After the 3 'new' cars arrived in Antigua, all four were taken apart, cleaned, adjusted and finally painted in the colors of the big sponsor, West Indies Oil Company. After assembly, road testing of the cars would be required prior to the March, 1969 meet in British Guyana.

There was no place to test the cars except on the narrow, pot-holed roads of Antigua, particularly hazardous with various random animals crossing! It was simply out of the question. The only option was to use an inactive runway at the Coolidge International Airport. At the time the team thought this would also be out of the question. However, as a club they did finally persuade the Airport Director as well as the Antiguan Government to grant permission to test on the airstrip. Pointing out that we were representing the Island of Antigua in the Guyana event helped the cause!

During the next few months, testing went well and by February, 1969, cars, drivers and sponsors were ready for action.

The cars were moved from the wharf at St. Johns Harbor by barge to a waiting offshore ship, on which they were transported to Georgetown, Guyana. In the following years we would ship the cars via air.

Everything arrived in Guyana in good shape about a week ahead of race weekend on the 23rd of March. The team cars and equipment were delivered to the South Dakota Circuit at Atkinson Field, which was an old WWII Airfield located a few miles outside of Georgetown, Guyana.