My FFR GTM is nearly complete! Pics inside....

[David Borden]

Thought some of you might be interested in seeing the Factory Five GTM Im nearly complete with.

Its been a pretty big project and will have taken nearly 1500 hours to complete over the last 1.5 years. The car was one of the few "beta" cars sent out, and was the first car delivered to CA where I live.

In summary, we started out with this:



Many weekends, and LOTS of help from good friends Dan Pellow, Russ Thompson and Tracy Work, and we got to this point a few weeks ago:

Shots of the car in front of the FFR trailer during the Knotts Berry Farm Show.











While the car isn’t 100% complete, we only have a few details to work out and are almost there!

Here's a quick video that will give you an idea how the car sounds with the custom Kooks Exhaust created by Ron Richmond:

www.gtmbuild.com/galleries/videos/kooks-exhaust2.wmv

Heres a link to a video of my drive down to Huntington Beach in FFR's LS7 powered GTM the weekend of the show:

www.gtmbuild.com/galleries/videos/knotts-gtm-ls7.wmv

If you're interested in seeing the photo gallery of my build, go here:
www.gtmbuild.com/galleries/gtm_build/index.htm

The build log is located here:
www.ffcobra.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php/ubb/get_topic/f/35/t/000256/p/1.html

Let me know if you have questions...

David

[David Borden]

Thanks Guys.. appreciate the comments!

Kiwi, the lights are Hella. Not sure what they cost, as they came with the kit, but suspect you would be able to find them on their web site www.hella.com or through a google search.

I can try and see if I have a box with a number on it if you like.

David

[David Borden]

CorseChris said:

Stunning car.
..edit to add, I didn't spot the 'car not completed yet' so hopefully, providing a cold air inlet is on the list

Thanks... and yep, we just ran out of time before the show. Agreed, as is, its not a good solution for sure. Already have a plan for a cold air intake and we'll get to it once the car's on the road.

David

[David Borden]

Well, there you go in the lights... Let me know if you still need a part number. Seems like you may be all set. Let me know otherwise



David

[David Borden]

SimonV8ster said:

Thats a fabulous looking car !!

No mention of price though (or shouldn't I ask ??!!)

Cost to build the car was right around $50K US and about 1500ish hours labor, including tearing down the C5 I used for parts. This also included a fair amount of custom work on the car.

I know a number of FFR cobras have been brought into EU, but not sure if any of the GTM's have shipped to that area of the world. The kit has only been available for about 1.5 years, and as of yet, has not been advertised.

Cheers!
David

[David Borden]

Hey All.... Just wanted to let you know Ive finally gotten the GTM on the road!

So far about 500 miles on her and its been a blast. Here's a short video of me driving the car up in the Northern CA Gold Country.

(right click and save target as) download and save to your computer for smooth playback.
http://www.gtmbuild.com/galleries/videos/gtm_run.w...

Hope you enjoy!
David

[David Borden]

All,

Its been a while since posting, but just completed a couple videos for your viewing pleasure.

First is a short video of me autocrossing the GTM.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwLBXZgeTs0

The second, is of track footage of the two factory GTMs at Pheonix International Raceway. The black car has a stock G50-01 with a stock LS6, the red car has a stock LS7, with a GT2 transaxle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dsRe3sGiAE

Let me know what you think...

David