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My FFR was delivered Sunday 2/12/2006.
Click any of the links below to see pictorials of my build experience.
Day -1636 to -1335 - Building the garage. One has to have a place to build the Roadster
Day -1130 to -1100 - Rebuilding the 5.0L. New heads/cam/intake.
Day -10 to 0 - Donor Mustang Teardown
Day 1 - Stewart Arrival
Day 3 - Aluminum Removal
Day 4 & 5 - First Rivets, Front Suspension, and Rack Install
Day 6 & 7 - Rear Suspension, Fuel Tank, and Spindles
Day 8 - Fuel Tank Install, Pedals, Hydra-Boost
Day 9 - Hydra Booster Fitment Continues
Day 10 & 11 - Hydra Mounted, Color Sample, Aluminum Starts
Day 12 & 13 - Cockpit Aluminum and Rear Brake Lines
Day 14 & 15 - Cockpit Aluminum and Paint Color Samples
Day 16 - Cockpit Aluminum ALL Day!
Day 17 & 18 - Front Suspension - Brakes - One piece of Aluminum
Day 20 & 21 - Brake and Fuel Lines
Day 22 & 23 - Trunk, Brake Lines, and One Harness
Day 24 & 25 - Power Steering Pump Mounting
Day 26 - Battery Box and Cleaning
Day 27 - Starter Relay and Cleaning
Day 28 - Engine in @ 28 days.
Day 29 & 30 - Driveshaft, Starter Wiring, Heater
Day 32 & 33 - Power Steering Hoses and Intake
Day 49 - Fuel Lines, Wiring, and Car Chemistry Inserts
Day 50 & 51 - More Fuel lines, Heater Enclosure, Coil, and Overflow
Day 53 - 57 - Days and Days of Electrical Harness Dieting and Routing
Day 64 - 66 - Front Wiring, Sidepipes, Leaks, Dash Start
Day 70 & 71 - Dash
Day 76 & 77 - Steering, Seats, and Go-Kart
Day 79 & 80 - Trunk Aluminum
Day 83 & 84 - Alarm, Vapor Canister, and E-Brake
Day 87 - The Body is installed
Day 89 - 105 - Fitting parts to the body. Lights, Doors, Hood, Trunk, Rollbars, and Windshield
Day 110 - 157 - Bodywork and Paint. My greatest fears turned into a marvelous looking painted body.
Day 162-166 - Heat Insulation and FATMat Install
Day 167 - The body goes on
Day 176 - Clutch cable removal.
Day 193 - Graduation. The build is over. Now just maintenance and upgrades.