The race is on - Namrups 65 Daytona Coupe build

[Namrups]

Are those the seats that look like the seatbacks move, but are actually fixed?

They are fixed back seats.

[Namrups]

Received the Specialty Power Windows WWK-2 Standard Universal Wiper Drive Kit from Speedway Motors today!

[Namrups]

Received the Digital Guard Dawg PBS-II Remote Push Button Ignition today. I went with the PBS-II because I have plans for poppers on both doors. The PBS-II will allow me to not only have a push button ignition but also to open each door individually.

[Namrups]

Lead times for custom parts/upgrades

I have been pleasantly surprised with lead times for the custom/upgrade parts that I have been ordering. Most have been shipped within a week or less. Today I ordered three items from three different manufacturers. I have been notified that two of the orders will ship today. I ordered the Schroth Profi II ASM FE street legal 4 point harness, in red, from Competition Motorsports. This is the model with the cam lock. I just received a call from them telling me that the red set will not be available until possibly July. As these are manufactured overseas I can understand the delay. They did say that they had the black harness in stock if I wanted to switch colors. It will work out ok for me with the timing of my delivery so I told them to let the order stand.

[Namrups]

Medical Update

Saw my cancer doctor today. The pills are still working. Blood work all looks fine. Good for another 4 months!

[smithtlw]

Awesome news on the continued effectiveness of the treatment!

[Namrups]

Awesome news on the continued effectiveness of the treatment!

Yes it is. Drugs now days are awesome. You just need to be able to pay for them. Every four months I'm on pins and needles waiting to hear that news from my doctor knowing that some day I won't. Like I've said before .... I live 4 months at a time. It makes long term planning easier ... there is none. I truly live for today.

[Jeff Kleiner]

Great news! And a great attitude!

Best wishes,
Jeff

[Namrups]

Great news! And a great attitude!

Best wishes,
Jeff

Thanks Jeff!

Scott

[Namrups]

Received the two GTR Ultra Series 2.0 H4/9003 Hi/Lo bulbs from GTR Lighting today. Also received the Anti-Flicker Harness which was optional. Don't know if I really needed that or not but for $55.00 I bought it just in case.

[Namrups]

A short video of my garage prep.

[Namrups]

Received my Watson's StreetWorks order today.

7"Round Replacement Hella Headlight Lens and Hot Rod IL-54 LED Courtesy Lights


The headlights were supposed to be just the lens without bulbs but these do have bulbs in them.

I was looking to buy 3M HSRF. That stuff is expensive! I googled it and found a sale for 1 gallon of material for $105.51. That is cheaper than normal quart size. The sale was by Explosive Powersports. Against my better judgement I placed the order and it was accepted. The next day I received an email form them saying that the material was on backorder and would not be available for a couple of weeks if I wanted to cancel the order. I am letting the order stand because I wont need it for a while yet. I hope it's not a bait and switch issue.

[Ltngdrvr]

The Hella lenses just come with the halogen bulbs I think, but Watson Street works sells them as a kit with LED bulbs too.
Which way did you buy them?
I saw the Hella's with LED's somewhere quite a bit cheaper than Watson's gets for them, but don't recall where right off hand.

[Namrups]

I bought the GTR Ultra 2 H4 bulbs. The order from Watson's was for the Hella Vision Plus conversion headlamp. They should have come without bulbs. The packing slip notes "without bulbs". Someone screwed up.

[edwardb]

I bought the GTR Ultra 2 H4 bulbs. The order from Watson's was for the Hella Vision Plus conversion headlamp. They should have come without bulbs. The packing slip notes "without bulbs". Someone screwed up.

The HELLA 002395301 headlamps are intended to be halogen conversion parts and include the bulbs. I've purchased them several times, including for my Coupe, and they always came with the halogen bulbs. That's how they're packaged from Hella. Which of course you don't use because you're using the LED ones. I've bought them from Watson's but also on Amazon. Same either way. I suspect the note on the packlist meant less the LED bulbs because he normally sells them as a package.

[Namrups]

The HELLA 002395301 headlamps are intended to be halogen conversion parts and include the bulbs. I've purchased them several times, including for my Coupe, and they always came with the halogen bulbs. That's how they're packaged from Hella. Which of course you don't use because you're using the LED ones. I've bought them from Watson's but also on Amazon. Same either way. I suspect the note on the packlist meant less the LED bulbs because he normally sells them as a package.

Ok, That explains things. Thanks Paul.

[Namrups]

Received my Vintage Air SuperFlow Horizontal A/C condenser today.

[Namrups]

The General Tools #55 Heavy Duty Circle Cutter arrived today.

[Namrups]

2 Mini LED License Plate Bolts were sitting in the mail box today!


Running out of things to order. That's a good thing. Means I will not have to wait for anything (other than POL items from FF5) when the car arrives.

[Namrups]

Two 40 lb Solenoids (commonly called door poppers) arrived from Speedway Motors. I will be controlling these with the Digital Guard Dawg I purchased. Speedway also has a solenoid kit that includes the control module if using the standard keyed ignition.

[Namrups]

THE NEXT CHAPTER

My official retirement date is April 30th but, with the vacation time I have left, yesterday was my last day at work!! Both exciting and scary. Time to put the finishing touches on my build space before the weekly paycheck stops.

[Geoff H]

Congratulations! Perfect time to build.

[cgundermann]

Congrats!

Chris

[Skuzzy]

Congratulations! I love retirement! I was nervous about it, at first, but it is awesome!

[Namrups]

Congratulations! Perfect time to build.

Congrats!

Chris

Congratulations! I love retirement! I was nervous about it, at first, but it is awesome!

Thanks Guys. Looking forward to the "life of retirement" just a little nervous about the "income of retirement".

[Namrups]

The FKB rear IRS rod ends arrived today from Summit. This isn't a common upgrade but I had seen where some had issues so why not....


Also received the Allstar power steering tank bracket for the fuel vent canister, also from summit. Have all the parts for that now.


It was such a nice day today I opened the garage door and spent some time in the fresh air. Assembled all of the parts for the fuel vent canister. The body is from Lowes consisting of a 2" coupling. 2 end caps with holes threaded for 3/4" hose barbs. The nylon hose barbs were from McMaster-Carr. Part #5228K29 I had scotchbrite pads under the sink and the activated charcoal was from Walmart. I went to Harbor Freight today and picked up a package of misc. hose clamps.


I cut the scotchbrite pads to fit inside the end caps to keep the charcoal in place and screwed the hose barbs in place.


Inserted one end cap into the coupling and poured in the charcoal. Pushed the other end cap into the coupling and clamped the whole unit to the power steering tank bracket. The fit of the end caps is tight. I did not glue anything together. Allows for replacement of the charcoal if needed.


Thanks to Paul (edwardB) for the design and part numbers.

[Ltngdrvr]

THE NEXT CHAPTER

My official retirement date is April 30th but, with the vacation time I have left, yesterday was my last day at work!! Both exciting and scary. Time to put the finishing touches on my build space before the weekly paycheck stops.

Didn't you just recently go back to work after being out on sick leave?
Name of the game on retirement is BUDGET!
Make one and stick to it.

[Namrups]

As I stated above I went to Harbor Freight today. (I have to stop doing that ) I picked up a Pittsburgh 2.5 CFM Vacuum Pump that I will need to install the A/C system.

[Namrups]

Didn't you just recently go back to work after being out on sick leave?
Name of the game on retirement is BUDGET!
Make one and stick to it.

Yes I did. My official retirement date is April 30th at which point my income will be cut. Until then I want to finish buying anything else I may need/want before the money runs out. There is a method to my madness. After May 1st it's a whole new ball game.

[rhk118]

Namrups - loving the pics of all the great things coming in...now I have questions!

- Are you doing your own AC install or did you get the FFR kit? Just wondering about the Vintage Air SuperFlow Horizontal A/C condenser....I'm going with the FFR kit
- Can you post some pics of the BOIG pipes once they are polished...looks like you tried but don't see the pics coming through. I have a set here for mine as well, was going to wet sand them to get some polish going, but would like to see how yours turned out and perhaps save some effort.
- Now I need to research the FKB rear IRS rod ends and why I should do them on mine!
- I really like the door popper idea with keyfob...
- What are you going to be using for your rivets and rivnuts? Just the rivets from the kit? Haven't had time to research much on this but I suspect there are higher quality rivets out there for certain areas, time to start stocking up.
- When you scheduled for your kit?

And last but not least - CONGRATS on retirement man! You are starting off with one heck of a way to enjoy it.

Cheers,
Hank

[Namrups]

Hi Hank. Great questions.

For the A/C I'm going with the FF supplied unit. Based on Paul's (EdwardB) great build there might be a fit issue with the supplied condenser from FF. He built his a while ago so this may have been addressed already but given my limited time left on this world I didn't want to delay so I went with the same unit he went with for a better fit.

The Boig pipes from the supplier were a dull raw aluminum with scuff marks and scratches from the bending process. After using the scotchbrite pad and a coating of SharkHide they looked a lot better. Not perfect but ok in my book.
Brushed tube next to raw tube:

Both tubes brushed and coated:

Close up of finished tubes:


As far as the rod ends, check out "Cobra Daytona Build" on utube. This is a great series of a Daytona build in video. (I have also seen his posts on this forum at times) He had an issue with the rear rod ends and this is his solution. I will admit that this is the only case that I have seen documented and it might not be an issue but I followed his lead.

Most owners of the coupe just stick there hand thru the window to open the doors. I saw the popper idea somewhere that I don't remember. The idea stuck in the back of my mind. Then when I decided to use the Digital Guard Dawg push button ignition (Thanks again to Paul!) I noticed that I could upgrade that system to accommodate the two extra circuits for each popper. Sold!

I am going to use the kit supplied rivets. If I feel I need stronger/bigger rivets in a special location I will order thru McMaster-Carr. Any rivnuts will also be from MC. Using both silicone and supplied rivets for attachment will be more than strong enough. The need for stronger rivets (SS for example) is just a waste of money IMO.

My kit is scheduled for late June early July.

I have been officially retired for 1 week now and I have to say it feels weird. I am not used to not having any structure to my day. It will take some getting used to. I do love the idea of doing what I want when I want! The only person I need to account to is myself.

[rhk118]

I have been officially retired for 1 week now and I have to say it feels weird. I am not used to not having any structure to my day. It will take some getting used to. I do love the idea of doing what I want when I want! The only person I need to account to is myself.

Retirement, where every day is Saturday except Sunday! Thanks for the reply, the Boig pipe photos still not coming through on my end on Google chrome, no biggie.

[Namrups]

Good News/Bad News

Those of you following my thread know that my plan was to retire at the end of April and to use my retirement bonus to make my final payment to FFR for the coupe and to Forte for the engine/transmission having delivery of both in late June/early July.

Good News

I did retire on April 30th and I have received my retirement bonus. I took a ride down to FFR today and spent some time with Mike. He gave me a tour of the facility and I gave him my final payment. I got the opportunity to spend some time with Dave Smith also. We had a very good conversation and I really appreciate him taking some time out of his day to talk with me. Looking at a final build date of June 11th. With luck I will see my baby sitting there, waiting for Stewart, at the open house! How exciting is that.

Bad News

I also stopped at Mike Forte's and gave him additional funds towards my engine/transmission I have on order with him. My initial plan was to be able to pay him in full at this same time and get delivery around the same time as the coupe. Given the state of the world today with $6.00 gas, heat and light bill that has doubled, the high cost of groceries, and most important the out of pocket cost of my cancer meds going from $120.00 per year to $15,000.00 a year I am unable to swing the full final payment to Mike at this time. We had a good conversation and I am going to try to continue to send him money when I can and he is seeing what he can do to keep me from going to the back of the line again. It is very disappointing for me due to my unknown life span and the wish to complete the build in a timely manor but it is what it is and I will deal with it. Hell, I've got a Mega Millions and a Powerball ticket here ..... you never know!

All in all a great day. Got to meet more people at FFR and am looking forward to the open house in June. Hope to meet many of the forum members then!

[Ltngdrvr]

What powertrain are you buying from Forte?
There are much less expensive options available.

[Ltngdrvr]

Ok, I looked back and see you are going with a very expensive 427 windsor from Forte.
There are much less expensive options available, and will provide plenty of power to make for a very thrilling ride.
Also, not sure what you are looking at for the IRS, but you can buy complete good used axle assemblies for sometimes less than a grand, getting all the parts needed that FFR doesn't supply in the standard kit, center section, hubs and brake assemblies.

There are LOTS of ways to cut your costs.

[Namrups]

Ok, I looked back and see you are going with a very expensive 427 windsor from Forte.
There are much less expensive options available, and will provide plenty of power to make for a very thrilling ride.
Also, not sure what you are looking at for the IRS, but you can buy complete good used axle assemblies for sometimes less than a grand, getting all the parts needed that FFR doesn't supply in the standard kit, center section, hubs and brake assemblies.

There are LOTS of ways to cut your costs.

You are 100% right. But as this is a one and done for me I want what I want. I was not willing to go with donor parts. I plan to hand this down to my daughter and I want it to be all new. Did I need to do all of the upgrades that I have purchased ... No. Am I taking a chance that I won't get it finished ... Yes I am. Don't misunderstand my post. I am not complaining about the new roadblocks I now have to deal with. Just disappointed in how plans have changed. If I had had a crystal ball back in November when I made the decision to purchase I may have done things differently. Maybe, maybe not. Water over the bridge now.

[Namrups]

Contacted Stewart for a quote. I'm 215 miles from Factory Five. They quoted me $1500.00. Is that in line with what others have been quoted?

[Jeff Kleiner]

Contacted Stewart for a quote. I'm 215 miles from Factory Five. They quoted me $1500.00. Is that in line with what others have been quoted?

Stewart is great at what they do but you need to understand that a large percentage of what they charge for is space on that big truck. That initial charge is the same whether they're taking it 215 miles or 2000. Once you purchase that spot on the big truck then mileage starts getting added on. I've had Stewart deliver every new kit that I've built (I'm over 1,000 miles from FFR) but if I was in your shoes with just over a 400 mile round trip I'd rent a U-Haul trailer and truck and go pick it up.

Here's some food for thought:

My local rate for a U-Haul pickup + 12' open trailer for 24 hours is $224 + .59/per mile. Lets shoot high and say 500 miles and 10MPG @ $5.00/gallon.

$224 rental
$295 mileage
$250 fuel
______________
$769

Jeff

[Namrups]

What about sales tax. If I pick it up do I have to pay FF sales tax?

[JohnK]

Yes, you will have to pay sales tax if you pick it up in person but you will get that credited back toward whatever your NY sales tax bill will be when you go to register your completed car.