Posted on May 24, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Celebrating good driving weather with customer John Mackay’s 21st season driving his Roadster. John says his trip to the Olympic Park “is a nice day's drive at just over 300 miles.” In regards to his car he says, “using coil-overs and 6-piston Baer brake calipers in all four corners as…Read More
Posted on May 18, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Kevin Heneghan’s Factory Five MKIV Roadster was recently featured on his home town of Morgan Hill, California’s 4th of July Festival social media. It’s an early MKIV received in January 2012, and took him 3 years to build. Kevin started his build when his oldest was 14, with “lots of…Read More
Posted on May 16, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Growing up Jamie O'Pelt was the first one in his household to fix something when it broke. He has been in the Metal Fabrication Industry for nearly thirty years now. In pursuit of a fun and unique project, he researched some build projects. Although a Personal Helicopter or Hovercraft were…Read More
Posted on May 12, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Customer Hugo Vega from Ecuador built his Type 65 Coupe with his son Mateo over the last two years. He says “this was a job done with my son. We spent many nights building the car, and it was a challenge that we had to carry out. For us it…Read More
Posted on May 9, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
“Your cars have great potential and are not too difficult to make really fast.” Robert Schwaiger from KRT Custom Speed has been running a Factory Five Type 65 Coupe-R and Challenge Car racing in Europe. He says, “the car developed well and we are pretty much at the lap times…Read More
Posted on May 6, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
The Tech Team took some deserved time off yesterday afternoon to head up to the Mass Cruisers car show at Patriot Place. Jeff, Mike, and Keith were joined by Riley, (from Welding). The weather was perfect at 70 degrees with clear blue skies! The team brought three cars to the…Read More
Posted on May 4, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Factory Five customer Karen Salvaggio is headlining the Spokane Festival of Speed. Factory Five customers are welcome to join her! A Fundraiser Benefiting American Childhood Cancer Association Spokane, Wash. – April 12, 2022 – Spokane Festival of Speed announced today a new partnership with Kalispel Tribe to hold its annual…Read More