Before I even had time to get breakfast, look what showed up at the door! I didn’t even hear it drive up, but suddenly Josh was (not literally) jumping up and down. Factory Five Racing was here.
What kind of car or truck did Josh choose? Mike is perusing the Factory Five Racing catalog.
The gentlemen are looking on. From left to right, Ed, Josh, and Mike. Ed has built two flying airplanes from kits, and flies his own. Now, he will also build the Factory Five 818S kit. Josh, in the middle, is the cause of all this hullabaloo. He has been wanting to build a car for years, and we have spent several looking at cars and kits, and this one fits our (his) needs. Mike, on the right, works with Ed teaching Aircraft Frame and other such stuff at the Los Angeles Adult School. Mike is also a builder of a kit plane that he flies around in.
This is the special trolley, dolly, moving device specially built to move parts into our garage, or yours if you buy your own kit.
Mark is the good man, the driver, who made the day!
This is the empty nest, awaiting its new occupant.
Mark opens up the back of the 70-foot-long 18-wheeler truck, and the fun begins.
Delivery starts . . .
and continues, with sweat running down . . . (not really, it was cool and the car panels are fiber glass) . . .
And now, the frame and paneled part – the car body – is soon to be born.
The side of the car body, hooked onto the overhead cranes, with a fender packed inside. All the guys had to hold the car steady as the fender was released from its home. It got snagged a bit on something, but Mark, Mike, Josh, Ed, and our neighbor John all got together and held it steady. I supervised, of course.
Mark pulling the magic cart. Or, maybe he was wheeling it back to the truck to get more fun stuff??
Yeppers! The body was delivered to its new home.
Jack stands are placed to hold the framework and body in place. Work will begin soon enough!
16 boxes of parts are offloaded. They need to be accounted for and inventoried individually. The tires are on back order and will arrive later. Seats will be bought, too.
The happy Mr. Josh surveys his kingdom for a moment, doubtless in anticipation of the future.
And now, on to deliver Ed’s 818S.
Ink, Yarn & Beer 
Aw, boy racers 😀
Yep. And fly boys, too, Fraggy. Can’t forget that!
Any guy that has a big racing car truck drive up in front of the house is going to be a neighborhood legend! 🙂
A propos of your title, did the car come with banjo music?
This should keep Josh busy while you paint, sew, and photograph! Should end up a hot looking car. Congratulations!!
Anne, I agree. He has also agreed NOT to make me a kit car widow!
Of course, Kathy! Nothing less than the best!
Kathy – the neighbors have been commenting, and it was a lot of fun to watch them as they went by in their cars or on their morning jaunts. Little boys were some of the best – I totally get it. I loved construction equipment when I was a kid, still do, so a big truck is fun for this old bat as well. 😉
Steve worked for four years for a manufacturer of backhoes. One of his happiest days was when he went out to the proving grounds and got to drive the machines, and dig holes. 🙂
Sounds like something I would like to do!