Garage – Preparation

WARNING – Long thread about a garage floor – read at your own risk of wasted time. Now that the car is on order and due to arrive sometime late June early July I had to get busy and get the garage ready, it’s condition just wasn’t going to be suitable to build the car in. So I added some new high output fluorescents lights, 8 in total. I also had the walls painted a nice bright white. This has helped dramatically with the light levels in the garage. Ok so this next part is probably overkill but I couldn’t stand the condition of the garage floor. It had never been cleaned by the previous owner and to make matters worse they had an industrial 2 burner wok that they evidently used quite a bit. This was also why I had to have the walls...

Order – Complete

Well it’s officially on order. The scheduled  completion date is 22 June. With shipping I’m expecting it to be delivered sometime late June or early July. I still have to work out the details with Stewart Transportation. So I ordered the complete kit and took advantage of the Factory Five’s Spring Sale. This got me the Independent Rear Suspension setup free and $400 off the wheels. I also got the leather seats, the stainless side pipes, chrome roll bars for both drive and passenger, the Halibrand Replica wheels at 17″x9″ front and 17″ x 10.5″ rear and the Coyote engine installation kit. Now that that’s all done I’ve got to get the engine and tranny on order as well. I’ve also got to finish getting the...