Frame Arrival May 08

After waiting for almost 7 months the frame was scheduled to arrive by truck. When the highly anticipated moment finally came and the truck pulled up in front of my house, I eagerly waited to see my very expensive, beautifully built and finished frame in person for the first time. Imagine my horror when the first thing that I saw was that the carefully crafted packaging was an absolute mess! They had obviously dropped it!

The frame has arrived! That's my TR-3 sitting in front there. I was sooo excited!!

This was my first look at my frame, can you say horrified?

Splintered wood and busted strapping, a real mess...

This was, as it turned out, the worst of the damage. The studs were toast but luckily for me, the trailing arm and the frame were uninjured except for some relatively minor scratches and chips in the powder coat.

This is after we managed to drag the frame out of the truck and place it in my driveway. As you can see, the pallet has become kindling.

A close up the the deranged studs.

A shot of the front suspension, must have been one of the impact areas?

Safely tucked under the TR-6, in it's new home! The frame is sitting 2 furniture movers, so it will be a relatively easy task to pull it out into the driveway and to work on it. And a lotta work ahead there is....