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2012 Carlisle Imports & Replicas Show Report
May 21st, 2012This year’s Carlisle Imports & Replicas Show featured perfect weather and lots of great people. The full FFR line-up was on hand including customer Tim D.’s 347-powered Mk4 Roadster and [...]
Factory Five Racing Parts Catalog Upgrade
May 18th, 2012Here’s a sneak peak of the updated FFR parts catalog. You may have noticed the last few days we’ve been having some technical problems with our parts catalog. We apologize [...]
Factory Five Wins AHA Good Manufacturing Award
May 18th, 2012We’ve been attending the west coast’s largest handbuilt automotive show since 1996. The AHA (Association of Handbuilt Automobiles) hosts hundreds of customs at their annual show in Pomona, CA. In [...]
Huntington Beach Cruise-In Video Collection!
May 18th, 2012The 2012 Huntington Beach Cruise-In was an exceptional customer event and a ton of fun. Factory Five video pro Greg Hoy put together 11 short videos to give you an [...]
Factory Five Customer Mike from AZ Reaches 62,000 Miles
May 15th, 2012We received an e-mail from long time customer Mike C. from Arizona who reports he has recently hit 62,000 miles on his Factory Five Roadster. Having received FFR 2290K in [...]
Factory Five Celebrates Car Warriors and MuscleCar TV Episodes with Special Sale – 10 Cars Only!
May 15th, 2012Factory Five goes Hollywood with all-new cable TV specials. Watch episodes of MuscleCar TV and Speed Channel’s Car Warriors. We’re celebrating with a very special offer! On Car Warriors, two [...]
New England Subaru at AJW Performance and Factory Five
May 14th, 2012Last Saturday the crew at Factory Five got a chance to rub elbows with New England Subaru owners at AJW Performance’s Spring event. The day was big fun with perfect [...]
Automotive Icon Carroll Shelby Dies at 89
May 14th, 2012Last Friday morning I learned of the passing of Carroll Shelby. I immediately posted the news to our Factory Five Forums and community. For the first time in a long [...]
818 Update and Subaru Event Tomorrow, May 12, 2012
May 11th, 2012Hey guys, Obviously apologies for my long absence. Business at Factory Five has been booming and progress on the 818 has been steady. I decided a while ago to pull [...]
Factory Five Supports SEMA-Washington, DC Rally
May 11th, 2012Factory Five Racing, along with SEMA member companies like Autometer Gauges, Banks Engineering, Cooker Tires, and others, gathered this week in our nation’s capital to represent pending legislation to our [...]
Factory Five Customer Joe K. Stops by From Brewster
May 11th, 2012Every day is an interesting one here at Factory Five because you never know who will stop by and what they will be driving. Today, for example, Factory Five customer [...]
Factory Five GTM wins Green Grand Prix 2nd Year in a Row!
May 9th, 2012Simon Hauger and His West Philly HS Team Win with 100+ MPG Run I received more good news from Simon Hauger and his team of students running a modified GTM [...]
GoodGuys Gazette June 2012 Issue Features Factory Five Customer Wins
May 9th, 2012Factory Five customers have been going to GoodGuys shows more and more over the years and with that, Factory Fives are winning more awards at both the car show and [...]
FFR Challenge Series Race Report – Summint Point April 2012
May 7th, 2012Reported by FFR customer John George The FFR challenge cars were at Summit Point, WV for the second east coast race of the season this past weekend. In attendance were [...]
Factory Five Customer John Millette’s Brand New Mk4 Roadster
May 4th, 2012Factory Five Racing John Millette was impressed with FFR President Dave Smith’s Mk4 Roadster, so he set about to build a similar one for street use. John sought out pro-builder [...]
Studio Photos of Nate Johnson’s ’33 Hot Rod
May 2nd, 2012Factory Five Racing Operations Manager Nate Johnson built this ’33 Hot Rod for his dad. The car is powered by a fuel-injected Ford Racing 302 GT-40 engine producing 340 HP. [...]
2012 Factory Five Huntington Beach Cruise-In is Huge Success
May 1st, 2012The Factory Five community was on full display at the Huntington Beach Pier last weekend at the 2012 Factory Five Huntington Beach Cruise-In event. The day was a huge success [...]
Honey Badger Delivers GTM to Customer Ben S.
April 25th, 2012Factory Five’s Scott “Honey Badger” Bell is on his way across the country, heading towards Huntington Beach in the Factory Five big rig…and along the way, he is delivering a [...]
Join Us in 2012 at an Event Near You
April 24th, 2012Factory Five Racing 2012 Show & Event Schedule It’s hard to believe that 2012 is already under way. Guys have been asking us about dates for annual events like our [...]
Busy Weekend for Factory Five
April 24th, 2012East coast or west coast, we’ve got you covered. It’s going to be a busy weekend for Factory Five fans on both coasts. East Coast: On Saturday, April 28th, we [...]
The Rays Get Ready to Cruise the Island
April 18th, 2012This morning, we were paid a visit from Richard and Travis who just finished getting their Mk3.1 Roadster registered. Since they live on Nantucket, they trailered the car over on [...]
Factory Five GTM Shines at Essen
April 18th, 2012Kissling Motorsport in Germany recently built a Factory Five GTM and took it to the Essen Motorshow where it was on display in the Hammink Performance booth for the nine [...]
Customer Joe M. Nears Completion of GTM
April 17th, 2012“Don’t worry,” said Joe, “this GTM isn’t going to be a trailer queen.” Factory Five customer Joe M. is getting close to finishing up his build of a Gen 2 [...]
RodAuthority.com Covers GoodGuys Del Mar
April 10th, 2012Factory Five Customer Erik H. Wins Autocross Compeition The website RodAuthority.com has excellent coverage of the 2012 Del Mar GoodGuys Show held a week or so ago. Above, customer Erik [...]
Customer Henry R.’s Vintage ’33 Flathead
April 10th, 2012Henry Renaud has been an active member of the Factory Five community for 10 years. His latest build is a Factory Five ’33 Hot Rod that earned Top 10 honors [...]