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05-25-2019, 07:33 AM
After much thought – a rarity for me – more my wife telling me that it’s OK to get the body on the ol’Mark I fixed! Choices were
ignore the damage – deer damage, stone chips from track days, and numerous other marks on the body from other events.
Take the body off, get it all fixed and repainted
Replace the body with a new body
Choice one was easy, as I’m doing that now. Choice two would take the Mark I off the road for weeks. Not sure how “she” would react to not being driven daily! Choice three was a distant option, mixed in with the hope of finding one of the old carbon fiber bodies that FFR use to offer as an option.
Over the years I had replaced my doors with the newer style doors and with the doors the new style hinges. The newer doors actually give you more room as the doors are curved so your left leg has more room to move – on those long trips! Also in my case I found a set of the newer doors that are carbon fiber doors, along with a carbon fiber trunk lid.
Finally had a talk with FFR to determine what I would need IF I were to get a new body from them. Jim at FFR went through all the options as well as he asked all the critical questions about doors, hinges and hood. Seems as I had already done the doors and hinges, SO a new Mark III body should be a bolt on. As a result, choice three slowly became a valid option as I could reduce the time needed to get back on the road. I have an unopened box with a new wiring harness that I acquired years ago – just in case I ever took the body off the car.
Ordered a new FFR Mark III body!
Contracted with a builder to build a new 2+ car garage behind our house!
Now making plans for this winter to pull off the body, do a rewiring, and a few other minor changes. Not quite doing a new built, but for me close! The body will get painted the same blue to match the existing doors, hood and trunk. I’ll even mount the new passenger seat! My new steel frame FFR driver seat, already feels like settling into that relaxing chair you always use when you’re preparing to watch a movie!
ignore the damage – deer damage, stone chips from track days, and numerous other marks on the body from other events.
Take the body off, get it all fixed and repainted
Replace the body with a new body
Choice one was easy, as I’m doing that now. Choice two would take the Mark I off the road for weeks. Not sure how “she” would react to not being driven daily! Choice three was a distant option, mixed in with the hope of finding one of the old carbon fiber bodies that FFR use to offer as an option.
Over the years I had replaced my doors with the newer style doors and with the doors the new style hinges. The newer doors actually give you more room as the doors are curved so your left leg has more room to move – on those long trips! Also in my case I found a set of the newer doors that are carbon fiber doors, along with a carbon fiber trunk lid.
Finally had a talk with FFR to determine what I would need IF I were to get a new body from them. Jim at FFR went through all the options as well as he asked all the critical questions about doors, hinges and hood. Seems as I had already done the doors and hinges, SO a new Mark III body should be a bolt on. As a result, choice three slowly became a valid option as I could reduce the time needed to get back on the road. I have an unopened box with a new wiring harness that I acquired years ago – just in case I ever took the body off the car.
Ordered a new FFR Mark III body!
Contracted with a builder to build a new 2+ car garage behind our house!
Now making plans for this winter to pull off the body, do a rewiring, and a few other minor changes. Not quite doing a new built, but for me close! The body will get painted the same blue to match the existing doors, hood and trunk. I’ll even mount the new passenger seat! My new steel frame FFR driver seat, already feels like settling into that relaxing chair you always use when you’re preparing to watch a movie!