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I recently ordered my Factory Five Mk4 Roaster complete kit. I have decided that after reading for hours every morning when I wake up that I should probably start a blog here and hopefully get some help from others and contribute to the forums so the future builders have even more to look at.

If all goes well I am expecting to receive my kit at the end of next month or early October. I live in Iowa and it gets pretty cold here so hopefully asap!

The pursuit of a goal ...

After deciding on a COA for the issue I was dealing with I flipped the switch to "go" on my GTM build again.

I fine tuned my ride height on Thursday evening and finalized the body initial fitting on Friday evening.

This morning I passed a major GTM build Milestone. I installed the passenger side power window with out having to cut and weld the door frame. My corvette door switches (with auto down) work perfectly. After I have the driver's side window to the ...

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Hi all again. Haven't been able to get much done on the roadster since last post due to work. But, have managed to install front and rear brake lines, heater/defroster core and motor, fuse box and have routed some of the wiring. I hope to have the wiring done by this weekend and then move on to trunk aluminum panel installation. After that, engine and tranny installation :). Ordered the 17" x 9" and 17" x 10.5" Vintage Halibrand Replica wheels from Factory Five last week, ...

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The new engine is mostly back in the Blue Beast.

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I'm taking a couple of vacation days this week to work on the car out in CT. I'm house-sitting for my parents while they're visiting my nieces and nephew out in Aspen. I'll take a couple days of pure garage-time, then work short days from home. I have the ...

[QUOTE=Georgia Coupe;27316]Here are a couple of photos of my coupe in red primer and without the rear spoiler:

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