Right Materials, Made Right

The frame is designed right, made with the right materials, and manufactured in a way that assures quality and safety.  The Factory Five Type 65 Coupe is made in the same facility and by the same people who make the roadster chassis parts.  We’ve successfully built over 6,000 roadster frames and over 350 Coupe frames.  Let’s take a hard look at HOW we have accomplished this. 

Materials:

To make a better frame you need to start with better materials.  In the Coupe, like the roadster, we use certified materials.  Plate steel is type A-36.  All round tubing is 1018-1020 DOM (drawn over mandrel).  Higher quality steel is easier to weld, stronger, and comes in tighter tolerances.

We’ve taken important steps to make sure that each frame is made right.  We use complex computer-designed frame jigs to weld each frame and ensure consistency and fitment. 

In addition to accurate tooling, we have developed in-house manufacturing controls to help maintain quality, reproducibility and reliability.  For example, our welders all use the same MillermaticÔ 250 MIG welding machines. By keeping our equipment and settings standardized we can maintain better weld consistency. 

We perform regular cross-training on manufacturing team members and our crew has established QC procedures to make sure each frame, component or assembly is done right. Before your frame goes to chassis assembly it has already passed three separate Quality Control inspections.