Who are the proud 20th Anniversary Kit Owners?

[Engine Factory]

Hey guys anyone needing a powerplant, talk to us. Have been helping FFR Guys for 15+ years.
www.fordcobraengines.com 1-800-704-5385 thanks Chris

[Georg]

That's too bad...
List has been updated.
Thanks!

At least I can follow closely all the builds and love to see the progresses you guys are doing. There will be another chance for me, im pretty sure about it and im looking forward to...

All the best to all of you, Georg

[RLKfarmboy]

And # 20 resides in central Ohio , currently in the paint shop

[RLKfarmboy]

# 20 , central Ohio

[2bking]

I suppose #8 can be added to this list as belonging to BadAsp427

[RRussellTx]

I suppose #8 can be added to this list as belonging to BadAsp427

Done! Original post updated to include #8's new home.
Great find BadAsp427!

001 - The Original Raffle Car
002 - BobCarter - Springfield, MO
003 - edwardb - #8674 - Lake Orion, MI
004 - ThickCobra #8658 - Kenosha County, WI
005 - SlowLeak - #8685 - Verona, WI
008 - BadAsp427 - #8690 - Summerville, SC
009 - Paul_M - Briarcliff Manor, NY
010 - RRussellTx - #8697 - Parker, TX
015 - Railroad - Heart of Dixie
018 - RR20AC - Puyallup, WA
020 - RLKfarmboy - Central Ohio

[wareaglescott]

Interesting to see this thread revised.
Obviously #8 is not on the road but of the other known cars do we know how many are on the road?

[Railroad]

#15 is not on the road. Getting very close to 1st start, ie battery, CAI and a few wires, Oh and some gas.

[edwardb]

Interesting to see this thread revised.
Obviously #8 is not on the road but of the other known cars do we know how many are on the road?

These are the ones I know are on the road either because of forum posting or direct contact:

001 - The Original Raffle Car. It's certainly done and running. Saw it. Don't know anything more about it though.
002 - BobCarter - Springfield, Yes
003 - edwardb - #8674 - Lake Orion, MI. Um, yea... Second season, turned 3K miles this weekend.
004 - ThickCobra #8658 - Kenosha County, WI, Yes. Body and paint underway.
005 - SlowLeak - #8685 - Verona, WI, Yes
010 - RRussellTx - #8697 - Parker, TX, Yes
018 - RR20AC - Puyallup, WA, Yes

Balance:

008 - BadAsp427 - #8690 - Summerville, SC, New owner as just posted. Just starting
009 - Paul_M - Briarcliff Manor, NY, Getting ready to go to paint
015 - Railroad - Heart of Dixie, Close to 1st start, per previous post
020 - RLKfarmboy - Central Ohio, unknown

11 of 20 accounted for. 7 that I know of are on the road.

[Jeff Kleiner]

#4 is currently in my shop for body & paint. Color choice was finalized last Thursday.

Jeff

[BobCarter]

No. 2 is on the road!
Yesss
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[edwardb]

No. 2 is on the road!
Yesss
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Awesome Bob! Congrats.

[David Hodgkins]

No. 2 is on the road!
Yesss
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That's how I would have built it!

[BobCarter]

David you might enjoy a look at the engine turned dash. You can appreciate the hours of time this involved. B17517F5-EA33-4E27-9E9B-8BF4E556E597.jpg

[BobCarter]

David you might enjoy a look at the engine turned dash. You can appreciate the hours of time this involved. B17517F5-EA33-4E27-9E9B-8BF4E556E597.jpg

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Never can get my orientation right on pics.

[David Hodgkins]

Holy smokes that's puuuuuuurdy! NICE JOB!

[Higgybulin]

The license plate is awesome!!
Higgy

[BobCarter]

Thanks for the compliments guys.

Paul you were a great help throughout my build.

David it was your engine turned prowess that led me to choose the dash finish.

As far as the license plate- well that’s a coined phrase from Dave Kindig of Kindig design (see the Velocity channel).
“Building custom cars is *****en”.
FFR’s says “Built not bought”. I will add- during an FFR build you will have fun and meet a lot of great folks allong the way. All true.
If you want to really enjoy a car, build a Factory Five, I did and I love my FFR Roadster!!

[rickscobra]

Not intending to hijack your thread, but my question goes along with the 20th Anniversary limited edition cars. I have one of four de-badged 20th Anniversary cars that Dan and FFR offered to people that did not make the cut when it was announced that there were only several 20th kits left.

This rare Stealth Edition only lacks the white powder coated chassis and the 20th badges. Mine resides in Maine and will reach the 5000 mile mark before the snow flies.

A big thank you to Dan for making it happen. I feel I have a really special car.

[BadAsp427]

Hey everyone. I was wondering if any of the 20th Anniversary owners had a problem with missing the Chrome package when you got your kits 3 years ago. Specifically I'm asking about the Chrome roll bar. The kit that I just purchased has been stored very neatly and organized for the past 3 years and in fact, none of the boxes were even opened until just this month when the previous owner was looking to send me some photos of the documents and such before I made the 270 mile drive to see and purchase the kit. So here is what I'm facing. According to the inventory list, the DS Chrome Roll Bar was suppose to be in box 10B. Well as you can see by the attached photos, 10B was not big enough for the bars, but it did have EVERYTHING listed except the bars themselves. Now, I know it is way past the initial time to complete an inventory and identify missing items, but if it was a common problem then perhaps I can get FFR to help. As of now, they are not willing. Thanks for any input you can share. FYI, FFR is going to send the chrome bumpers that were also missing as they do not show them as ever having shipped.
box 10b inventory list pg 1.jpg Box 10b inventory list pg 2.jpg Box 10b.jpg IMG_0254.JPG

[edwardb]

Hey everyone. I was wondering if any of the 20th Anniversary owners had a problem with missing the Chrome package when you got your kits 3 years ago. Specifically I'm asking about the Chrome roll bar. The kit that I just purchased has been stored very neatly and organized for the past 3 years and in fact, none of the boxes were even opened until just this month when the previous owner was looking to send me some photos of the documents and such before I made the 270 mile drive to see and purchase the kit. So here is what I'm facing. According to the inventory list, the DS Chrome Roll Bar was suppose to be in box 10B. Well as you can see by the attached photos, 10B was not big enough for the bars, but it did have EVERYTHING listed except the bars themselves. Now, I know it is way past the initial time to complete an inventory and identify missing items, but if it was a common problem then perhaps I can get FFR to help. As of now, they are not willing. Thanks for any input you can share. FYI, FFR is going to send the chrome bumpers that were also missing as they do not show them as ever having shipped.
box 10b inventory list pg 1.jpg Box 10b inventory list pg 2.jpg Box 10b.jpg IMG_0254.JPG

My Box 10B had the same exact parts list as you're showing (roll bar hoop, leg, and hardware) and all were included with the initial kit delivery. As you said, that box isn't big enough for the roll bar. My box 10B was the same larger size box as most of the other kit boxes. That small box picture with the original marking would seem to be good evidence. But it's also been a couple years and well beyond the official time to claim shortages. Tough situation. It's too bad the original purchaser didn't at least take the time to do an inventory. I've never had a kit delivery that wasn't missing something. And not always minor.

[BadAsp427]

I think this represents 11 of the 20:

001 - The Original Raffle Car
002 - BobCarter - Springfield, MO
003 - edwardb - #8674 - Lake Orion, MI
004 - ThickCobra #8658 - Kenosha County, WI
005 - SlowLeak - #8685 - Verona, WI
008 - BadAsp427 - #8690 - Summerville, SC
009 - Paul_M - Briarcliff Manor, NY
010 - RRussellTx - #8697 - Parker, TX
015 - Railroad - Heart of Dixie
018 - RR20AC - Puyallup, WA
020 - RLKfarmboy - Central Ohio

plus a prototype version for Dave's son Adam

Who else is out there

So does anyone know where numbers 006, 007, 011, 012, 013, 014, 016, 017, 019 are at? These represent nearly 50% of them.

[BadAsp427]

So #8 of 20, 20th Anniversary Factory Five Mk4 Roadster 8690 is 100% street legal and the fun begins/continues. I'm excited to say that I'll be driving it in Gel Coat for the next several months and then it is off to Jeff K for his amazing paint/body work to finish it off. And for anyone keeping track, I picked it up on Aug 18th, 2018 and it is street legal on Feb 22nd, 2019... 6 months.... can't wait to get the paint on it, but Jeff says I have to.

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[Paul Mischenko]

Hey guys, time to graduate #9 of 20 FFR 8692.
Working on creating a thread with some more photos. Hopefully this one loads.

[Paul Mischenko]

Can't seem to figure out how to post pictures from the ones I uploaded in gallery to thread. Will research a little more and try again

[ChasNMe]

on another note, I saw Dave at the build school in April and then after went to the shop in MA. Dave gave me the tour of the shop and said that the black roadster in the shop is 000 because they oversold by 1. apparently sales did the same thing with the 15th anniversary edition also . . . he said he is not sure if they will do the same for 25th coming soon, if they do it wont be by accident this time

[BadAsp427]

Awesome photo Paul... Cant wait to get mine painted and "graduated" I think there are only about 6 -8 of the 20th on the road... Yours looks fantastic...
Carl

[Paul Mischenko]

Thanks Carl, The body work paint process was certainly a big milestone, once done its the home stretch. Will hopefully get the graduation thread started tonight with some more photos and details of the build. Cheers