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Steve >> aka: GoDadGo
It Went Well Because You Had The Best Helper A Dad Could Ever Have!
Congratulations on this milestone!
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On a roll
Originally Posted by
GoDadGo
It Went Well Because You Had The Best Helper A Dad Could Ever Have!
Congratulations on this milestone!
I'll second that. Congratulations on a significant milestone!
Mk IV Roadster - #8650 - delivered 7-17-2015 - first start 7-28-2018 - first go-kart 10-13-2018 - licensed and on the road 9-9-19: body/paint completed 3-17-2020.
Complete kit / 2015 Coyote / TKO600 / IRS / Wilwood brakes / Mid-Shift mod / Power Steering / Heater and Seat Heaters / RT turn signal / Breeze radiator shroud and mount
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Congrats! I know how great I felt at this important milestone in the build. Your helper did a great job!
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It sure looks purty in your car!
Mk4 Roadster #9054, 2001 Mustang GT donor, 4.6 SOHC engine, automatic transmission, ABS brakes
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Congratulations. It looks good. That’s awesome your kid helped.
build thread:
http://thefactoryfiveforum.com/showt...-USRRC-vspeeds
Build School: July 14-16, 2017
Kit purchased: July 25, 2017
Kit delivered: September 13, 2017
First Start: December 22, 2018
Body painted and kit completed and drivable: July 2019 (but still not done)
CA SB100 Registration: January 2020
Mk4 - 289 USRRC Roadster kit, Roush 427SR with Schneider Racing custom camshaft, Fitech EFI, TKO600 (.64-5th gear), 15" wheels, stock brake calipers, under car exhaust with Spintech 7000 muffler, no roll bar, Russ Thompson turn signal, removable steering wheel, and many other small upgrades and modifications
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MKIV complete kit w/powder coating and cut outs, serial #9189 delivered 10/10/17, first start - 10/5/18, legal - 10/08/20. Blueprint 306 w/Holley Sniper EFI, TKO 600, power steering, Breeze fan shroud, trunk cubby, & engine compartment battery kit, CNC brake reservoirs, RT turn signal & gas pedal, mechanical throttle linkage, METCO safety loop, GASN side pipes, drop trunk, dual chrome roll bars, vintage gauges, glove box, custom center console, cup holders, and speakers.
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Congrats Nathan!!!! Looking good!!!
I’d like to make a comment on a couple of things that I think are really really cool. It’s so cool that you signed up in 2013 (and if your like me, and probably lots of others, you were lurking for a while before that) three years later you bought a kit and another 3 years your dropping in your motor!! You had a dream, you had a plan and now look where you are!! The other cool thing is your son. Basicly a baby at your sign up and now he’s helping his dad drop a motor into one of coolest cars of all time!! It’s pretty cool.... moving....
Kurt
If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough....
Build thread
MKIV complete kit # 9395 delivered 7/31/18
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Originally Posted by
SSNK4US
Congrats Nathan!!!! Looking good!!!
I’d like to make a comment on a couple of things that I think are really really cool. It’s so cool that you signed up in 2013 (and if your like me, and probably lots of others, you were lurking for a while before that) three years later you bought a kit and another 3 years your dropping in your motor!! You had a dream, you had a plan and now look where you are!! The other cool thing is your son. Basicly a baby at your sign up and now he’s helping his dad drop a motor into one of coolest cars of all time!! It’s pretty cool.... moving....
Kurt
Thanks, Kurt. It's been a long road. I've always wanted to build one of these. I made an agreement with my wife years back that I would divert a small percentage of my paycheck each month into a Cobra savings account. Lots and lots of impatient months later, and while collecting bits and parts along the way, I finally had enough to purchase the complete kit.
I started the build with delivery in April of 2016, and my son was 5. He loved playing with the clecos and helping with small things. Then my wife had complications with our second son, and the cobra went on hold after only 4 months of building. My youngest was born healthy in September that year, and the cobra has been waaaay back on the burners for the last several years with a baby, finishing my doctorate, and taking over loads of admin at work.
All this time, money has been trickling into savings for the motor, and I'm also in a place where I can get body work and paint with Jeff K when I get it running and tested.
I had planned on having it done a lot sooner, but life happens. It's getting closer, though, and I can feel momentum starting to build again.
Nathan
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Well it’s great to hear your back on track and everything is ok family wise. I totally understand life happens... we got ours July 31 and the body is still on the chassis! It’s driving me crazy!!!!!
Keep us posted on your build.
Kurt
Oh and congrats on your doctorate too! Another great accomplishment.
Last edited by SSNK4US; 05-23-2019 at 12:22 AM.
If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast enough....
Build thread
MKIV complete kit # 9395 delivered 7/31/18