The Virginia Muscle Car

(Building a Factory Five Daytona Kit Car)

Once I found out Shelby had made a Coupe (Bob mentioned this) and a kit version was available from Factory Five (FF) , I considered building one. During lunch hours at work, Bob and I would discussed the pros and cons of this kit as well as our previous VA muscle cars. I then started to take a closer look at the details of this kit, from an engineer's point of view (I have an Engineering Degree). There are other kits but the cost/performance ratio made this kit look good to me, personally. In addition, Shelby must think Factory Five makes a good kit; so much so that he had to gone to court twice to sue FF for infringement rights, but has failed both times. So in June of 2009, I had a confirmed order and in several months finished building a garage (somewhere to build the kit and also house my wife's car). The pieces started arriving by truck in January and they are in my new garage now. I am organizing and taking inventory of the things I need and developing a schedule (all subject to change as family things arise). Over the next few months I will provide Bob with pictures of my progress and he will make them available on my WEBpage; so stay turned. ~George

(Kit as delivered)

I am expecting my car/engine to sound like (turn your speakers up) the car
in the below link with the same roller Comp Cam XE274HR, lifters, and rocker arms:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3H372UQIcQ

George's Links

George's cars of yesterday: george previous cars