It's Finally Here!

The Roadster was supposed to arrive several weeks ago.  But of course a winter storm clobbered the east coast just in time for the kit to be delivered from Wareham, Massachusetts to Peachtree City, Georgia.  The kit was supposed to arrive before I left for Christmas in Salina, but the storm delayed the delivery date until the day after I left.  I made arrangements for a friend in town (thanks Todd) to be here for the delivery.  Todd helped Gary from Stewart Transportation unload and took a few shots.  The picture of the man with the grey beard is Gary, not Todd.  When I arrived back in town today I took pictures for the record before I moved or organized anything.  I was surprised by how few boxes there were, but as I began itemizing everthing I realized that most of the large pieces (roll bars, side pipes, windshield, radiator, several independent rear suspension components, etc...) are arriving separately.  What this means is that there should be a steady stream of delivery trucks out in front of the house for the next few weeks, and I'll need to organize the garage more.

Garage is now ready for car parts

Well i've been working on the garage for the past couple of weeks in my free time, and.....it's now organized and ready for car parts to arrive.  It took a little time because I had to find new homes for everything that had been living in the third car garage.  I don't have a picture, but now our main garage is incredibly organized too.

Welcome

Hello all,

Welcome to the newly created site to document the build process of a new Factory Five Racing Mk3.1 Roadster.  Brad and I have already spent countless hours on the phone discussing the pros and cons of every possible option, thoughts for modifications and any bits of information learned from the greater community of FFR Roadster builders.  As the owner of the car, Brad has been kind enough to ask my opinion along the way.  And although Brad makes the final decisions, I have to say that I have agreed with almost everything so far.  The only item I wasn't too sure about was the color scheme he was trying to describe.  After all, who's ever heard of Candy Brandywine?  I was wrong.  As you see from this photo Brad found of another FFR Roadster, Candy Brandywine is beautiful.

I have chosen to label the site "Team Daily" because I am sure that at some point, every member of the family will lend a hand in one way or another.  My hope is to keep this site as up to date with progress descriptions and photographs as time will allow.  Step 1 is already in progress, as I am currently cleaning out and setting up my third car garage in preparation for delivery of the initial car parts in mid December.

More to come . . .