Posted on December 22, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
It’s cool to see Factory Fives getting press on the other side of the Atlantic! A few years ago, we debuted a beautiful race rod built by Peter Skogland and his sons from Sweden. Their car debuted at the 2012 SEMA Show. Since then, there have been a slew of…Read More
Posted on December 22, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
I was humbled to receive one of the coolest Christmas presents of all time from Tony and the crew here at Factory Five. It is a 1950s Gilbarco Model 96C ad glass model service station pump. It was originally a Texaco pump, and Tony has Mike from Extreme Powdercoating change…Read More
Posted on December 15, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
2014 is the second year since the PRI Show returned to Indianapolis from Orlando. SEMA has taken over ownership of the PRI Show, and attendance is significantly higher. Factory Five Racing was at PRI as a guest of Ford Racing with our '33 Hot Rod that debuted a month ago…Read More
Posted on December 9, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five customer Mike J. in Miami, FL sent us some photos of his stunning GTM. Mike started his build in the summer of 2011, and is nearing the finish line of his build. Mike built his GTM with a Chevy LS engine mated to a Porsche G50 transmission, F14 Titanium Forgestar…Read More
Posted on December 5, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Congratulations to Factory Five customer Ed Seagrott and Fred Hemmings of FWH Customs Restorations from Nassau, New York for their great work on a truly stunning Factory Five '33 Hot Rod. Ed's car is featured in this month's (February 2015) "Street Rodder Magazine" which is on the newsstands now. You may remember…Read More
Posted on December 4, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
This weekend on "PowerNation," tune in to see five women build a Factory Five Mk4 Roadster in only five days on "Detroit Muscle". The episode originally aired this past spring, and will be replayed four times over the next week. Check out the TV schedule below with the air dates,…Read More
Posted on November 26, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
After a long wait, the Factory Five-Sherwin Williams line of car paints officially have names. Here's the list of names along with the winner's name. All selected winning names have received a $50 Factory Five Parts Catalog Gift Certificate. Here's the official Factory Five line of Sherwin Williams paint colors.…Read More
Posted on November 26, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
It has been a great year, and we want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! The crew will be break early today and shut down at 3 PM EST for the long 4-day weekend. We are closed on Friday, and will be open for tours on Saturday from 9 AM…Read More
Posted on November 24, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
At this year's SEMA Show, Titanium Media's Greg Hoy shot a couple of videos with Factory Five President Dave Smith. In this first video, Dave talks with Wayne Geoffrey at Ford Racing Performance Parts at SEMA 2014 about the FFR '33 Hot Rod they built to showcase their new EcoBoost…Read More
Posted on November 20, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
"If you don’t know if you have the skills to build a Factory Five, you don’t have to worry about it,” says Dave Smith of Factory Five. “Just go to a three-day build school." At the 2014 SEMA Show earlier this month, the crew from Power Automedia visited the Factory…Read More
Posted on November 14, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five President Dave Smith talks with customer Erik Treves about his 289 USRRC Replica. At this year's SEMA Show, Factory Five customer Erik Treves debuted his recently completed 289 USRRC Replica. Erik picked up his 289 kit this past June at our Summer Open House and kept a build…Read More
Posted on November 11, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
I just watched the movie "America" by filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza. It shouldn't take a movie to help us realize the great contribution to freedom that this country and its Armed Forces have made. On behalf of the team here at Factory Five Racing, I would like to send a message of thanks to…Read More
Posted on November 5, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The 2014 SEMA Show was one of the most attended SEMA Shows Factory Five has ever been too. Here's a gallery of videos and photos from the four day event. Photos from Day 4 From left to right: Factory Five customer Erik Treves whose 289 USRRC Replica is on display…Read More
Posted on November 4, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The 2014 SEMA Show is officially underway this morning in Las Vegas. The Factory Five booth is already attracting a ton of spectators and the Factory Fives in Featured Vehicle spots look great! Here's some photos from this morning before the show started. The Factory Five GTM is featured in…Read More
Posted on November 3, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
With the bulk of our team in Las Vegas this week for the 2014 SEMA Show, we have a small, but heroic band of admin staff here to help you with orders, tech support, or shipping questions. It will be a busy week, but Dave, Jay, Eddie, Nate, and Sally…Read More
Posted on October 30, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
We've got an epic show planned this year for SEMA! At last count, there were 14 Factory Five cars scheduled for SEMA in various parts of the show and with a variety of companies. We've been hard at work for the last few months getting these cars ready, and will…Read More
Posted on October 30, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Steve Temple who publishes the online kit car magazine "Car Builder" features three Factory Fives in his current issue. Subscriptions to the online magazines are free, and Steve is an expert in the industry. I met Steve back in 1995 when he was editor of "Peterson's Kit Car Magazine". As I…Read More
Posted on October 29, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Our good friend Freddy at SMG Motoring Inc. had the chance to dyno tune the Factory Five Mk4 that was built by the All Women Team on PowerNation's "Detroit Muscle" TV show. The cool thing is that the stroked 351W displacing 427 ci. laid down a cool 427 RWHP and…Read More
Posted on October 28, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The December issue of Grassroots Motorsports features build part #9 of the magazine's excellent 818S build series coverage. In this article, the white gel-coat car gets a very nice wrap with GRM graphics and finishing details. The crew from Grassroots Motorsports, up to this point, has kept the car base Subaru WRX…Read More
Posted on October 27, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
These two newly built Factory Fives are heading to the 2014 SEMA Show. The LS7-powered GTM is painted with new Sherwin Williams-Factory Five paints (Grey metallic with satin clear) and new wheels from Forgiato. The 818R sports a race-built 412 HP Subaru STi block (engine is still at the engine builders!). Click here…Read More
