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We had a great time. We traveled the blue ridge parkway, foothills parkway, highway 28, and the Dragon.

Becky drove the entire Foothills Parkway in TN. She did a great job and I almost got to relax :) Almost.
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We ate at "The Resort" at the top of the Dragon. It was good barbeque and some fries this trip.
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Stock FFR Firewall
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Modification providing additional 3" for evaporator footprint.
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Again stock FFR Firewall
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Russ Thompson inspired firewall mod.
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Central Juntion Box CJB

The 16GA steel plate will rivet to the 3/4 sq pedal-box tubes and to the round footbox crash bar. The hindged box plate will be held closed with a 1/4 turn dzus fastener.

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In order to maintain the stock filler and vent tube here is what I did. First I modified the neck by cutting it and incorporating a Jeep filler hose pn# 5357970 that has a 1” ID and a 90*elbow at one end.
I had a fellow forum member fabricate some aluminum I purchased off eBay to create a mount/spacers. I also sold the new style Lemans gas cap and picked up an old style one. While few will be using a tank with this neck, if you are, this combination seems to have worked out pretty good ...

For those of you who are unaware, we are making 15 very special commemorative edition Mk4 Roadsters to memorialize our 15 Year Anniversary making Roadsters. We are building and have already sold only 15 cars. I saved 001/015 for myself, but I just found out that Heather Smith (wife of the late-great Dick Smith) wanted to get one of them so she might end up with my number.

Any way, here are some pictures from a day in the life here at Factory Five as we begin production on the new ...