I figured today was good as any to get this started even though it'll be at least 8 weeks before my kit is ready. My build plan starts out fairly basic with a few personal modifications that'll make it different in some ways.
So starting off, the order was made after my visit and started out with the 427 kit with the following:
- Alum Firewall back of dash that will be powder coated
- Powder coated frame, powder coat will be the same hammered or silver vein used on the coyote build. Will also coat the latch backing plate
- Premium carpet
- Undercoating of the cockpit and trunk tub
- Upgraded aluminum fuel tank
- Upgraded front calipers to Wilwood D154
- Standard brake package for rear axle
- Eaton Detroit Tru-Trac LSD (3.50 Gear ratio)
- Roll bar and Quick Jacks to be chrome
- Roll Bar trim rings
- Wind Wings & Sun Visors
- LED rear tail lights
- Ceramic coated side pipes and headers
- Gauge Package Delete
- Wire Harness, switches, & Indicator Lights Delete
- Mirror Delete
- Shift Lever & Knob Delete
- Seats & Harness Delete
- Will be adding mounting tabs to the frame at specific locations for eye bolt anchors. These will be used for a clip in style safety harness.
- Utilizing a programmable solid state power distribution module with remote switch panel eliminating fuses and relays. Small fuse panel will still be necessary for brake switch and some other items.
- I plan on using the aluminum cobra bucket seats from Ultra Shield pictured below.
- Working on dash layout, preliminary layout pictured below. Gauges will be from Speedhut, but using dual gauge speedo with fuel level, tach, oil pressure, water temp and volts.
- Shift lever which I posted in another thread is the Jordan shifter.
- Planned power is 347 SBF w/ carb from Prestige Motorsports mated to a modified T-5, hydraulic slave for clutch.
- Superlite wheels, 15x10 rear and 15x8 front. Have always liked these wheels and found a good example of a roadster with them bolted on pictured below.
As for color, will be solid color no stripes, started out as race red, then I changed to a solid Porsche non metallic blue from the 60's, but came across HM-1001 pictured below after it was repaired and changed to silver, really liking the stance and look of this one. So it may be silver, but who knows, the color may change again. My side pipe coating as of now is silver, but most likely will change it to black like HM-1001.
Will update when I can as the build progresses and from updates or pics I can get from the guys at Hurricane.