FFR's perky butt keeping it down?

[FFRBob]

There are still some quality control issues that FFR needs to work out. I have a Mark 3 and there are several problems that I had when building the car. The door striker mounts don't line up with the door latches. I ended up cutting the mounts off and bolting new ones on. The perky butt now drives me nuts after seeing other replicas. The nose aluminum doesn't fit for garbage. The under door aluminum was completely useless, but they've fixed it since and offered to sell me a piece that works for $60. Forget that. The pre-drilled quick jack holes in the front were drilled too low which causes the whole body to stick up a bit on the driver side. The hood scope still isn't centered or straight on the hood. Lowering the steering shaft 1/2" would make installing a brake booster a lot easier. I would love to see a toploader transmission mount option, I had to fabricate an intermediary mount to make it work. The sidepipe mounts that attach to the hangers always end up cracking at the weld. There is not enough adjustment in the door hinge assemblies to get them to line up well, I had to open up the elongated holes to make them work. All of these things are simple fixes, yet continue to be ignored and that drives me nuts.

On the upside, I built a big-block FFR for around $40k that turned out very nice. I get all kinds of complements everywhere I go. Since it uses Mustang suspension and brake parts, maintenance and repairs are easy and inexpensive. The frame is nice and stout, so I feel reasonably safe in the car and that's probably the most important feature. The body work wasn't really all that bad. If I could actually afford to do it again, I don't know that I'd choose FFR, though. The Hurricanes look really nice and I'd take a long hard look at their product.

I know I got off topic a little, but I had to say my peace. I feel better now, thanks for letting me rant

The car wasn't quite done when I took this picture. It's farther along now, with just a few minor things to finish. I've had too much fun driving it to work on it. Excuse the messy garage: