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Old 03-07-2011, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by am9648 View Post
Rusty,

Log on the the Houston yahoo group.

There you will receive info and experiences we have been through titling our cobras.

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Ok, thanks I put in to join the group and will read over there.

Just want to do all my research before I make the investment jump for one of these. I also dont want to screw up and lose my job cause the State has alot of ways a person can lose their State Inspector license. Better safe than sorry.

Aside from that after getting the kit though I will be seeking opinions of others on which route to go in some areas. Part of me wants to go with a race car inspired style on it but built how I personally would if I was building it today. But with FFR introducing the new glass rear hatch I just havent heard if the coupe will be getting the glass hatch with holes predrilled in the glass to attach it to the frame and give that race car look I could use rivnuts that I have used on my restoration project that looks like oem factory rivets but their actually a bolt. If they glass hatch has a glued on hinge then I might be going another route since I hate those glued brackets, everyone ive had failed. Like wise I dont think a smooth glass rear hatch would go with the race car look I was going for. Then the other part of me also wants to go with a more modern feel as well such as A/C and heat, with maybe carpeted floors since I know all too well first hand painted aluminum will have paint wear issues under your feet. But if I carpet the console then I am unsure how I would blend it into the dash to console panel especially since I planned on a heavily vintage race car feel with chrome toggle switches with a dimable license plate light above the switches to illuminate them at night and some form of text in the aluminum to ID the switches.

Theres also the color issue where I love the lighter Viking Blue with the Wimbeldon White stripes. But I did multiple color palets of the Coupe and I am really liking the 1956 Ford colors of Meadowmist Green with Wimbeldon White racing stripes, Meat balls, and billboard out back with a 1956 Ford color Pine Ridge Green Poly team stripe. Its a mint green color body with a dark hunter green colored team stripe that has a metal flake appearance to it with the silver color added to it. I really like that layout but I also like others. So I got alot of conflicting feels on it that will see me posting alot either here, on the FFCars boards, or even on the Yahoo group when I obtain my kit and start the build.

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