Factory Five May 4, 2002 Coupe Display
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Sunny and 65 degree weather greeted about 150 folks who attended a small informal open-house event that served as an excuse for local FFR customers to come and check out Gary Cheney's latest creations.
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FFR customers John Bryant and Bob Locuito showed up early A Mark II rolling chassis was on display
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FFR engineers (Jesper, Jim, Gary, Dave Riha) and man of the hour Gary Cheney
At 10:30 am the covers came off a newly build "Home Depot" orange FFR Spec Racer that Gary had built from kit to finished car in just five weeks!
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People begin to crowd around the Cheney built Spec racer A man and his race car
The Spec Racer was brimming with cool custom mods (all legal to the spec rules).  Most people thought the orange and white paint would end up looking horrible, but much to everyone's surprise, it was drop dead gorgeous.
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Spec Racer
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Spec Racer Cockpit
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Cheney shared tips with anyone who would listen

The big "unveiling" occurred at 11:30 am (30 minutes early).  As the coupe was uncovered, people flocked around the car and marveled at the cool features like automatic door poppers, carbon lined doors and custom aluminum work.
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Unveiling of Coupe by 1 minute intervals
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Crowds around car
The Coupe will be at FFR for the next week and a half and then occupy a spot at the 2002 Carlisle kit car show in Carlisle, PA in a few weeks.
Coupe Close-up details:
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Food, refreshments and some plant tours rounded out a great half day event at the factory.  Most folks, who asked, were treated to sneak peeks of the new FFR SuperCar, aluminum body roadster, and CE edition roadster (more on this later...).
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FFR Mark II car Showroom
Plant tours and a chance to meet with other FFR customers made the event really worthwhile.
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Plant tours - chassis assembly Plant tours - Staging area
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Plant tour - packaging Plant tour - kits in production and Finished Goods
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Plant tour - Chassis Assembly

 

David Smith