never moved. Anybody got any ideas on what could be causing that and about how much it would cost to fix??
Let the good times roll.......
HoldHard
with the new Callaway!!
