Posted on March 27, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The crew from the car enthusiast website bitchinauto.com came by Factory Five on Monday to go on a tour of the Factory Five Racing facility. President Dave Smith took the guys around showing them everything from the welding and molding shops to the Hot Rod being built by employees in…Read More
Posted on March 21, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
MSN Autos writer Charles Plueddeman profiled a Factory Five customer and his Roadster build in an article on their website. It's a great read and a fun story. Check it out by clicking here. “It was exciting, but also really disappointing in a funny way when the car was done,”…Read More
Posted on March 14, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
FFR Customer Ray McEdwards Makes Us Proud I love telling folks about the amazing people in the FFR community and Ray is one of the best. The other day I received some checks made out to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, on behalf of my daughter Jenny from Ray and his…Read More
Posted on March 14, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Honey Badger (Scott) visited the GoodGuys car show at West World in Scottsdale, AZ this past weekend where he met up with an FFR owner competing in the autocross! Dennis Russell and his friend Ike are on a four week road trip. They'll be heading over to the Texas World…Read More
Posted on March 13, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
M3 Roadster Built the Right Way! The other day I got the nicest surprise! I received in the mail a printed, bound book from the fisher family that detailed and chronicled their Mk3 Factory Five build. I met Steve and his wife Tiffany in Huntington Beach last year at the…Read More
Posted on March 13, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
FFR Customer Karen Salvaggio Wins on the Track and Off. If you are in the Factory Five community you will eventually get to know Dr. Karen Salvaggio. Karen is a good friend, a competitive racer, and a tremendous supporter of the Factory Five family. Karen competes with a Factory Five…Read More
Join Us April 28th at the Famous Huntington Beach Pier NEW THIS YEAR: LIVE MUSIC VIP GUESTS FROM THE CAST OF SPEED'S CAR WARRIORS MORE AWARDS THE FACTORY FIVE BIG RIG ROAD SHOW The 5th Annual HB Cruise-In event will be the biggest ever with lots of new surprises. This…Read More
Posted on March 10, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
This father and son team of craftsmen took delivery of their Factory Five GTM in September 2010 and completed the car a few weeks ago. One of the first Gen 2 GTMs, this car was built in Canada and while the car is not exactly a poster-child for build hours…Read More
Posted on March 9, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Watch Full Episode Right Now Online! Last year Speed Channel's show, "Speedmakers", came out to Wareham to shoot some of our cars in action and see the operations up close. The resulting episode was called “Speedmakers: Megakits.” The episode aired a while back on Speed and it is now available…Read More
Posted on March 9, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Dave Smith Buys All of Company Over the past 15 years I have had the frequent honor of bringing important news of the company to all of you. Recently, I’ve spent some time looking back over our website archives and remembering so many Factory Five milestones and adventures with good…Read More
Posted on March 6, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The Winners for February 2012 Have Been Announced The new Factory Five Forum continues to grow as we have passed 6,000 member and over 50,000 posts. As a way of saying thank you, and rewarding the community, Factory Five sponsors a monthly "Picture of the Month" contest. Each Factory Five…Read More
Posted on February 22, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Customer Ryan Whittinger too his recently completed Type 65 Coupe to Road Atlanta in GA. He finished his kit a year after he received it. I race with Ryan on Forza 4 online and we constantly run Road Atlanta in the Coupes. He got to live the dream and run…Read More
Posted on February 1, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Car is First Salvo from New Company '33 Machine Erik Hansen has earned some impressive bragging rights in a short amount of time. He built a truly beautiful and unique '33 street machine and also served as a team member on the west coast crew of an upcoming episode of…Read More
Posted on January 25, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Chris Canning from Component Cars Australia Builds a Beauty Chris Canning and his company Component Cars Australia are our official Australian distributor and he posted photos of his most recent creation on The Factory Five Forum. We just sent an ocean crate with four more Factory Fives headed down under.…Read More
Posted on January 21, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Grassroots Motorsports Magazine Top Honors Grassroots Motorsports Magazine is THE hardcore racers magazine of choice. Frankly, it's one of the best magazines printed today, and I'm not saying that because the editor's just gave us a 2011 Editor's Choice Award. Pick up the Feb 2012 issue (on newsstands now) to…Read More
Posted on January 15, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Install Kits for Mk4 and '33 Hot Rod Near Completion A lot of guys have been asking us for install kits and instructions on putting Ford's 5.0L Coyote engine into either a Mk4 Roadster or '33 Hot Rod. We installed a 5.0L Coyote into a Hot Rod last fall on…Read More
Posted on December 27, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Roadsters and Hot Rods Showcased It's well known that we fly the Ford Racing banner high here at Factory Five. We believe in their products and we use them every day. Still, it's pretty cool to see our friend's at Ford Racing feature the Mk4 Roadster and '33 Hot Rod…Read More
Posted on December 24, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Tom and Nate Get an Early Mk4 Christmas Present Tom and Nate Wilson picked up their Mk4 Roadster this afternoon with their friend Tobey. "I haven't been able to sleep for the past 4 days," Tom said to Dave Smith describing how excited he was to begin building the Roadster…Read More
Posted on December 20, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Tim Suddard and Gang Continue to Lead Amateur Racers The December issue of Grassroots Motorsports sets another high watermark for the magazine with some great articles and features. [caption id="attachment_974" align="alignnone" width="675" caption="Coverage of the 2011 NASA Nationals was excellent and extensive."][/caption] The December issue includes coverage of the 2011…Read More
Posted on December 15, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
From the Track to the Back Roads of New Hampshire In the last few weeks, we've received some fun in-car videos. One is from customer Gary Cheney driving the KONI Shock SEMA GTM video. Another is from Team PDG and their GTM running at the 25 Hours of Thunderhill. And…Read More
