What is the process for Museum delivery:

1. I contact one of the on-line dealers and place a deposit for a new car for Museum delivery.
2. He orders the vehicle for production with delivery at the Museum.

What then.........?

1. Will the Museum contact me when the car is done and schedule a pickup date, or is everything still going through the dealer.

2. Do you pay the dealer the final payment before you go to the Museum, or do you pay this at the Museum at pickup?

3. What happens at the Museum? Does someone show you the car, it is inspected and accepted, and you drive it home?

 

the dealer keeps you informed of where the car stands in production. see stickys above c6 gen and go to museum deliv. in FAQ

when it's finished production ,there's about a 2 week hold on the car. as the car gets finished, you schedule w. the museum day of pickup and tours.

you have to pay the dealer before picking up the car.

it is prepped, and placed on display in the museum. go to museum website and read procedure.

you have 2 times during day to tour plant and museum.. personal guide assigned to you and whomever you bring with you. tour of plant can take 2-4 hours, you decide.

see left column: http://corvettemuseum.com/

 

Quite well actually; I picked up mine last Friday. My dealer, Tom Hendericks at Bud's Chevrolet, explained it and helped keep track.

Read: http://www.corvettemuseum.com/ncm_delivery/index.shtml and then call Gary or Lori at the museum if you have questions.

It was a GREAT experience. Could not have been better.

 

One of the great benefits of this is that they do a great job prepping. If they find something, they can swap it out with the factory. The car is about as flawless as it can get.

Once you get there, your assigned guide will spend a great deal of time walking you thru the vehicle. It's a well oiled process that they follow.

I have no regrets. Neither will you.

 

The museum delivery is an option just like chrome wheels. Just check that box when you order it from any dealer. The dealer will keep you informed of the build date, or you can even do it yourself on line now. Call Lori at the museum and schedule at least 2 weeks after the build date.

Take it a step further, and after you order your car, go on the Museum web site and sign up for the "Buyers Tour". The museum will keep you updated as to when the actual prduction date of your car is. Go down and spend a couple of days following your car through the line. Best money you ever spent. If I had to do one or the other, I would do that before I did the museum delivery. But do them both.

 

EVERYONE will help you (or should) if you do a Museum delivery from a Forum dealer. You order from the dealer. The dealer should give you an estimated delivery date at the time of the order. You should get periodic updates on where the car is in the delivery schedule such as

Somewhere around status 3100 or 3300 the production date should be stable enough to schedule delivery 2 weeks (or more) after the production week. The Museum will call you but you can also call them if you get antsy and who doesn't. They will understand.

Once the dealer is invoiced you pay the dealer. For out of state orders the dealer will normally send you a Certificate of Manufacturer. You take this to your local DMV and get it registered (and pay whatever taxes you may owe). The DMV gives you registration paperwork and temporary plates that you take to the Museum where they will install them so you can legally drive it home.

Delivery day you show up at the Museum all prepared to be treated like Royalty. You will have a full day getting to know your car, the factory, and the Museum. The car will already have been inspected and detailed to as close to perfection as any in the country. This won't be the first time they've seen a new Corvette. You will get a personal factory tour (if it is open). Then you go back and get a personal orientation of your car that can last for hours if you keep asking questions but is probably going to last at least an hour if you don't. A little more paperwork releasing the car to you, a personal tour of the Museum, a few pictures, and you drive out.

I would recommend that unless you live very close that you plan on staying delivery night no more than 75 miles from Bowling Green. That way you never have to feel rushed. I didn't get a picture in front of the factory with my name on the billboard because I needed to get on the road if I wanted to get home that night.

 

I'd be glad to explain the process to you if you need help. Been doing R8C's since the program began. Great way to enjoy the Corvette experience.

Feel free to call me anytime.

 

Tremendous experience, I will do it again. The Museum and tour of the factory are well worth it. Then, the drive home!! Every post above is correct.

 

Best experience I could do to get my wifey to understand my craze for the Vette, she truly enjoyed the factory tour as I had our guide lead her around and I just followed as I had been through the factory and museum before. Our guide was great he tooks lots of time going over the details with her and showing her all the bells and whistles on the Vette while in the museum. Well worth it and would do it again in a heartbeat

 

And some Forum Dealers (Cough - Tommy Jr. - Cough) will also FedEx you a temporary plate from a state like, oh, say, maybe NEW HAMPSHIRE, at no cost for your drive home. That, my friends, is SERVICE.

 

Okay so museum del and buyers tour are different. Buyers tour is the one where you see YOUR car built...right? Thats the one I want to do....but, I'd probably do museum delivery to. I want pics or vid of my car being built. I think that is the absolute coolest thing ever!

I hope to do this on my next vette.......a C7. Or perhaps a last run C6....but, hopefully C7.

Ill hit the FAQ...to read up...cause I'll want to be in the know on this one!

 

You cannot take a camera, or even a cell phone, into the plant. You can buy a $500 album of your car being built. That is in addition to buyers tour or museum delivery. We went on the regular factor tour and saw our car on the line. Then, two weeks later, we did the museum delivery. Call Tom Hendericks (419) 394-2371 and he'll explain the various option.

 

Yep...I knew that...I probably should have mentioned i would buy the album. I guess between museum, buyers and album...I'm already in for $1500.00...before I add anything else. LOL!

 

But doesn't that mean the car has been registered/titled in New Hampshire and all the fees have been paid? Since NH charges fees and not tax, they won't be refundable/deductible in other states even those that allow refunds. Who is paying those fees? I'm sure cough/cough isn't taking them out of the tip jar.

I'm not about to pay any state other than the one I'm going to register the vehicle in. Too much hassle trying to get your money back. That would be a deal killer (or at least deduction from sale price) for me. With a Certificate of Manufacture it should take less than 5 minutes at the counter to register/title and get plates.

 

Young grasshopper, I bought mine from Tommy as well, and I talked with a bunch of them. He provides you with a temporaty tag to get home, at which time you will register your car. I didn't even have to provide him with a cashiers check. Just sent a personal check 2 days before I was scheduled to pick up my car.

 

The buyer's tour and the R8C delivery are not the same. Part of the R8C Museum Delivery experience is a VIP tour of the factory (Monday - Thursday) when you pickup your.

I did the buyer's tour (3 days) and the R8C delivery 2 weeks later, which was 3 weeks ago.

 

I cant wait.

 

The buyer's tour and the museum delivery are both a great experience. As another member mentioned, the photo album is a great way to preserve the memory as well.

Like I said earlier, if anyone has questions or concerns about any part of the process, give me a call or drop me a PM ! I can set it all up from start to finish and even have a few tips and tricks to make it more fun !

For all who will be coming to the BUDS Corvette show on May the 7th, my good friend Bruce Robel, who is a long time delivery specialist at the museum will be there. He loves to answer questions and will even be glad to demonstrate any features on your car you may have questions about !!

 

And you don't think you paid for that tag? Does the state just pass them out like free hall passes? If so, where can I get a few dozen? It would mean I wouldn't have to buy license plates any more.

From the New Hampshire DMV site:
If you are taking delivery in Kentucky and never expect to see New Hampshire, why pay $10 for a tag you don't need? You have to go to your local DMV to register it anyway, Why not just go there to begin with and get any documentation and plates they require?

 

Hopefully you've got your questions answered here as many have provided great advice and feedback.

I couldn't agree with them more. Do as much as you can/want to do - it's worth every penny. Do you remember that weekend trip you and your wife made about 15 years ago? Yeah, neither do I. But this will be a life long memory of one of the most enjoyable times in your life!

One word of caution - especially if you're buying the GMPP extended warranty. Ask your dealer what is the very last day to pay for the car. Since they just want your money to complete the paperwork, the date of the contract becomes the actual delivery date that goes on record for warranty purposes. I made the mistake when I bought my C5 that I was so much in a rush to get it all done that I paid it off the same day I was given the invoice....and wouldn't you know it, my transmission went out on me 3 weeks after the date on the warranty info, even though I hadn't yet had the car for the full duration of the extended warranty (because of the time difference when I paid for the car vs. when I actually picked it up at the NCM). I was able to get it all worked out, but it was a big PITA.

Good Luck with it all!!