FactoryFive MK4 Complete Build Timelapse

[@Hoodamax]

Thank you. This video put into perspective how much I need to step up my game. I'm 2 years into my build, and if I maintain my current pace I'll be driving it in about 37 years.

[@danoc51]

This brings back the pain endured for three years while building a ground-up '34 coupe. Thanks. Seriously, this dissuades me from getting a kit car. At 69 yo, I no longer want pretzelize my body in order to stick my head under the dash. And the realization that life is getting shorter makes me want to get something already built. But I applaud anyone who does it this way...you'll know everything about your car. Not many of us can say that.

[@johnallred3124]

Great video and great project. But I so would’ve loved a live action video of the startup & drive away at the end.

[@shaneapowell]

Dang.. great idea!!! Might have to add a video link .

[@mbda1]

@@shaneapowell you should with the music you picked to end it!

[@Toadster88]

that's great that you captured all this! glad to see things like 'should have got the powder coated chassis' comments :) that finalized it for me!

[@Wdevries]

Fan-tastic!!! Great to see the entire process. Love to build one myself one day.

[@danoc51]

A very nice musical accompaniment! Bravo!!!

[@silentstormstudios]

This was very impressive, you did an amazing job. I know that FFR's slogan is "Built, not bought", but after watching this, I think my slogan is "bought, not built". I just can't imagine having this kind of time or energy!

[@geraldgean2834]

Great video. I couldn't imagine counting all of the beers that must have been " used" in the build. Good on you for documenting this immense undertaking. You will undoubtedly look back on this in your later years and wonder if you could do it again. I know I have. Enjoy the memories. BTW, do you have a cost total? Inquiring minds need to know.

[@suzintru1]

Great vid. The final shoot should have been you driving it off into the sunset. Would love to hear that engine roar.

[@mikeriv60]

Hats off to you and your helpers. Great job. !!!

[@nathanwood7660]

Great video. Love the car, hopefully one day I can build one just like it.

[@thomaslewis7883]

A bulletproof coating that looks really cool is "Steel -IT." You can weld right to the paint.

[@TechMechRandom]

Everything seems fine for me up until the body work. Looking at that process makes me fearful since I have never down anything like it before. I think it is awesome you did everything yourself!

[@michaelwilliamson6036]

What an effort. Enjoy your car mate. Looks awesome

[@mitzanodeparetzack2198]

excellent job, very well done !!!!! Enjoy it now !

[@hazelcadenhead858]

Looks like you were pretty expert at the paint and prep

[@carlosd.atkinson4832]

Thanks for sharing!

[@josephsimontacchi2285]

Really nice. I would have had a cardiac event somewhere around rime date 20:00

[@alexbergeron9038]

wow, nice work! pardon me but where the hell is a video of it driving?!? Beautiful job. Loved the startup video too. Sounds perfect!

[@shaneapowell]

You're not the first person to tell me I need a "driving" video.. I really do need to do that!! Thanks for the props. :)

[@justinmostek3898]

@@shaneapowell

[@im_not_that_guy2743]

This is my dream car

[@dr.zippymcscoots8725]

There should be a running $$ counter going onscreen too. Thing wasnt cheap.

[@projector7141]

Nice

[@jpdj2715]

Congratulations. Incredible job. Great result. Thanks for the sound that was music to my ears. Did you hang a security camera type of thing to shoot photos at some interval based on a motion sensor? It seemed like that. However you did it, it looked good, btw. And, considering the time stamps in all the images, did you add up all the hours recorded there? I thought the idea to start driving it when road legal (in gel coat) was a great idea. It would have been difficult, I guess, motivationally, to keep working for about 4 years without driving that car. Oh, I missed one music instrument in the final finale ...

[@shaneapowell]

Thanks! Was a total blast to build. The footage is all from my in-garage security camera. You can see the transition in the video when I switched to a newer model. I just had my server setup with a simple cron job to pull an image from the security camera every 15 seconds. Then, just a matter of building the final video from the few thousand images. Not too hard. oh and.. driving in gelcoat was a smart move.. helped me find a few small issues and tweaks along the way before final paint.

[@markzimmerman7279]

@@shaneapowell I would have liked to see a good close up go around of it after completion and heard it run

[@rileyscammahorn3586]

Excellent job! My only question is what was wrong with the body that required all of that body work? I thought the body that Factory 5 provides is supposed to be pristine. I'm just a collision repair student and I want to learn as much as I can. Thank you👍🏻

[@shaneapowell]

I don't think there is anything wrong with the body... if anything.. it's simply my not knowing "how far" to take any given sanding step. I'm sure that body-work experts would have hammered it out in a fraction the time. I simply didn't want to "not go far enough", which I'm sure resulted in my "going a bit too far".

[@rileyscammahorn3586]

@@shaneapowell Ah. That makes sense. Thank you!

[@psulse]

I have but one question. What took you so long? Love it.... can't wait to do mine!

[@Mocking69]

秀樹感激Goodです=3

[@frankp1963]

Wow, thanks for the video, I have been wanting to this for years, how was F5 during and after the sale, were they helpful and accessible to you for questions? Thanks again for sharing!

[@FranciscoGalicia]

Awesome. Can you tell .e how much you spent in the car? Th aks

[@zhantutomaster6705]

I really want to know if the factory five kit includes literraly evrything (except engine)

[@shaneapowell]

The full kit does.. everything except Engine and Trans I think. I got the base kit. Sourced all the extra stuff myself. Which, was almost 1/2 the fun.

[@florencekartini6544]

Shane Powell as long as the engine fit the frame kit, does it mean that i can use any engine from any brand (Toyota, Honda, Ford, etc) on this kit?

[@shaneapowell]

@@florencekartini6544 Pretty much .. yeah. You'll have to make some modifications along the way, and the driveshaft length could be an issue, but no reason you couldn't get nearly anything under that hood.

[@shoglev]

Смотрю после Ильдара....!

[@romanbarss]

У Эльдара что то заглохло с кузовом. Уже более 2х месяцев тишина даже от ребят, которым он отдал машину заниматься кузовом.

[@cupcakesansfrontier]

What did you use for the chassis coating?

[@shaneapowell]

It was just Rustoleum paint. It was the 1 thing I did wrong. Though, I think the paint itself is actually fine. I also used it on the rear axle and fuel tank. The paint on those is holding up perfectly! The difference is I used the Rustoleum primer on the chassis. For some reason, the black paint more easily chips off of the primer than it does on the bare metal. In Hind-Site.. I should have powder coated it.

[@abdelrahmanalkhawas9092]

just out of curiosity, what kind of experience did you have? im thinking of building the 818 but im not sure whether i have the experience to do it.

[@shaneapowell]

I've been wrenching on cars all my life. I'm no where near a expert, but pretty knowledgeable. Rebuilt motors and Trans, built a dirt track race car. Fabricated a Supercharger for my Impreza. IMO, anybody confident enough to take a "ready to run" motor, trans, rear end, and brakes,... assemble those parts, install them, and make all necessary tweaks and adjustments along the way, should have the skills to build a F5.

[@ТТТТ-ю3э]

👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@sstace69]

No beauty shots at the end? 😭😭

[@shaneapowell]

Quite the fail on my part. thefactoryfiveforum.com/showthread.php?35188-March-2020-POM-WINNER%21

[@sstace69]

@@shaneapowell a minor fail lol. Was very fun to watch though.

[@cobra281985]

What kind of motor?

[@shaneapowell]

302 from a '99 explorer.

[@stizandelasage]

it's not safe to crash

[@silentstormstudios]

Is it ever?

[@ignaciopenalver]

Then don´t crash

[@stizandelasage]

@@ignaciopenalver that's the joke ha ha ha haaaa

[@harveynailbanger]

Are you a crash dummy? Then dont crash...

[@gm3353]

dash took about 30% of the time lol