Posted on August 23, 2023 by Nicole Smith in What's New
The MkIV Roadster Report “We all love this iconic car. It will turn heads at breaking speed, and bring smiles and thumbs up signs where ever it may go. I guarantee that people will walk up to you and want to know all about your car. I said to myself,…Read More
Posted on August 17, 2023 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The newest Factory Five is picking up speed as Stewart Transport has loaded truck number 006 heading out to the crew from Devil Mountain Diesels in northern California. Production is now at one chassis per week, and we are excited to see customer builds and complete trucks out there. (Left…Read More
Posted on August 15, 2023 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Congratulations to Jim F. (@jimfil61B on the forum) from Thunder Bay, Ontario on winning Picture of the Month on the Factory Five Forum. This photo was taken of his Mk4 Roadster with a cell phone in his backyard mid-afternoon.Read More
Posted on August 10, 2023 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Last night’s St. Jude JAM was another successful year of the program’s ninth Factory Five charity car build to help fundraise for the children at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This year’s Factory Five Roadster went for $125,000! All money raised goes to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This year, Olivia…Read More
Posted on August 9, 2023 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Join us Thursday night, August 17th at Patriot Place for Factory Five Night. And if you can't make that event, you can join us at our headquarters Saturday morning, August 19th for a fun cruise-in! Mass Cruisers' Factory Five Night at Patriot Place, August 17th, Foxboro, MA Every other Thursday…Read More
Posted on August 8, 2023 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Almost 10 years ago, we began supporting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital by donating a kit to the Pilots of FedEx for a charity build. This year was our ninth year and ninth kit donated. The Factory Five Mk4 Roadster built by Mike Bray, Ron Everitt, and their team of…Read More
Posted on August 1, 2023 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Customer Dan V.’s wife surprised him with a birthday photoshoot with their Factory Five MkIV Roadster! Dan let us in on the story behind his beautiful car, and we want to share it with you. “My wife Lori and I, along with our 4 children, Caleb, 24, Jonah, 22, Nathan, 20…Read More
Posted on July 25, 2023 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
UPDATE - Tuesday, 7/25: We have officially rescheduled the Factory Five Cruise-In for August 19th! After being rained out on the original date in June, come join us on Saturday August 19th from 9 am to noon here at Factory Five for a fun cruise-in! The building will be open…Read More
Posted on July 11, 2023 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Customer Dennis W. from Portsmouth, Ohio “wanted to build a Factory Five Roadster since seeing information about the first generation car in Kit Car Magazine when I was in college. I was able to complete the entire car including the bodywork and paint —the part of the project I am…Read More
Posted on July 7, 2023 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Busy day on Friday at Factory Five as we had a Canadian customer Thomas S. pick up his Type 65 Coupe, Ricky Bobby in the warehouse loaded his second (!) Stewart truck of the week, and we've had a good number of tours on the boards. The weather is July…Read More
Posted on July 5, 2023 by Nicole Smith in What's New
With the July 4th holiday behind us we’ve got three days to do five days worth of work! We kick off Wednesday with a Mk4 pickup from Canadian customer Jason P. and his wife Wendy. Jason went with a 4 link suspension, and plans on dropping a 5.0L Coyote engine…Read More
Posted on June 29, 2023 by Nicole Smith in What's New
“The only Factory Five dealer in the UK, Dan Walsh and the team at Tech Autos bring some truly exquisite cars you simply can't find anywhere else. I spent a little while gawking at their Daytona Coupe and Roadster on their stand at their booth." -Chris Kaye Photography @chriskayephotographyRead More
Posted on June 29, 2023 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Factory Five Extreme Truck #002 is ready for shipping to customer Johnny K. from Long Island, New York. Johnny is building a race truck with a supercharged Coyote engine, and his build will be featured at the SEMA Show in November. The rest of the composite panels and 6 other…Read More
Posted on June 22, 2023 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Car and Driver Senior Editor Ezra Dyer let the world know about our new XTF Pre-Runner Truck kit on Car and Driver's website under the news section. Click here to read his review. "Bored with all the factory-built Baja trucks out there like the Raptors and TRXs and ZR2s? Well,…Read More
Posted on June 22, 2023 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Matt R. “first dreamed of building a Cobra replica in high school auto-shop class in '79. In '05 I was finally able to purchase a Mk3 and built it using as much of my '95 Mustang GT donor as possible, along with 15" Halibrands, 3 link rear suspension, and 3.55…Read More
Posted on June 16, 2023 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Todd and Lori F. plus Todd’s father-in-law Dave came by to pickup their Stage 1 Hot Rod, and got an awesome picture with the crew! Phil and Rich G. from Western Connecticut picked up their Mk4 Roadster. We love to see father-son builds! Phil came from England and decided this…Read More
Posted on June 8, 2023 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Customer J.Paul sent us these photos of his Factory Five Type 65 Coupe done gratis by pro photographer, Alex Smalley (https://gofastphotography.com) at Mosport. “He said he had to do it!”Read More
Posted on June 1, 2023 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Just another day here at Factory Five Racing! Checkout this reel of the crew working hard and having some fun too. https://youtube.com/shorts/ahQlq86MrEw?feature=shareRead More
Posted on May 25, 2023 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Before purchasing his Factory Five Type 65 Coupe, Rob M. was involved in supercar racing with friends. When he started looking for what would end up being his Type 65 Coupe, one of his racing buddies said he knew of someone who had one sitting at his machine shop. Rob…Read More
Posted on May 23, 2023 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Congratulations to François G. from Baie-Saint-Paul, Canada on graduating your Factory Five Type 65 Coupe. Francois tells his build story and shares details on his gorgeous car below. “Being a CPA by trade, I own a company with my family based in Quebec City. In 2017 my good friend Jeff…Read More
