FF ROCKET build #8890

[Planecrazy1976]

Hi All, Name is Greg I start my build site on the other forum thought I would show it over here also. Will pretty much be a copy paste from there to here. but would love to hear ideas and critiques.

Well Christmas did come early this year.

After 14 years of wanting to build this car the time has finally come. It is going to be an early air force retirement gift. wanted to drive it to my retirement ceremony in five years. So it looks like I will make that dead line.

As for the car itself I was going to wait for the 50/50 sale and pick it up then. When the SEMA sale started I was excited by seeing the 289 had the 50/50 sale attached to it. I call FFR and asked if they would do it on the standard roadster. I was told no and that they probably wont again. Go,s to show how popular these cars are. No worries but doesn't hurt to ask. So after wifey and I had a discussion I decided to just go for it now and take advantage of the sale that was going on.

So right be for I called FFR I called Gordon Levy to ask what spline drive shaft I needed to get. He once again mentioned to me that he knew a guy selling a barely started car (front arms and maybe F panels installed). He first told about it when I went and picked up and oil pan a few weeks before. Problem at the time was the car was a 3 link I was going to do an IRS. When I looked at the cost savings of this deal. I could not resist. So now instead of a IRS, I will be installing Gordon's 5 link.

Car:

Mk IV roadster
Powder coated
351 Ceramic headers(For Sale $500)
Gas N Pipe Headers and pipes
Leather seats
Vintage gauge GPS (want to trade for Auto-lites)(traded)
15" Halibrands (sold)
Chrome roll bar
Stainless Bumper set (Sold)
Wind wings
11.65 Brake kit (For Sale $550)
Stock GT front brakes (Sold)
Levy Racing 6 piston brakes up front
Levy Racing Live rear axle brakes
Levy Racing 5 link wrapped around a Forte 8.8 rearend
Levy Racing Front Control arms
Levy Koni double adjustable shock and springs
FFR tubular lower and (Sold)
FFR front upper Arms (sold)
FFR 3 link refit kit (Sold)
FFR manual steering rack (For Sale $225)
FFR rear lower arms (Sold)
Levy power steering kit
Russ Thompson light kit
Russ Thompson drop trunk

Color thought about, but undecided (wife hates the color I want)

Power provided by:

427w Dart block
Callies Crank
Callies rods H-beams
JE Pistons
Total seal rings
Custom ground cam
AFR CNC heads
Super victor JR intake
Braswell Carburetor
Levy Oil pan

Should put out somewhere around:

575+ hp
600+ ft-lbs

So Stewart Transport has been really backed up lately. I had a weekend open up so a friend of mine and I bombed up to Yuba City and north Sacramento area to go get the kit and body. When we got to Ken Pikes (AKA Street Rod Painter) shop we decided to leave the body and just pull the chassis and parts back to Tucson. So 26 hours later hear it is in it's new home.

Work space before car


After cleaning


The trip to go get the Rocket