South Beach Classics !

[first time builder]

Did anybody see the episode where he wants to sell an incomplete Street Beast with a 427 engine in trade for a completed FFR MK kit they dont show enough of the car to tell what it is the roll bars are smaller so has to be before MK4. It does appear to have a donor comb over intake style engine. There supposed expert says that FFR is a donor kit car. Either he is behind the times or the rest of his explanation was cut from the show. He says he builds these cars but didn't say what company. He did say Street Beasts is a lower end kit.

Kenny

[coyobra]

Did anybody see the episode where he wants to sell an incomplete Street Beast with a 427 engine in trade for a completed FFR MK kit they dont show enough of the car to tell what it is the roll bars are smaller so has to be before MK4. It does appear to have a donor comb over intake style engine. There supposed expert says that FFR is a donor kit car. Either he is behind the times or the rest of his explanation was cut from the show. He says he builds these cars but didn't say what company. He did say Street Beasts is a lower end kit.

Kenny

If I remember correctly, they also didn't mention that you can order a complete kit with all new parts opting out of the donor option. I think incorporating a donor car with the base kit is great way to reduce expenses and be creative at the same time. It also shows that there are very competent builders out there that can take on that challenge. We all have the same passion to build a car with the best "component" car around ie: FFR. Whether it's the base or complete kit, everyone who's built one, in the process of building one or dreaming of building one, there is probably no greater satisfaction than to know that you built it yourself.

[Bob Cowan]

The basic concept of the FFR is a donor car. That's what they're famous for, and that's why it's called Factory Five. I think a large number of cars built today are donor cars (but I could be wrong there). So I think his statement was pretty accurate. And the car he was looking at appeared to be a MkII donor car.

However, since the beginning, there have been a lot of cars built with all new parts. My Mk II only uses the the donor pedal box and steering shaft. Everything else is new or aftermarket. That's why FFR started offering the complete kits, because a lot of builders didn't want to go the donor route. I think if I was building a car now I'd order the complete kit, and change out a few small things (like gauges) for personal taste and preference.

[MPTech]

He's a "Used Car Salesman", his primary objective is to talk it down when he buys it and low-ball the seller, then talk them up when he sells it pricing them way high to the buyer.

[first time builder]

MP the guy talking was not the salesman but a supposed expert !
Bob Just because it had a Combover Intake doesn't mean its a donor car.
I understand its TV and they don't always get to the whole truth. What bothers me is when its a Car oriented show they screw up facts. I watched a show where it takes place in Canada and the host son buys a 1963 all original Corvette Coupe , and while talking about the car says that this car with the 340 HP engine is better because it has a hydraulic cam instead of the fuel injected engine with a solid lifter cam. WRONG both the 340 and the Fuelie engine use the same solid lifter cam. I know because I just finished building one to NCRS specs. My point is is you don't know the facts don't try to BS car people on TV.
Kenny

[JIMOCO]

My wife thinks I'm nuts when I point out mistakes I see on television commercials so, maybe I am a bit focused on the unimportant stuff. At one point during this episode my attention was drawn to the fact that the front bumper hoop was installed upside down. So much for the experts eagle eye!