5+ years - time to graduate FFR 6113 - Graduate # 18 of 2012
I told my wife that this project would take about 1-1/2 years (and it probably would have if not for this forum) Thanks to all for helping me through this and for blowing my budget. Anyway, it's been a lot of fun and I'm already starting to miss the build. I feel like I altered every part that I touched - did almost everything myself including fabricating the roll bar, bodywork & paint. I tore the heater apart and twisted it around so I could have the heater w/defroster and a glovebox. The dash is made from a sheet of engine turned aluminum. It has cruise control with a control that hides under the dash. Swapped my transmission for a T5Z and converted it to midshift with S10 parts. Comfort adds: power steering, power brakes, seat heaters, whitby top, Probe turn signal system. Colors are both 65 Mustang colors: Wimbledon White and Caspian Blue. Engine upgrades are coming this winter. Here are some pics.
May 5th, 2007 in Wareham, Mass.
I made a stone guard for the radiator and installed Mike Everson's radiator aluminum
Put a radius on the cockpit edges. Battery cut-off switch
Dash w/glovebox. The seats, door panels (Herb's), parking brake cover and shifter boot are all leather. My wife made the shifter boot (covering the MGW shifter) Essex carpeting (cockpit & trunk)
Hide-away cruise control panel
Bolt on hood scoop
Kept the stripes going under the hood & trunk. This shot shows the Whitby top stowed in the trunk. A benefit of the full-width roll bar is the extra space gained when the center stubs for the single roll bars are removed. Oh yeah - I changed to the rectangular tail lights.
With the soft top installed
This is a Sankuer trunk lid
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Chas Randolph Sidney, Ohio FFR 6113, Stock (for now) '91 5.0 EFI, T5Z w/midshift, 3-link, SAI Mod, TurboCoupe rear 3:55's, 17" Team III's, Picked up @ FFR on 5/5/07, First start 10/5/08, Go Cart 9/27/09, Licensed & Legal 9/30/10. Painted 6/3/12. Graduation 8/21/12
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FFR 7991 - becoming a 289 FIA with a Mr. Bruce body, 331, dual quads, T-5, IRS, Trigo pin drive wheels, and Goodyear billboards http://www.bills289fia.com
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One of the last Mark II's, FFR complete date 5/8/04, delivery date 5/23/04, donor-'93 Mustang GT. Yes, that is me in my Avatar. :)
New goal: 2012 now...FFR Open House, coast to coast, gel coat or paint, doesn't matter. Three thousand miles and change. Wife with me? Buddy with me? Solo? Dunno. Just gotta do it! Starting to plan... Need to tidy up wiring, finish e-brake relocation, reinstall roll bars, other do-dads...
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Mark III complete kit ordered 12/03/2007, received #6351 1/22/2008 Homemade mods: driver footbox extension with deadpedal and dimmer switch, widened passenger footbox, brake reservoir mounting bracket, under trunk storage box, custom dash and dash extension, heater forward box, custom glove box, under dash switch panel, Explorer motor carb conversion, first start 7/10/2010, paint by Performance Automotive 11/20/2010-5/7/2011, Graduated 11/22/2011
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FFR #7124 Mk 3.1, Levy 5 link, LCA's & brakes, 17" Halibrands, electric PS, SAI, Eibach springs, BOSS 427w, webers, hood louvers, tilt front. Delivered 12/23/09, 1st start 02/19/12. 1st go cart 03/03/12. Titled 10/3/12.
"I'm basing it on a collective interpretation of these particular cars. And whatever the hell I like". The Federalist Patriot Build blog: www.myersfamilyffrbuild.blogspot.com
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MK3.1 #6945 her name is Buffy
p/u 04/04/09 roller 08/27/09
start-up Pearl Harbor Day 12/07/10
go-cart Memorial Day 2011
body on 11/11/11 Veterans Day
all legal except paint 02/12/12
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Absolutely, positively, beautiful... I'm sure it was worth every minute of that 5+ years and will give you many more years of enjoyment. Thanks for the inspiration!
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Chris
Mk3.1 #7074
Picked-up at FFR - 10/10/09
First start and go-kart - 9/19/12
"As smoke is blown away; so blow them away." Psalm 68:2
I can't get over how the Caspian Blue changes with the light. In one picture it almost looks like Indigo Blue and another it looks like Guardsman Blue.
I'm doing a similar cruise control, any hints or thoughts on its installation.
I bet one big time adder was that engine turned dash. Very nice job on that and the entire car!!
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FFR 5353K,351/400hp,TKO 500, 3-link w/3.08 and Truetrac, Koni DA coilovers front and rear,APE hardtop,Forte front and VPM rear swaybars
There were some question about the stone guard. I bought the mesh from Pegasus Auto Racing - here's the description:
3641-18X24 Medium Mesh Stainless, #6 x .035 Wire, 18 x 24" Sheet 1 1 18.99
I used "U" channel aluminum and made a frame to surround the mesh. Riveted the mesh to the front inside wall of the channel. I put some straps on the frame and then used some nylon spacers to hold it away from the radiator fins. I hope the text on these pics is big enough to read.
This shot is looking through the oil cooler slot
I had to reposition my radiator to stand up straighter. I wanted to make sure that the bottom was low enough so the frame wasn't visible from the front. After adding the guard, Mike's aluminum needed to be custom fit since everything had changed.
Oh - if you notice in the 4th picture, I painted the black bulb seal silver. Seems to be holding up well.
Hope this helps!
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Chas Randolph Sidney, Ohio FFR 6113, Stock (for now) '91 5.0 EFI, T5Z w/midshift, 3-link, SAI Mod, TurboCoupe rear 3:55's, 17" Team III's, Picked up @ FFR on 5/5/07, First start 10/5/08, Go Cart 9/27/09, Licensed & Legal 9/30/10. Painted 6/3/12. Graduation 8/21/12
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