Category: Misc.

First things first… I need to do a complete inventory of everything F5 sent me. There’s 37 pages of stuff that needs to checked and its all packed in 21 boxes. I’m not even touching the car itself yet. So Inventory, inventory, inventory.

Plan right now is to be done inventory by Monday evening when Chip & Bo are coming over to help take the body off and get it mounted on the body buck.

Update 10:30pm Friday night: Inventory complete! No missing or wrong parts. I think tomorrow I’ll separate some parts for powdercoating and maybe assemble the shocks.

Today, the actual Factory Five arrives…. Yeah, I’m excited. And I just about went bouncing through the yard when this rig backed up to my house…

Then he opened the rear doors and there she is… “Boss 427”

With the help of the driver and my friend Chip (Mustang Man Extraordinaire), we got it unloaded and into the garage. We also moved the 20-something boxes of parts into my sunroom.

Just got the call! My car is loaded on the Stewart Transportation truck in Massachusetts and will be delivered Wed, Feb 15 between 11 & 2. I’m taking the day off!

I’ve been ordering additional parts that I’ll need to assemble the car or as upgrades. Tools, American Racing wheels , Howe balljoints, all kinds of stuff. I’ll be ordering more and more as time goes along.

American Racing Torq Thrust M wheels, 17×9 front, 17×10.5 rear.

The brakes are from Wilwood and are options from F5. I ordered these along with the car, they just showed up early.

Its been a very long time coming. I’ve been following and watching Factory 5 for years.

Factory 5 (F5) started as a company that makes kit cars.  They made a Cobra replica that used many parts from a 87-93 Ford Mustang. This was very successful and made for an affordable, cool, fast car that could be built in your own garage.

Fast forward and F5 has grown. They now offer 5 models of cars and you can build them as originally designed, with a donor, or as a complete car that uses no donor parts.

I’ve been planning this for a long, long time. In August of 2014, I joined 2 forums dedicated to F5 cars.  That December, I begin building my spreadsheet where I was planning my car.

Today, Feb 1, 2017, I ordered my car. I ordered a complete Roadster (no donor).  I plan on many upgrades and plan on using only the highest quality new parts.  I expected it to take 4-5 weeks for F5 to put together my kit… I got an email 10 minutes after ordering that it would ready in 10 days, on Feb 11.