Posted on March 26, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Tim Suddard and his staff at Grassroots Motorsports Magazine have documented the build of their Factory Five 818S street car in pages of the magazine. This month is chapter 3 of "Some Assembly Required". Click on the links below to read the articles, or better yet, visit www.grassrootsmotorsports.com to sign-up…Read More
Posted on March 24, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The newest Factory Five, the 818 Sports Car, entered production 8 months ago in June 2013 and we've shipped over 160 units so far! The car has received a good amount of attention in the press and with customers. This past week, Autoweek and Autoblog magazine put out features on…Read More
Posted on March 24, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Veteran industry writer Steve Temple visited Factory Five and photographed customer Bill F.'s beautiful twin turbo GTM for "Vette Magazine". Bill's car was built by the crew at SKJ Customs in St. George, UT, and to our knowledge, it is the highest horsepower GTM ever built. Bill's GTM headlined…Read More
Posted on March 19, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
In a few weeks, an all-women team of industry professionals will be building a Factory Five Mk4 Roadster on PowerNation. We can't leak all the details since the show will air in May, but we can show you that the girls won't be going light on horsepower! The crew at…Read More
Posted on March 19, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Henry Renaud has built a bunch of Factory Fives. He's built a GTM and a Mk3 that were featured in magazines and he's currently building an 818 that we're sure will be a stunner! Henry's been a central figure in the FFR community for more than 10 years! Henry has…Read More
Posted on March 11, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
World-record setting pilot Barrington Irving was the youngest and the first African-American pilot to fly solo around the world. Barrington's charity organization named "Experience Aviation" teaches under-privileged inner-city youth valuable skills and self-confidence. The Factory Five GTM was their first automotive project and the car has a rematch race against…Read More
Posted on March 4, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Erik (right) attended last year's Factory Five Open House. We grabbed this photo of him with Sally (left) and Tony (middle). Erik Hansen runs a company called 33 Machine (moonlights from his day job). He sponsored the Factory Five Huntington Beach for the past few years, and has built an…Read More
Posted on March 4, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
This weekend, Willie B from Two Guys Garage visits the Factory Five Build School at Mott Community College. The episode airs on Saturday, March 8th at 6:00 AM and on Sunday, March 9 at 9:00 AM (EST) on the Great American Country cable network. You can also watch the full…Read More
Posted on March 3, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The Factory Five booth featured our Mk4 Roadster, 818S Sports Car, Type 65 Coupe, and '33 Hot Rod. The 2014 show season officially started this past weekend as the Factory Five road show headed to Springfield, MA for Frank Maratta's Custom Auto Show and Race-A-Rama. Factory Five tech guys Tony…Read More
