Martin

Well, the order process was simple, and in many ways I am still getting over the disappointment of placing the order and not having balloons falling down around me and fireworks going off outside. It was happening in my head, but Dave Smith assures me they felt like balloons were coming down around them when I place the order.

A few days ago, I made the final payment on my base kit. Where I come from, we would say crickets bro'. Meaning you say something funny, or something monumental ...

Finally managed to get around to ordering the kit. After attending the open house this year and drinking some FFR Kool Aid I can finally say we've ordered the kit.

With everything else going on in life, the order process was over in about 2 minutes and the trumpets and fanfare that I could hear in my end while I was talking to Jason kind of fizzled out. The order process was so simple it was kind of a let down. I guess spending nearly 4 years reading and planning paid off.
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It’s taken me a few weeks, but I’m making progress. Buying parts sight unseen is nerve wracking and trying to figure out if everything fits/works together is a real challenge when you haven’t even seen them in person.

Being in the UK, exchange rates, paypal, authorised international limits etc. have all conspired to slow us down, but I think pretty soon, we’ll have all the small orders “done”.
• Second Skin FFR Pack = done.
• Casey Design Products modular dash (RHD) ...

The plan was to buy the complete kit, but after 3 years on the forums, “Would be nice” became “Must haves” – thanks to you lot. Having a forum is like having a devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other. One side tells you how to do it right, the other side tells you all the things you could spend your money on.

Getting a complete kit didn’t make sense when I knew we’d want to upgrade so many parts and with no resale market in the UK, it would be difficult to get rid of anything ...

A little over three years ago, my lovely wife turned to me while driving along the motorway and said she wanted to take up a hobby together. First thoughts of “oh no, she wants me to take up Salsa lessons with her” were quickly washed away when moments later the immortal words of “I want to build a car” were uttered.

I nearly drove off the side of the motorway.

We got home an hour later, and 20 minutes later I showed her a picture of the AC Cobra and said “What about ...