Car is arriving today!

[tmlint]

I have been dreaming about building one of these since I was a kid. But back in 2005 I met a guy that built a Factory Five from a donor Mustang. He was very helpful and let me drive his car. Even with the 235 HP 5.0 and the nasty burn I got on my leg from the side pipe. I was hooked. Been bugging my wife ever since.

Well 15 years later I finally ordered my roadster kit. I have restored several old cars but trust me I will need all of your help to make sure I get this right the first time. My wife says this is the last toy I am allowed to have.:rolleyes:
My kit is expected to be completed on 11/7 and hopefully be picked up by Stewart shortly after.

Complete Kit
Powder Coated Chasssis
302 headers and mounts
Hydraulic Clutch
Body cut outs
Vinyl Seats
Power Steering
GPS Vintage Gauge Set
15" Halibrand Wheels
Wiper Kit
Vinyl Dash with Glovebox
Heater Kit
Moser 8.8 3 Link Setup
Sway Bar
Bumper and Hoop Kit
Wind Wings
Sun Visors
Chrome Roll Bar
Center Dash Support

I ordered a Blueprint 347 complete turnkey engine with TK600. I went with the EFI option.

Additions
Power Brakes
Herb's Door Panels
Breeze Cubby
Drop Trunk Mod
Some heat shields because I like the skin on my legs:D

Thanks all I will share all photos as I move forward on this awesome adventure.

I need to get my garage clean and organized.

[CDXXVII]

Congratulations!! Just an FYI. Time spent on this forum is directly proportional to the amount of money you will spend!! :cool:

Remember to take lots of pictures on delivery day and welcome to the madness.

Where are you located? Always good to share as you may find some more local guys near you happy to lend a hand.

[GoDadGo]

Congratulations & Welcome Aboard!

NOTE: The leather seats are a huge upgrade over the vinyl versions.

[GTBradley]

It looks like a good plan, welcome to the forums:)

[tmlint]

Congratulations!! Just an FYI. Time spent on this forum is directly proportional to the amount of money you will spend!! :cool:

Remember to take lots of pictures on delivery day and welcome to the madness.

Where are you located? Always good to share as you may find some more local guys near you happy to lend a hand.


Sorry I will add my location to my profile. I am located about an hour south of Cleveland.

[Mark K]

Congrats and welcome!

[BadAsp427]

Welcome to the crazy madness. You will love the 347... We are all here to help you spend money and tell you how great your build is looking... Reach out anytime if needed for help. And if you are planning to have someone else paint your car, you may want to contact them and get on their waiting list, some of them are near 2 years out. Carl

[Avalanche325]

Congrats!!!!
I waited 9 years until my living situation was right. Overseas moves, work travel etc.

You are in for a lot of fun.

[jrohrig]

Congrats!. I have a similar story but am still about 10 months away. I'll be following your progress

[nucjd19]

Congrats man!!! I am in the same boat as you. Finish date 11/14. Complete kit, Carbon dash, 3 link, chrome stuff with 2 roll bars AND a 347 Blueprint with TKO 600. I am going carb though. I will really enjoy following along as you build :)

[Ponymedic]

Congrats and welcome

[Kodiak]

Congratulations!

[KDubU]

You’re in for a great time, congrats! Keep in mind when the build challenges you, come here and there are plenty willing to help you out.

[CFranks]

Awesome congrats! Make sure to have the conversation early with the fedex and ups guys that all car parts should be placed in the secret hollow rock behind the garage and preferably delivered when it’s dark out.

[tmlint]

Congrats man!!! I am in the same boat as you. Finish date 11/14. Complete kit, Carbon dash, 3 link, chrome stuff with 2 roll bars AND a 347 Blueprint with TKO 600. I am going carb though. I will really enjoy following along as you build :)

We must of ordered about the same time. Are you going with Stewart? Depending on where you are located they maybe on the same truck.

[RBachman]

Congrats!!!!!

[nucjd19]

We must of ordered about the same time. Are you going with Stewart? Depending on where you are located they maybe on the same truck.

Hey tmlint. I am using Stewart. I had problem getting a quote from them due to an issue with their webpage. If you don't hear back from them go to their FB page. They responded immediately. I am on their shipping list as of last week. I live in Alabama so they might be on the same truck dropping off for you and swinging south. I am SOOOOOOOO freaking excited!

[rsw81]

Congrats!! The builds are wonderful and a headache at the same time, but totally worth it. This forum is a fantastic wealth of knowledge.

[tmlint]

Welcome to the crazy madness. You will love the 347... We are all here to help you spend money and tell you how great your build is looking... Reach out anytime if needed for help. And if you are planning to have someone else paint your car, you may want to contact them and get on their waiting list, some of them are near 2 years out. Carl

Hey BadAsp427, how would one go about getting on one of these waiting lists for body and paint?

[tmlint]

Right now I am trying to get my garage organized for the arrival of my car. It is a mess!
https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=135089&d=1600201214

[tmlint]

Hey tmlint. I am using Stewart. I had problem getting a quote from them due to an issue with their webpage. If you don't hear back from them go to their FB page. They responded immediately. I am on their shipping list as of last week. I live in Alabama so they might be on the same truck dropping off for you and swinging south. I am SOOOOOOOO freaking excited!

The next two months are going to go very slow! I am going to start on my chassis dolly and body buck once I get my garage in order.

[rich grsc]

Hey BadAsp427, how would one go about getting on one of these waiting lists for body and paint?
Oh I don't know, maybe call them and have them put you down? :rolleyes: :p

[tmlint]

Oh I don't know, maybe call them and have them put you down? :rolleyes: :p

Ok I guess I left that wide open! Let me reframe my questions. Who do I call? How do I get a hold of the body experts that everyone is talking about? I don’t have anyone in my area that I know of.

[timmil]

Congrats and Welcome! I am going to be watching as I am considering a swap out to the 347/TKO600 package you are planning and am interested to hear how installation and performance goes! Not sure if you are planning power steering, but if not I would. I don't have it on mine and am seriously thinking of adding it. If you have never had manual steering then you are going to want to start working out the upper body! I would reconsider the power brakes as well. I have manual from a stock 89 mustang and they are fine for street driving, but I would not autocross with it. I think that you will hear many for power brakes and many say they are not necessary, but in the end your call and I will leave it up to the more experienced builders to weigh in on that one. In any case, you are about to embark on a journey that has the most bang for the buck at the end!

[bldr.rob]

Congrats and welcome! A great group here that can answer any questions you may have.

[FatherOfFive]

I thought the exact same thing! "2 months!! That's gonna drag."
How it actually went? Like a blur, between getting the garage ready, building the dolly,
buck & keeping up with regular house maintenance/chores I felt as though I ran out of time
and it was here.
Congratulations & Enjoy every moment!
Mine puts a smile on my face every time I step in the garage, working on it or not.

Chris

[Chris @ Forma]

Congratulations and welcome to the family. Everyone is here to make your experience better. My shop is about an hour and a half away in Columbus and you are always welcome to come by our shop, call with questions, or just shoot the s...t. We currently have a bunch of projects under way and so there is always something interesting going on. If you are ever in Columbus, give us a call and stop by. Also if you need help with body and paint we may be able to help out. Once again....welcome.

[rich grsc]

Ok I guess I left that wide open! Let me reframe my questions. Who do I call? How do I get a hold of the body experts that everyone is talking about? I don’t have anyone in my area that I know of.
Jeff Kleiner would most likely be closest. You can PM him here on the forum Painted mine and a bunch others.

[tmlint]

Jeff Kliner would most likely be closest. You can PM him here on the forum Painted mine and a bunch others.

Thanks! I sent him a PM.

[Rook]

Congrats! I’m in the same boat, awaiting the completion of my order and hoping the next two months fly by!

How’s the garage organization coming along?

[steno]

I believe it my duty to remind you that we have no issue with spending your money! But seriously... welcome to the group! It’s a great adventure, and there’s always a helping hand in the community!

[Shades]

Glad to hear the two months flies by. I'm in that same situation. Really looking forward to Thanksgiving this year! I find myself spending hours wheel shopping to pass the time. Plenty of time for that later!

[tmlint]

Congratulations and welcome to the family. Everyone is here to make your experience better. My shop is about an hour and a half away in Columbus and you are always welcome to come by our shop, call with questions, or just shoot the s...t. We currently have a bunch of projects under way and so there is always something interesting going on. If you are ever in Columbus, give us a call and stop by. Also if you need help with body and paint we may be able to help out. Once again....welcome.

I might take you up on both offers. I have family in Columbus and I am down there all the time. Also really would like to find someone to do the body and paint that knows what they are doing with these cars that sounds like you. Next time I am heading that way I will send you a message.

[tmlint]

Glad to hear the two months flies by. I'm in that same situation. Really looking forward to Thanksgiving this year! I spend myself spending hours wheel shopping to pass the time. Plenty of time for that later!

Hey took extra vacation time around Thanksgiving. Hopefully it is here by then!

[tmlint]

Congrats! I’m in the same boat, awaiting the completion of my order and hoping the next two months fly by!

How’s the garage organization coming along?

Still cleaning and organizing. I will begin building the body buck and chassis dolly starting next week. I purchased a pneumatic rivet gun, a bunch of clecos, and about 20 1/8 drill bits to stock up on the tools I will need.

[egchewy79]

Thanks! I sent him a PM.

I'm in Dublin OH and am on JKleiner's waitlist. he's in Bloomington, IN and books out about 12-18mo in advance.
he wants to do all the body work and final fitment, which is something not all painters will do. It seems like there are a handful of guys (jeff kleiner in Bloomington, jeff miller in CA, ken pike in CA I believe, etc) who have done hundreds of these and understand the nuances of these cars and how to best get them to look right. lots of good body/paint threads out there as well if you want to do some of the stuff on your own.

[ggunter]

Congrats, my car is almost a carbon copy of yours except I went with the carb instead of fuel injection. I'm just old school and I hope it doesn't come back to bite me. Were you able to go to Factory Five and get the tour. I went there the last week of may and picked my car up August 18th. I was so impressed with everything they do, and so far the car has been a joy to build. Back ordered parts not so much but I guess Covid has something to do with that. Enjoy your build and take advantage of the talent that is on this forum. There are some very talented people willing to share their knowledge.

[Kmcallahan]

Congratulations and welcome aboard!

[BadAsp427]

Hey BadAsp427, how would one go about getting on one of these waiting lists for body and paint?

So sorry, I did not see your question here. I see however that many have answered it all ready. It is only a matter of deciding when and who. As has been stated, Jeff K in Indiana, Jeff Miller in SoCal and there are many others you will read about in the forums. I chose Jeff K because he is very active here on the forums and on Facebook and he returns your car to you the way you gave it to him... but much prettier... In other words, I took my car to him completely assembled, with 10,000 miles on it and he does all he needs to disassemble and reassemble it with the all the paint and body work complete.

[nucjd19]

Congrats and Welcome! I am going to be watching as I am considering a swap out to the 347/TKO600 package you are planning and am interested to hear how installation and performance goes! Not sure if you are planning power steering, but if not I would. I don't have it on mine and am seriously thinking of adding it. If you have never had manual steering then you are going to want to start working out the upper body! I would reconsider the power brakes as well. I have manual from a stock 89 mustang and they are fine for street driving, but I would not autocross with it. I think that you will hear many for power brakes and many say they are not necessary, but in the end your call and I will leave it up to the more experienced builders to weigh in on that one. In any case, you are about to embark on a journey that has the most bang for the buck at the end!

I am going power steering too. In my fj40 rock crawler I did a power steering conversion and I just love it. 33x12.50 will not turn without it. Power steering is a must.

[NiceGuyEddie]

You just wait till that kit shows up!!!!

My advice for you:

1. take the duct tape off the body immediately - if you wait like I did it will become dry, crusty, and gooey
2 take a zillion pictures of the body panels and how they overlap
3. get a set of REAL jack stand pads - rags won't work well
4. put a LOT of painter's tape over the round tubes, you'll step on them more than you will imagine during the build
5. if you yell, curse, or throw a wrench across the room - STOP and get back to the car another day

[tmlint]

Built the body buck today.


https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=135520&d=1601079640

[nucjd19]

Built the body buck today.


https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=135520&d=1601079640

Ha!!!! I did the same thing the week I placed my order. I built my buck and built my dolly. Rock on!

[miller7448]

Put a sheet of plywood under the center brace. Fair amount of storage space exists under the body while on the buck.

[TDH]

Looks awesome! I Just ordered my kit for a Feb delivery and am planning on a similar buck for space saving as well. Do you have any dimensions you can share? Looks like you also have an 8' garage like mine so this design looks pretty perfect.

[Railroad]

Use some of that scrap for some diagonal braces and tie the bottoms together.

[tmlint]

Looks awesome! I Just ordered my kit for a Feb delivery and am planning on a similar buck for space saving as well. Do you have any dimensions you can share? Looks like you also have an 8' garage like mine so this design looks pretty perfect.

I just used this
http://www.mycobra.build/files/RoadsterBodyBuck.pdf

[tmlint]

Use some of that scrap for some diagonal braces and tie the bottoms together.

I did at the diagonal braces when I built I took the picture before I added. Thanks

[tmlint]

First part has arrived!! Getting excited to get this build going!

https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=137240&d=1604609953

[nucjd19]

First part has arrived!! Getting excited to get this build going!

https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=137240&d=1604609953

OOOOHHHHH That's pretty!!! You are getting me even more excited. I am about a week behind you finishing my build and just sent in the final payment. So hopefully I will be seeing a similar crate soon.

BTW, Have you heard from Stewart on a planned shipping time?

[tmlint]

OOOOHHHHH That's pretty!!! You are getting me even more excited. I am about a week behind you finishing my build and just sent in the final payment. So hopefully I will be seeing a similar crate soon.

BTW, Have you heard from Stewart on a planned shipping time?

Northing yet from Stewart. If yours is next Friday they could end up on the same truck. It is a wait and see game now.

[GoDadGo]

It is always nice when a big part shows up on your doorstep, even if you had to pay for it.

[capt1black]

Northing yet from Stewart. If yours is next Friday they could end up on the same truck. It is a wait and see game now.

I am not sure if it has changed since August, but to just give you a heads up, it was almost 3-4 weeks after my kit was done until I had it delivered by Stewart. Hopefully it will be sooner for you.

[nucjd19]

I am not sure if it has changed since August, but to just give you a heads up, it was almost 3-4 weeks after my kit was done until I had it delivered by Stewart. Hopefully it will be sooner for you.

Sounds about right. I emailed Stewart this morning and he was looking at somewhere around 11/30 ship date.

[tmlint]

I received a call from the driver at Stewart yesterday afternoon on Thanksgiving Day. He will be at my house on Black Friday morning at 8 AM. So in less than two hours from now my car will finally be here!!! I will take lot of pictures and share!

[GoDadGo]

It will feel a little overwhelming, but extremely exhilarating when that truck shows up.

> Just remember to do a detailed inventory and make a copy of the inventory log and attach the individual sheets to each box as you complete the checking-in of parts.
> By having your original hard copy with a corresponding copy attached to each box you'll be better able to locate the parts you need during the assembly process.
> The cool thing about doing the detailed inventory in this manner is that you'll become very familiar with the parts.
> It will also allow you to determine what parts are on backorder too.

Good Luck & Congratulations Because Today Truly Is Black Friday!

[KDubU]

Awesome news! Just breath a bit after you getting everything in the garage, there are a lot of boxes to inventory!

[tmlint]

Truck Arrives!
https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=138387&d=1606503915

Me and my two boys!
https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=138388&d=1606503924

I put them to work!
https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=138386&d=1606503907

Finally home! I can't say enough great things about Stewart! The driver was great. He was excited about the pumpkin pie we gave him for the road.
https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=138389&d=1606503932

[Railroad]

Congrats on your new toy. Everyone looks very happy.
A suggestion on your body dolly, tie your side legs together with no less than 1-2X4.
I have seen some, build a floor on the lower level and it makes excellent storage.
Looks like you have planned well.

[nucjd19]

Congrats!!! I am right behind you on my delivery.

[Kmcallahan]

Welcome aboard and good luck with your build. Remember, Plan your build and Build Your Plan.

[BadAsp427]

Congratulations... Let us know how we can help you spend your money...

[Jryasko]

Congrats on joining the club. Today is the 1 year anniversary of delivery of my kit. Looks like we had the same driver deliver our kits as well. He did a great job for us also. Everybody else has given you most of the advice you need, but just to add or reiterate Take alot of pictures.

[Scott Meyer]

Congrats! We were Eric’s next delivery down in Dublin, OH. His truck made it (barely) after he said the air ride suspension went out in front of your house. Next guy was up in Michigan and told Eric to let him know “Ohio” won today against Michigan...since he had to get his truck fixed in Lima and might not make up it up north today.

[JohnnyB]

Congrats on the delivery. I was just reading through your thread and saw you mentioned someone with a donor build showed you his car 15 years ago. I’m betting you lived in Bolivar at the time and that was me. I’m glad to hear the stars finally aligned and your dream is coming together. I’m about to turn over 40k miles on mine and it’s still making me smile. We’ll have to get together some time and catch up. Hopefully you have forgiven me for the snake bite.;)

[RBachman]

Congratulations!

[tmlint]

Congrats on the delivery. I was just reading though your thread and saw you mentioned someone with a donor build showed you his car 15 years ago. I’m betting you lived in Bolivar at the time and that was me. I’m glad to hear the stars finally aligned and your dream is coming together. I’m about to turn over 40k miles on mine and it’s still making me smile. We’ll have to get together some time and catch up. Hopefully you have forgiven me for the snake bite.;)

Yes, it was! How are you doing? My leg has healed and it was a lesson learned. It has been a long time since that day but I never lost the love for these cars since I met you and your car. Feel free to reach out in a PM anytime. You are more than welcome to stop by anytime.

[tmlint]

Congrats! We were Eric’s next delivery down in Dublin, OH. His truck made it (barely) after he said the air ride suspension went out in front of your house. Next guy was up in Michigan and told Eric to let him know “Ohio” won today against Michigan...since he had to get his truck fixed in Lima and might not make up it up north today.

He almost didn't make to my house. Sorry Michigan! O-H!!!

[RBachman]

So, how's the inventory going? Make sure you count every bolt/washer/screw/nut/etc., and go through the trash to make sure nothing gets misplaced. Also, save the paper, it'll come in handy for various masking efforts.