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Very nice!! Well done!
Higgy
Looks really great Mike. The clean no-stripe, no-scoop, no-sticker look is what I have in mind for mine as well. The silver fits the look and body lines very well. I assume you have the FF side pipes ceramic coated? They look nice, although I'm guessing they're crazy loud. Still undecided about what I'm going to do with that.
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Build 1: Mk3 Roadster #5125. Sold 11/08/2014. Build 2: Mk4 Roadster #7750. Sold 04/10/2017. Build Thread
Build 3: Mk4 Roadster 20th Anniversary #8674. Sold 09/07/2020. Build Thread and Video. Build 4: Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe #59. Gen 3 Coyote. Legal 03/04/2020. Build Thread and Video
Build 5: 35 Hot Rod Truck #138. LS3 and 4L65E auto. Rcvd 01/05/2021. Legal 04/20/2023. Build Thread. Sold 11/9/2023.
Very nice Mike! I like.
Kyle
Complete Kit pickup 09/05/2015, 351w, QF680, 3.55, 3-Link, 15" Halibrands with MT's, Painted Viking blue with Wimbledon white stripes on 03/15/2017. Sold in 08/2018 and totally regret it.
looks great!
FFR 1879, Blown DSS 306,REDLINE management, VeryCoolParts Tuned 460RWHP
FFR 818S, The Flash, Chassis #5, 2.0L, LSD, Electromotive TEC-S, VCP Tuned, 278RWHP 265 RWTQ
FFR 6651, Green Lantern, 408W Crate, Hellion 66mm Turbo, JGS Waste gate / Blowoff valve, Tec-GT management, VCP Tuned, 575 RWHP, 690 RWTQ
FFR 8335, Black Mamba, 289 FIA CSX 2001 tribute car, 347, 48 IDA webers, VCP Tuned, 311 RWHP 386 RWTQ, 3-link, Trigo's
FFR 0004, Gen 3 , Hawk Coupe, Coyote twin turbo, 683 RWHP 559 RWTQ, IRS, VCP Tuned. "not too shabby"
US ARMY Maintenance Test Pilot (CW4 Retired)
Very impressive. I have a MkIV in similar colour (Viper Silver with a ton of pearl - Dodge colour). Do you mind? What did you go with?
Its a Mercedes silver.
Edward. It is incredibly loud. You might want to consider doing something about sooner than later.
Bob Boig is making quitter pipes for these.
Mike
Great looking coupe Mike!!!
John
Finished the "My Coupe, my way" project.
http://s956.photobucket.com/albums/ae46/jdcoupe1969/
Coupe #386,17" Team III 245 FR 315 RR, 3-link, T5, 4 wheel disk, power brakes/steering. Sniper EFI
First start Sept. 18 2013 First go kart Sept 19 2013
Wow
Mark
Mk1, Frame #1929 Complete restoration/upgrade. BP 347 with Edelbrock PF4 439/420. 4 link with coilovers. 8.8 3.55, 15” Halibrand, New beefed up T5 w/short throw shifter, Power 4 wheel disc brakes, Custom original style steering wheel, shaft and boss, Heat/AC, Heated seats, PPW wipers w/washers, Forte’s throttle linkage, RT trunk hoop mod, Pusher cooling fans, full LED lighting, custom headrests, 5 point seat belts with sub pass through, Speedhut GPS gauges, battery drop box in trunk, LED courtesy lights, Breeze trunk cubby kit.
Very classy, but aggressively clean. Love the color.
Chris
Generation 3 Type 65 Daytona Coupe Complete Kit #151885 received May 6, 2022. Gen 3 Coyote, IRS, Tremec TKX, American Powertrain hydraulic throwout bearing & Wilwood brakes.
MK4 Basic Kit #7404, 347 EFI - Pro M Racing ECM, 30# injectors, 70 mm throttle body, 80 mm MAF, Edelbrock Performer aluminum heads & RPM II intake, all new G-Force T5, 3:55 gears, Pro 5.0 shifter, 3-link, carbon fiber dash/custom Speedhut gauges and paint by Da Bat.
Super nice job!
1972 Corvette Stingray 350 c.i. Manual Steering & Brakes
2003 H-D Softail Deuce 88 c.i. TwinCam
Gen 3 Coupe Dreamer
Looks great Mike. The silver really goes well with the coupe body lines.
FFR #8833 289 FIA 3-link
1965 289, TKO600 from Forte's Parts Connection
Body and Paint by Mike's Auto Restoration
Picked up 3/5/2016, First start 4/22/2017, MA legal 7/11/2018
Build Thread http://thefactoryfiveforum.com/showt...FIA-build-8833
"Insanity is contagious" - Joseph Heller
I looked at the car a second time.
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When I grow I want to be like Mike![/B]
1972 Corvette Stingray 350 c.i. Manual Steering & Brakes
2003 H-D Softail Deuce 88 c.i. TwinCam
Gen 3 Coupe Dreamer
Mike,
That is an awesome looking coupe!
Garry
I sure miss my coupe!
F5R1004503SP 2004 Challenge Car, 331 Stroker
Coupe # 031, 422" Windsor stroker by Southern Automotive (Dash autographed by Peter Brock)***SOLD***
Unique 427 Roadster, 482" Aluminum FE by Southern Automotive***SOLD***
Beautiful car Mike... very well done sir. I love silver... Titanium silver has always been on the top of my color list for one of these.
Paul
Interior pics Mike?
John
Finished the "My Coupe, my way" project.
http://s956.photobucket.com/albums/ae46/jdcoupe1969/
Coupe #386,17" Team III 245 FR 315 RR, 3-link, T5, 4 wheel disk, power brakes/steering. Sniper EFI
First start Sept. 18 2013 First go kart Sept 19 2013
Interior pics to come. Waiting to install the dash. I needed to send the ECU back to Ford. I will reinstall the dash once its back.
Mike
Very Nice & Thanks For Posting!
Silver simply gives that car an elegant look.
For those of you that have built previous gen coupes, I am only into this for 219 hours so far. Expecting less than 8 more to completely finish.
FFR really made these so much easier to build.
Mike
Mike you mentioned the noise of the pipes. Could you possibly post a video?
Looks great! Interesting on the 219 hours. I am often asked how many hours it took me to build my car. I have no clue and wish I would have kept track. For comparison purposes to the coupe what is your average time on an MK4 build?
MK4 #8900 - complete kit - Coyote, TKO600, IRS - Delivered 6/28/16 First Start 10/6/16 Go cart - 10/16/16 Build completed - 4/26/17 - 302 days to build my 302 CI Coyote Cobra - Registered and street legal 5/17/17
Build Thread http://thefactoryfiveforum.com/showt...e-build-thread
PHIL 4:13 INSTAGRAM - @scottsrides
Mark 4 is 200 hours flat unless there are some major upgrades such as A/C
Mike
219 hours?!?! I'm coming up on 11 years. The part that REALLY sucks is that I'm changing direction. I made the mistake 5 years ago of buying an e36 M3 and, last year, getting into autocross. Now I'd rather have a Challenge Roadster than the Coupe because it would fit in my camper and the Coupe is about 10" too long to fit. I was building my Coupe to be a fairly accurate replica of CSX2299 when it won GT at LeMans in 1964. Now I'd rather make it more competitive for autocross so it should have 17" wheels, standard IRS, and big brakes rather than 15" wheels, pin-drive width IRS, and little brakes. I also want to put an LS3 in it rather than the 302 with Weber IDFs. It would ALMOST be easier to just finish it quick and sell it rather than make all the changes for autocross and still not have it fit in my toy hauler camper. Decisions, decisions...
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George T
Type 65 Coupe #338, Picked Up 4-Aug-07, Roller on 8-Mar-09, 1st start 8-Sep-13, 1st Autocross 7-Oct-18, finished sanding & sprayed paint myself 6-Nov-21, IRS/LCA/Koni/traditional gages/Kirkey/pin-drive rear width/15" Torq-Thrust Ds/44IDFs/Brodix ST5.0R heads/Eagle internal-balance crankshaft/oil pan by Armando/home-made turkey pan/S-10 mid-shift T5
Mike-
Terrific job. I too like the silver; it's a great color for the coupe!
I a guessing that 219 hours does not include body work, correct? It's pretty impressive that you can do the MK IV or the new Gen 3 coupe in roughly 200 hours!
I look forward to seeing the interior pictures when you are done. Nice work Sir!
Regards,
Steve
The 219 hours does include fitting the body but not body work and paint.
Mike
Thanks Mike.
Just to be certain you understand, I was NOT criticizing, but rather trying to add clarity. I am very impressed that you can do either the MK IV or the new Coupe in that time frame; especially to such a high level!
Great work!
Regards,
Steve
Yeah, me too. It's not common to find good pix of these cars without stripes! Thanks.
Speaking of no-scoop, I notice you do still have the scoops where rear quarter windows would go. I'm thinking of omitting those just because I don't care for how they look from ahead or behind the car. But, I don't really know what they do, either, or whether deletion would cause any problems.
Why no clear covers over the headlights? I've been looking at those two tiny yellow dots just forward of the headlights; I'm guessing that's parking lights and turn signals. I don't think they're particularly visible, especially from some directions, when there's no clear covers. With the clear covers, I'm guessing those lights make them glow so they're more visible.
The covers are on back order.
Mike
Awesome coupe! Wow, 219 and it looks that great, it took me that long to inventory my parts (j/k).