The Shuffleton Factory Five Racing Cobra Website

December 7
Well, I got tired of waiting for Factory Five to add me to their list of customers. I was sent a note August this year saying if I wanted to be on their Links to FFR Customers I would have to modify all the text on my site so it no longer says Cobra and Ford and other legal stuff. Well I made the changes and I've sent a few notes asking when it will be updated. No responses. So I'm back to normal. I think it reads better and I guess I make the effort to do the work and they don't do as they said, I'm going back to the way I like it.

Now on the fun side ...
We ordered a removable hard top from APE. It showed up a few weeks ago and looks great! I've actually started on a second project and I'm heavily into it right now, but I hope to unpack the top, Nope, haven't even done that yet, and see how she looks soon. I've got a few parts sitting around to be installed on her. We thought we would wait until the cold weather sets in before we start, which it has done very nicely! On the list of to do:
1)Check all bolts for tightness
2)Close off engine bay
3)Fix gas Gauge
4)Fix heater core hoses
5)Fix Shifter
6)install Hard top
7)Install Oil cooler
8)Install new heater ducts

1) Good idea since it's finally got 1000 miles on her, I was fortunate enough to be driving her at the mark!
2) The heat coming from the engine bay follows along the body beside the foot wells and comes in full force by the door hinges. Hope to put some spray foam or something in there to block it off.
3)Last time I installed the dash I hooked up the wrong wire to the gas gauge and does not work
4)heater hoses are under a little stress because they are a little short. I would like to give them a little more slack.
5)While driving her around one day Dad lost 2nd and 4th. the shifter stop fell out and was pushing the stop forward keeping her out of those gears. I need to get in there and replace the nut and lock tight it this time.
6)Top must be test fit and painted
7)Ordered a oil cooler from www.cobraaccessories.com, She was running a little hot in the Virginia Sun
8)The heater does really nothing because all the vents are covered up with stuff. We are going to make some ducts to install so we can get them to a more useful location.

That's about it for now. I hope to have updates more frequently during the cold months!