Newbie here, I was hoping to get some realistic build times in man-hours for a non-donor build.
I plan on doing most all the work myself (including paint).
Is the build time similar to the roadster?
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Newbie here, I was hoping to get some realistic build times in man-hours for a non-donor build.
I plan on doing most all the work myself (including paint).
Is the build time similar to the roadster?
Nuke, with the coupe that's a veyr tough question to answer. It you do the same kind of buld I'd say the coupe would take twice as long as the roadster.
183 hours to go cart it, 200 or so to paint abd reassembelr/finish............figure 400 or so hours..........Steven
FFR Daytona Type 65 Coupe
67 427 Cobra
57' Belair
72 Pinto Wagon ,306" 1/4 miler
34 5 window coupe Ford
2003 Mustang GT
99' ZX9
85 Goldwing
All toys still in the Scuderia!
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Don't take yourself so seriously........no one else does.
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I took about 14 months just working on it nights and weekends. I did have a few things that held me up a month or two.
It's never too early to start beefing up your obituary.
Working with my 14 year old son has really shortened the build time for me. Having someone to grab a tool or help hold a part saves a ton of time.
We've been working on ours since early August on nights and weekends, and we're getting pretty close to breaking out the body filler. We went the donor route so we spent some time cleaning up and refurbishing donor parts. I also dieted the donor harness which cost us some time as well. My build blog can give an idea of how much time we spent in each phase as we update it almost every week.
Coupe #497 delivered 7/29/10. Engine in on 10/1/10. Pushcart on 10/4/10. First start on 12/01/10. First go-cart on 12/31/10. Finished and on the road as of February 2012.
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I got mine May 12th of last year. Will be painting next week and doing final touches after its wet sanded. The only help I've had was dropping in the engine and transmission. I've been doing bodywork at a very steady pace since August. If you get a red gel coat body that time could be cut drastically, dont know for sure yet as Ryan W has the first one, and we're impatiently waiting for him to get started on bodywork.
If in doubt......flat out-Colin McRae
Coupe #485
Thanks. Can you convert those "month" estimates to "manhour" estimates minus "Admiration Time" and other non-productive deviations?
As I mentioned before.....400 hours or so.....period.........HTH Steven
Last edited by riptide motorsport; 03-14-2011 at 09:25 PM.
FFR Daytona Type 65 Coupe
67 427 Cobra
57' Belair
72 Pinto Wagon ,306" 1/4 miler
34 5 window coupe Ford
2003 Mustang GT
99' ZX9
85 Goldwing
All toys still in the Scuderia!
Every Saint has a past..................every sinner a future
Don't take yourself so seriously........no one else does.
You never see a motorcycle parked outside a Psychiatrists office.
FOREVER!
Hank
“If you didn’t have enough time to do it right the first time. How come you always have time to go back and do it again?” FFR1000186CP
Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car and oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car.
Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you.
To get it done the first time...... 300 to 400 hours.
To add late mods and upgrades.... 100 hours.
Or only finish it once.... 800 hours including mods.
Having it complete but never finished..... Priceless.
It's never too early to start beefing up your obituary.
Just don't do any mods and you should be fine. I'm guess I am up over 2000 hours with my build and still counting. My build mods are excessive so don't use me as any gauge.
I must be slow. 3 years
Built to be driven.
I'm with Blue Horse....I must be slooooow too. I'm just about to the Go Cart milestone and I'll be pushing 24 months. I've done a few of the common mods and spent way too much time on the sheet metal fit and finish and the electrical.
Chris
If it's too LOUD....you're too OLD!!
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FFR#0441CP Complete Coupe kit, IRS, T-5, 392ci 351W, Webers, Delivered 4/29/09
Hi,
It took me 1,200 hours but that includes building the engine,cleaning and painting parts, sourcing parts,etc. Add 200 hours for professional $10,000 paint and bodywork. Extra time was taken to put everything back together after paint as didn't want and mishaps. Probably knock off 1/2 that time for a pro instead of hobbyist doing it.
Perry.
1965 Daytona, 331 Stroker, TWIN T3/T4 Turbos, 5 spd Tremec, 3.73 traction lock, 4 wheel power disc brakes, 18" cobra wheels, Candy blue with silver stripes. Glass hatch, A/C.
4 years here. Every weekend. I have one of the first coupes and a lot of fabrication had to take place.
around 900 hours but 400 plus was on body fitting and paint. We kept accurate hours on that. It was 433 hours BUT it was an early coupe, gray body. The new 2nd gen is a much different story. FFR has done a beautiful job on it. Hell, we had 20 hrs each to fit the doors. The 2nd generation I heard just fit from the go.
Roy
Coupe # 181, Spectra blue/Cosmic silver stripes with meatball, 347/425, TKO 600, IRS, PSE 17" pin drives with 275F/335R. a driver, 24,000 miles in 4 summers.
I'm estimating 1000 hours when its ready to my satisfaction (it'll probably never be "complete") but I'm perhaps a little more anal retentive than most. Good grief! It took me 600 hours to build my last model ship. I've done and redone lots of stuff on my build. My signature line is suggesting that my desired final outcome changes daily.