The Best of 1965… and today.

More than ten years ago we began designing the Type 65 Coupe as a pure replica, dedicated to the authenticity and artistry of the original 1965 World Championship Coupes.  The Factory Five Type 65 Coupe captures the look and feel of the original 200 mph GT cars, but with today’s engineering, it is more reliable and performs better.  Today you can build and pilot a car that is almost identical to those driven by guys like Bob Bondurant, Dan Gurney and Ken Miles.  The only difference is that these days, technology has enabled vintage lines to merge with modern comfort and performance.

While the car is a steel and aluminum, wooden steering wheel, fire breathing monster vintage race car, it has benefited from a good amount of refinement and modern engineering.  Like the roadster, we wanted to capture that vintage look and feel, but use modern running gear and enhance comfort and driveability. 

Today Factory Five Coupes have indeed become known as the most authentic and accurate replica, but now the design has grown to encompass a much larger role.  What began as a replica of a track-only race car, has evolved into a chassis kit capable of delivering everything form open-track dominance to daily driver comfort.  Customization has entered the Coupe world and today the Coupe you build is up to you. 

Like our roadster kit, the Coupe kit can be built two ways.  You can buy a base kit that is “donor Mustang capable”, or you can buy the complete kit that gives you just about every nut and bolt you’ll need to build the car (except for engine/trans, wheel/tires, and paint).

The car can be built using original parts, all new parts, or a combination of Mustang donor parts.  The base kit is designed to enable you to use running gear parts from a 1987-1993 Ford Mustang donor car… but the kit you build can use just about any combination of Ford running gear parts.