Gary Trudeau Builds a Beautiful Mk4

[Dave Smith]

FFR 4806K Prowls the Streets of Mt. Vernon, IN

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Dave Smith (left) with customer Gary Trudeau and Dan and Rick from FFR Tech Support.

Factory Five customer Gary Trudeau stopped by today to show off his newly built Factory Five Mk4. It's nice to see a good number of Mk4s out in the world as we launched the heavily revised Roadster version last year.

Gary used a 2003 Mustang donor with a DOHC 4.6L engine. He made a lot of really nice custom mods and ended up with an excellent driving street car. The red is 2011 Camaro red with silver stripes.

Thanks for stopping by and we look forward to seeing the car at this year's June 11th Open House event.

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Power steering, power brakes, fuel-injection, and lots of chrome make for a very nice street car.

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Gary worked with Rick Masters in tech during his build.

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Gary used a 2003 Mustang rear end which is quite wide. His solution - these really cool custom rims that give a deep dish look with a correct backspace.

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The chrome bumpers and roll bars work very well with the red paint and silver stripes.

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The DOHC 4.6L is not the most mechanically elegant engine, but drives so nicely.

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[Dave Smith]

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The GM metallic red shows great in the sun and contrasts well with the graphite grey stripes

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Early Mk4 trunk, Gary added subwoofer, speakers, and battery terminal jacks.

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Standard interior except for the stereo speakers.

[riptide motorsport]

Beautiful color and superb build! .....Steven

[ruffone]

Beautiful color combination with just the right amount of chrome :-) Nice job Gary!!

[FFinisher]

I know this car well, Gary is a very particular guy who doubted his ability early on. He asked all the right questions, took good advice when it was given, and turned out a beautiful car. The pictures do not do the quality and craftsmanship of this car justice. It is truly one of the nicest I have seen in a loong time. Great Job Gary. !

[gtcobra]

I appreciate the comments from you guys...... Ron I especially appreciate that you helped when I needed it, I could not be happier with how it turned out.....

[LuckyWinner]

That is a great color I was looking at the 2011 camaro green. POST 200!!!!!!!

[rponfick]

Is this the Doonesbury guy?

Ralph.

[gtcobra]

No Dunesbury here.

[WAYNES WORLD]

Great looking car. I love the colors and the trick wheels.
Wayne

[Jeff Collins]

Nice work Gary, it turned out great.

[TimC]

Is this the Doonesbury guy?

Ralph.

That's what I was wondering too. I was about to Googling then read his reply.
Beautiful car.

[mydream]

Beautiful build Gary, absolutely awesome.
Love the big brakes
T

[3kcarbon]

That is toooo puurdie..... Congrats!

[jakester888]

Gary, can you give more details about the subwoofer in the trunk? Make/model and pics showing how you mounted would be great. I'm right at this stage now.

Thanks.

[FFinisher]

Gary, can you give more details about the subwoofer in the trunk? Make/model and pics showing how you mounted would be great. I'm right at this stage now.

Thanks.

Gary sold this car and is not on the forums much anymore......

[trublue]

Pictures are not showing on my screen.?

[bill3422]

http://s829.photobucket.com/albums/zz220/gtfireftr/MK4/

Here is the Photobucket link from his signature. You can still see them there.