Thread: tour of Factory 5

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Ouch!
Yeah, its been parked now for about three years.
I really should get it out and play with it, but, I dunno how it is, other things seem to happen...

Originally Posted by mrmustang

Yes, their annual open house, I used to be famous there for my pranking of Dave Smith before the FIA came out. One year I had roughly 200+ people with signs on their windshields "Dave, where is MrMustangs 289FIA", another year I filled his office (pre-Easter) with stuffed rabbits (then donated to a Childrens hospital) as a warning from "Da Bunnies" (inside joke).
He has not yet let me live down the fact I did not buy the 1st one.....

Bill S.

HMMmmm.. could be a good sign attached to my hat? Might get a rise outta him!?!?

Originally Posted by 34_40

HMMmmm.. could be a good sign attached to my hat? Might get a rise outta him!?!?

It won't get a rise out of him, but it will get a well deserved chuckle from him I am certain.

Bill S.

Originally Posted by johnboy

Ours is not FFR; it's a New Zealand kit by Graham Berry, build No. 64, so it's one of his very early ones, and has been on the road better than twenty years.

I am familiar with Graham, he assisted a very good friend a few years back who was racing in NZ. Heck of an engineer and fabricator, with a world wide reputation to back it up.

Bill S.

Originally Posted by mrmustang

I am familiar with Graham, he assisted a very good friend a few years back who was racing in NZ. Heck of an engineer and fabricator, with a world wide reputation to back it up.

Bill S.

As you say: a very clever engineer and fabricator.
But a world-wide reputation?
I hadn't realised that!
To us he's just Graham...