Please graduate F5R7841 - 15YR Anniversary Mk4

[CDXXVII]

It's been quite the journey and I think it's about time to call her done. Perhaps I'll add a few more photos later but I figured if I wait for the perfect shots I will take as long to put the graduation thread together as it took to build it.

I want to thank all the guys that did a much better job in sharing their build threads than I did. With out this forum and their help I would still be floundering. Of course if it wasn't for this forum I'm pretty certain I would have spent considerably less on my build. I also need to thank Mario - Frittobandito for constantly pointing out my chronic analysis paralysis and always being there when I needed a hand.

Let's not forget - Paint by Jeff Miller (DaBat)

Pretty hard to list all the mods. but here are a few to note.

Custom Competition Dash
Custom Glovebox and Door
FFMetal Firewall Forward
FFMetal Dropped Battery Box
All new Radiator Aluminum
Radiator Fan Shroud
Hydraulic Clutch
Mechanical Throttle Linkage
All stainless steel hard lines for Fuel and Brakes
Dropped Trunk Mod.
Fully rewired RF harness
Stainless side louvers
New rollbar, tangent kit, smooth welds

The list pretty much never ends in my head so I think I stop for now and share a few photos.

http://www.ffcars.com/photopost/data/550/DSC_0889.JPG

http://www.ffcars.com/photopost/data/550/DSC_0915.JPG

http://www.ffcars.com/photopost/data/550/P1000066.JPG

http://www.ffcars.com/photopost/data/550/P1000023.JPG

http://www.ffcars.com/photopost/data/550/P1000080.JPG

http://www.ffcars.com/photopost/data/550/P1000074.JPG

http://www.ffcars.com/photopost/data/550/P1000077.JPG

[wareaglescott]

Very nice. I like how you painted the stripes on the underside of the hood and trunk! Congrats

[Jeff Kleiner]

Looks fantastic :) :)

Under hood & trunk stripes...like the look but man, sure makes my head hurt to do them :(

Go enjoy the drive!

Jeff

[cgundermann]

Beautiful!

[scottiec]

I love that color. it looks incredible. great work.

[GoDadGo]

That's One Fantastic Looking Factory Five!
A Big Congratulations From Sportsman's Paradise!

[Gumball]

Very classy build. Love the color combination, as well as the mix of vintage and modern. Great job on the build and now for the best part - enjoy the rides!!!

[Straversi]

Congratulations! The work bench is clean so you must be done. Enjoy the drive.
-Steve

[RR20AC]

Very nice, have fun driving that beast!

[boat737]

A real beauty. A pat on the back for you. Good job. And thanks for the assists from you on my build.

A couple questions while I drool over your pictures:

Whose side view mirror is that?
Did you have to "massage" the license plate light & bracket to the right to center it on the trunk (and stripe)? (I think I see the Kleiner vertical mod there...)

And finally, I'm curious, with that beautiful engine, and the shamefully obvious license plate, are you planning the "427" fender badging?

Enjoy the road ahead.

(Are you going to Huntington Beach? Love to see it in person.)

[Yama-Bro]

Congrats, awesome car!

[CDXXVII]

A real beauty. A pat on the back for you. Good job. And thanks for the assists from you on my build.

A couple questions while I drool over your pictures:

Whose side view mirror is that?

The mirror is a Raydot replica from CJPonyParts. The bracket is custom and the thumb nut is from ********** accessories. The black spacer is a piece of black Delrin drilled and polished.

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Did you have to "massage" the license plate light & bracket to the right to center it on the trunk (and stripe)? (I think I see the Kleiner vertical mod there...)

I did have to "massage" everything and Jeff Miller did his magic with the stripe. I did use the famous Kleiner Mod.

65033

And finally, I'm curious, with that beautiful engine, and the shamefully obvious license plate, are you planning the "427" fender badging?

I am still on the fence for the side badges. I can do the Ford 427 badge to go with the engine, use the 15 Year Anniversary badge or just leave it naked. So far I like the roadster with out any emblems.

Enjoy the road ahead.

(Are you going to Huntington Beach? Love to see it in person.)

I am bringing the roadster to Huntington Beach. I really hope all you guys come over and say hello. I'll be the paranoid guy sitting by my car questioning every move of a passerby.
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Thank you all for the compliments - Greatly Appreciated

[TomV]

Congrats on a beautiful build, love the color