Posted on October 24, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Customer Dan Hall competed and won the drag racing portion of his event at Holley Ford Festival in Bowling Green, KY. He entered The Grand Champion competition which consists of two days of Autocross, 6 runs down the quarter mile drag strip and 3S challenge on Sunday. All three events…Read More
Posted on October 20, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
In line with the numbers on his car, Customer Keith Henline built his Type 65 Coupe when he was 74 and finished his build at age 76. A first time builder, he had “never done anything like this before”. For a first time builder he says he was able to…Read More
Posted on October 20, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
On All Cylinders featured Factory Five Racing customer Michael Craven on their podcast as well as in the article, “What Does it Take to Build a Kit Car? We Asked the Guy Who Put Together This Stunning Factory Five Mk4 Roadster”. Photo by Brian Remington From the article, “As to…Read More
Posted on October 13, 2022 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
We just received a notice from Wilwood Brakes that there may have been some missing caliper inlet fittings from Wilwood brake kits for front brakes and IRS rear brakes. Here is the notice: From Wilwood Brakes: "We just discovered that hose kit 220-12092, we may have included the wrong caliper inlet…Read More
Posted on October 7, 2022 by Nicole Smith in Uncategorized
Congratulations to customer Neil F. on from Dubai, UAE on winning October Picture of the Month on The Factory Five Forum with his Gen 2 Type 65 Coupe. Neil’s Coupe has “a bored and strokes small block Ford V8 347 (5.6L) mated to a Tremef 5-speed with some basic creature…Read More
Posted on October 3, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Todd Handzlik's build book has come to an end. "Minus the final alignment and installation of the wheel spinners (this coming week), my roadster build is complete. I actually got a bit emotional while cleaning up from adding the front splash guards (essentially my last step in the process). I'll…Read More
