I've been dreaming about building/owning one of these since I saw one while in college in 1991. It took me 20 years but It's now a reality. Thanks FFR and the guys on this forum for helping me along the way.
FFR #7018 is a complete MK3.1. The engine is a bored out 5.0 EFI with Edelbrock performer heads and a Cobra SVO intake. IRS with pin drive suspension and Vintage Halibrand wheels and Mickey Thompson tires and a T-5 transmission. I installed a heater and seat heaters and an iPod stereo in the cockpit along with many other options.
Arrived from Stewart Transport 9/11/09
Basement finished 3/14/10 (it was part of the deal...)
Rolling chassis 4/4/10
First start 2/4/11
Licensed 5/27/11
My wife was awesome through the whole dreaming, planning and build stage. The best part is when I get home from work, she says "Let's go for a ride".
Very Nice! You cant go wrong with that color combo. I noticed your original 65 license plate... I want one! (great addition to a perfect build). Nice photography as well. I hope to see your car in person some day at a local event.
Very Nice! You cant go wrong with that color combo. I noticed your original 65 license plate... I want one! (great addition to a perfect build). Nice photography as well. I hope to see your car in person some day at a local event.
Has anyone in Canada ordered from factory five . I went online to order some stuff and when I went to check out it said $657 dollars freight . Wow . My order was half of that .
For those who have re-upholstered the seats after having enough "purple" time, how did they come out? Did you do any custom touches to match your car? Materials? Bolsters?
I'd like to see and hear....
While my initial hope was to find sticky 17" Goodyear tires with white lettering, no such animal appears to exist. I'm now considering applying permanent white lettering to 17" tires that I'm going to purchase...as soon as I can get past the perception of it being juvenile and something I would...
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