Posted on June 29, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
John Returns from Road Trip to Florida in Mk3 Factory Five's Rick Masters and customer John Pettersen catch up after John's road trip. Factory Five customer John Pettersen has just returned to Massachusetts from a trip to Florida that saw him reach the 15,000 mile mark on his Mk3 Roadster.…Read More
Posted on June 27, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Cars Arrive Back Home in Wareham from London C-Car Show Every time I forget what a cool job I have, I walk around the building and take some pictures with my cell phone camera. I swear more things happen on a daily basis here. This morning, the truck arrived from…Read More
Posted on June 25, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
$100,000 Raised for Cystic Fibrosis and Perfect Weather Greets Show Participants! Huge news to report this year from the annual London, Ohio C-car Show! The weather was great, the crowd was huge, and the number of replicas in attendance was about 200! The biggest news of the show was that…Read More
Posted on June 24, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Fives Run in 3 Hour Enduro and Keep Things Close in FFR-NASA Challenge Series Race Last weekend, 10 Factory Five Challenge Series racers hit the track at Road Atlanta. Friday was a practice day and two Challenge Cars were also driven in a 3 hour enduro which saw Scott…Read More
Posted on June 23, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Bill Wins Best in Show - GTM and Most Innovative Improvement At the 14th Annual Open House, Factory Five customer Bill Noeth brought his GTM to the show and ended up walking with an award for each hand. Bill's car was awarded Best in Show - GTM and Most Innovative…Read More
Posted on June 21, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Best Auto-Related Father's Day Gifts and Best DIY We have to say thanks to the cool guys at Jalopnik.com for highlighting our cars twice recently. In their post "Ten outrageous Auto-Themed Father's Day Gifts," the Factory Five Mk4 Roadster was recommended as on of ten gifts for dad that are…Read More
Posted on June 20, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Best in Show Winning Mk4 Roadster Build Profiled Factory Five customer John Takvorian built his Mk4 Roadster with the help of Ron Everitt. They picked the Roadster kit up in January, put the last few tweaks and touches on June 10th, and brought the completed car to the Factory Five…Read More
Posted on June 19, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Highlights from the Event with More to Come We put together a short music video of last weekend's Factory Five Open House with clips of the cars arriving, the lines for some hot dogs, the busy scratch and dent sale, warehouse tour, and of course, the car show. Check the…Read More
Posted on June 18, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
All of New England is going crazy celebrating the game 7 Boston Bruins Stanley Cup victory! At the same time, we would like to take this opportunity to send our very best regards to all of our Canadian customers and congratulate the Vancouver Canucks on a great season and a…Read More
Posted on June 17, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Stunning Customer Built Roadster Hits the Road This is the second of two cars that I noticed on The Factory Five Forum (if you're not a member, you can follow the link and join up and become a member for free), and customer ThreePointTwo (call tag on the forum) built…Read More
Posted on June 16, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Wins 2nd Place at Honda Research & Development - Ohio Center Car Show I read about Scott's car on The Factory Five Forum (if you're not a member, you can follow the link and join up and become a member for free), and wanted to share it with you guys.…Read More
Posted on June 15, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
How the Auto Industry Ended Our Family Craft and Resurrected It 100 Years Later I received this nice letter from Eric K. from Hadlyme, CT. Eric was at the 2011 Open House this past weekend and mentioned the story that I told about my great grandfather, so I figured that…Read More
Posted on June 14, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Wild Weather Challenges Hardcore Factory Five Faithful The 2011 Factory Five Racing Open House will be remembered for being the first Open House in 14 years to be held in the rain. Despite the drizzle, over 50 Factory Five customers drove their cars to the Saturday event and an estimated…Read More
Posted on June 13, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Chris Canning from Component Cars Australia Visits FFR Factory Five President Dave Smith and exclusive Australian Distributor Chris Canning Chris Canning from Component Cars Australia, our new exclusive distributor in Australia, visited the facility to check on his shipment of four Factory Fives heading down under. We took the chance…Read More
Posted on June 12, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Award Presented at Open House by Customer Randy Jones and FFR President Dave Smith Factory Five customer and Challenge Series racer Dr. Karen Salvaggio earned this year's Robert Feddersen Award for her contribution to the Factory Five community, her kindness and fellowship, and her huge contributions to FFR customers. Here's…Read More
Posted on June 11, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five Crew Back to Full Speed After 14th Annual Open House I walked around this morning and was amazed how fast the crew was able to put things back together and get back into full-speed production following our big Open House event. Mad Dog is plowing through over 500…Read More
Posted on June 10, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Award Winners for Factory Five-Grassroots Motorsports Contest We are proud to announce the winners of the Factory Five Racing-Grassroots Motorsports 818 Design Competition. We would like to thank all of the entries and the judges were extremely impressed with the quality of all the submissions. We would also like to…Read More
Posted on June 9, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Showroom Final Prep, Made in the U.S.A. Showroom is ready for Open House...what's under the cover? We've made some significant upgrades to the building and showroom in preparation for your 14th annual Open House. We saved the best for last, hanging our United States Flag in our showroom. Dave Smith…Read More
Posted on June 9, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Customers from Texas, Alabama, and Missouri Meet Up with Kentucky C-Car Club En Route to Wareham The Kentucky C-Car club hosted a group of Factory Five guys on a long distance trip to Wareham, Massachusetts for the 2011 Factory Five Open House. Click here to read the whole story on…Read More
Posted on June 8, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Stunning Black Mk3 Roadster Details and Photos Factory Five customer Charles Roybal posted photos of his completed Mk3 Roadster on The Factory Five Forum. They were so cool, I asked Mad Dog to post them here. Charles writes: "I received my Mk3 on 10-19-04....that day I regressed to being a…Read More
