FWIW, many of us have built FFR products, and have a great deal of faith in Mark Smith's engineering cred. I've built three FFR Roadsters over the years, have been itching to build again, and have been wanting to replace my Prius commuter with something less appliance-like, but also "green". So, when Mark's new TDI-based concept appeared, it was a no-thinker for me. I'm in.
If you haven't seen an FFR build yet, there's probably someone building one in your town, and we are a notoriously friendly bunch, glad to show you our projects, underway or completed. You can visit websites many builders use to post pics of their builds. You'll see the tubular steel frame/laser-cut aluminum sheet/donor-parts construction model Mark is working with here. (UPDATE: I believe Mark's plan for the TDI car will involve fiberglass sandwich panels rather than extensive aluminum, with steel tubing frame components attached to either end of the sawed-off unibody) You can get addys for builders or their websites at
www.ffcobra.com. The picture site for my most-recent FFR build is not the best, but you're welcome to visit it at
http://imageevent.com/jlphil/ffrmarkiiibuild to see some of what I'm trying to describe. The point being that regular motorheads can build this thing, using regular tools and intelligence.
I'm hoping to get a LOT of TDI education from this forum, and help in finding a suitable donor car. Thanks in advance, this will be a blast. John Phillips, Jupiter, FL
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