Considering the A&C

[PNJSNAK]

Paul
You can purchase a lot of the body parts from places like Finishline, Tony Branda and others.
Shell Valley and even Ff5 can sell parts that would work.
I would buy the pedal box and throttle linkage from A&C or Pete as well as exhaust manifold and side pipes. They are designed to work with their body.
Once you decide on inlet and out let locations and possible AN or hose connections with one or two petcocks, you can order it direct from Griffin for less than above.
Steering system you can order a ididit or flaming river tilt column with a couple of knuckles and a piece of steel rod for less.
Wiring can be gotten from Summit, decide on how many circuits and get a painless product.
Or you can buy the same harness direct from American Wiring as they supply.
When you finally get hold of Pete tell him Jim from Ohio said you could get a good deal from him.

[H-Rod]

The parts I got from A&C:
Gas Tank
Pedal Box
Headers
Sidepipes
Gas pedal

I got a flaming river steering column, adapter and radiator from Summit. (Considerably cheaper than what A&C sells all that stuff for)
Leather wrap steering wheel off the Factory Five forum.
Transmission slip yoke and nice wiring harness from Autoplicity.com

Keep an eye on the Factory Five forums.
Guys are ALWAYS selling off stuff.

[Roadster2]

Originally Posted by H-Rod

The parts I got from A&C:
Gas Tank
Pedal Box
Headers
Sidepipes
Gas pedal

I got a flaming river steering column, adapter and radiator from Summit. (Considerably cheaper than what A&C sells all that stuff for)
Leather wrap steering wheel off the Factory Five forum.
Transmission slip yoke and nice wiring harness from Autoplicity.com

Keep an eye on the Factory Five forums.
Guys are ALWAYS selling off stuff.

Thanks for the tips. Nice to know that the FR steering wheel will fit. I look at the FFCars forum and the official FF forum almost daily for good deals.

[saltshaker]

I would also get;
Roll bar
Accelerator linkage mounts to firewall
Windshield
Best seats are steel frame ff5 seats but you will need the door panels from A&C. I bought them blanc and had them covered with the matching vinyl from ff5.
Jon

[H-Rod]

Originally Posted by Roadster2

Thanks for the tips. Nice to know that the FR steering wheel will fit. I look at the FFCars forum and the official FF forum almost daily for good deals.

Well...there is a catch.
The bolt pattern on the leather wrapped FF5 steering wheel WILL NOT fit the flaming river adapter.
Luckily, I have access to a machine shop where I work.
I gave the adapter to our machinist and he surfaced (removed) enough of the adapter to wipe out the threads.
He then used a program to drill and tap the new locations to match the FF5 wheel.

I drew up in Pro-Engineer a file that fits the FF5 wheel.

If you go this route, I can e-mail you the file as a .stp or .dxf file.

[rcobrakit67]

Dont get the side mirrors from A&C i have them and they are not a good quality, i probably wont use them. I bought the tank ,headers, roll bar, sidepipes, and interior from them. Everything else i sorced out myself

[saltshaker]

Get the wing mount mirrors from Breeze you can see everything behind you
Jon

[Roadster2]

Originally Posted by rcobrakit67

Dont get the side mirrors from A&C i have them and they are not a good quality, i probably wont use them. I bought the tank ,headers, roll bar, sidepipes, and interior from them. Everything else i sorced out myself

That is pretty much my conclusion too. With my two FFRs I did all the brake line bending and outsourced brakes in their entirety. I do find that, at least tome, that many of the brackets and installs are a little rougher. The mounting of the pedal box on top of the footbox just cries out for some kind of cover. The roll bar mounting seems a little suspect from a crash protection perspective. Te windshield mounting uses a couple strap metal brackets as opposed to a mount say directly to the cowl hoop. None of these put me off and in fact just challenge me to play and see if I can approve on things.