First ride with Wade

Did better on the lab last week but not good enough.  I’ve struggled quite a bit with whether or not to try again.  I’m not sure of any real value it still has for me, although it certainly wouldn’t hurt.  What I keep coming back to is…

Frame Cleanup

Worked on cleaning up the frame last weekend.  There were a bunch of areas with a surface dusting of rust.  There were also a couple of areas that looked like they hardly got any paint on them at all.  I went over all of those areas with…

Body buck wheels

Changed the wheels on the body buck.  I quickly learned that having four swiveling wheels is a bad idea.  Went out and got 2 fixed ones.  Jeremy came over and gave me a hand with taking the body off and all that.  Makes a world of…

More body buck

Spent some time today putting the shelf on the buck.  Also managed to find enough wood for the stands.  The frame is now sitting at a close to specified ride height of 4.75″.  Reorganized the garage.  Managed to get quite a bit more space after…

Body Buck

As you can see from the pics page, not only did I get the body buck done, everything is tucked nicely into the garage.  It all went together pretty quick with a lot of help from Ang, Jeremy and Amy but now I am sore all over.  I…

Kit pickup

A lot has happened over the last several weeks.  I got a call right after New Years from FFR letting me know I could pick up my car January 13th if I was interested.  Of course I was!  Because of the timing I decided to delete all…

Placed the order

I finally placed my order today!  After looking at them for a long time I finally broke down and did it.  Two things made it happen today.  The lawsuit with Shelby and the new article in Car and Driver magazine.  The lawsuit has caused lead times…