Posted on May 22, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
If you know Factory Five, you know we don't have any salesmen. Rather, our customers are our salesmen. Recently, our truck driver Scott "Honey Badger" Bell told us every time he goes out on the road, he's constantly swarmed with people asking about the cars. We gave him a few…Read More
Posted on May 21, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
This year's Carlisle Imports & Replicas Show featured perfect weather and lots of great people. The full FFR line-up was on hand including customer Tim D.'s 347-powered Mk4 Roadster and customer Tim P.'s Type 65 Coupe. This is one of the few Coupes with a dual overhead cam 4.6L drivetrain.…Read More
Posted on May 18, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Here's a sneak peak of the updated FFR parts catalog. You may have noticed the last few days we've been having some technical problems with our parts catalog. We apologize for the inconvenience as we are in the middle of a parts catalog upgrade. At this point, everything should be…Read More
Posted on May 18, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
[caption id="attachment_3665" align="alignnone" width="694" caption="Factory Five wins Association of Handbuilt Automobiles GMP Award for third year!"][/caption] We've been attending the west coast's largest handbuilt automotive show since 1996. The AHA (Association of Handbuilt Automobiles) hosts hundreds of customs at their annual show in Pomona, CA. In 2004, and again in…Read More
Posted on May 18, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The 2012 Huntington Beach Cruise-In was an exceptional customer event and a ton of fun. Factory Five video pro Greg Hoy put together 11 short videos to give you an idea of the event. Click on any of the YouTube videos below. Brian Smith and his dad built a Mk4…Read More
Posted on May 15, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
We received an e-mail from long time customer Mike C. from Arizona who reports he has recently hit 62,000 miles on his Factory Five Roadster. Having received FFR 2290K in September 2000 and completing his build in January of 2001, Mike has been busy driving along the famous Route 66…Read More
Posted on May 14, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Last Saturday the crew at Factory Five got a chance to rub elbows with New England Subaru owners at AJW Performance's Spring event. The day was big fun with perfect 70 degree and sunny weather and about 125 subies cruising in from all over new England. We had our 818…Read More
Posted on May 14, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Last Friday morning I learned of the passing of Carroll Shelby. I immediately posted the news to our Factory Five Forums and community. For the first time in a long long time I was without words. While I have fought Carroll for years, with all my effort in court over…Read More
Posted on May 11, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five Racing, along with SEMA member companies like Autometer Gauges, Banks Engineering, Cooker Tires, and others, gathered this week in our nation's capital to represent pending legislation to our senators and congressmen. The 2012 SEMA Rally had companies display their products in the lobby of the Rayburn Congressional Office…Read More
Posted on May 11, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Every day is an interesting one here at Factory Five because you never know who will stop by and what they will be driving. Today, for example, Factory Five customer Joe K. from Brewster, MA cruised by in his FFR Mk2 Roadster to pick-up some parts and show off his…Read More
Posted on May 10, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Chris Gaudet from Louisiana Makes the Trek to Wareham There is an autocross tomorrow at Fort Devens so I figured I would take the Mk4 out on a shake down to make sure it's ready. We have a new master cylinder on the car, so I decided to do some…Read More
Posted on May 9, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Simon Hauger and His West Philly HS Team Win with 100+ MPG Run I received more good news from Simon Hauger and his team of students running a modified GTM in the annual Green Grand Prix, held recently at Watkins Glen race track. [caption id="attachment_3496" align="alignleft" width="694" caption="The West Philly…Read More
Posted on May 9, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five customers have been going to GoodGuys shows more and more over the years and with that, Factory Fives are winning more awards at both the car show and autocross events. In the June 2012 issue of GoodGuys Goodtimes Gazette, Factory Five customers are featured for a couple of…Read More
Posted on May 7, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Reported by FFR customer John George The FFR challenge cars were at Summit Point, WV for the second east coast race of the season this past weekend. In attendance were Jim Schenck, Wayne Patterson, Carl Thompson, Paul Kaiser and I all running the 2012 rules package. Warmup was in the…Read More
Posted on May 4, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five Racing John Millette was impressed with FFR President Dave Smith's Mk4 Roadster, so he set about to build a similar one for street use. John sought out pro-builder Ron Everitt and the two built this stunning red Mk4 rocket. The car is powered by Ford's new 5.0L Coyote…Read More
Posted on May 2, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five Racing Operations Manager Nate Johnson built this '33 Hot Rod for his dad. The car is powered by a fuel-injected Ford Racing 302 GT-40 engine producing 340 HP. Nate built the car as a street car so it is equipped with an optional removable soft top. The car…Read More
Posted on May 1, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The Factory Five community was on full display at the Huntington Beach Pier last weekend at the 2012 Factory Five Huntington Beach Cruise-In event. The day was a huge success with perfect weather and over 100 Factory Five cars on display on the pier plaza and adjacent parking lot. Factory Five customers…Read More
Posted on April 25, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five's Scott "Honey Badger" Bell is on his way across the country, heading towards Huntington Beach in the Factory Five big rig...and along the way, he is delivering a few customer kits. One of those is to Ben Struss from Arlington, TX. Ben ordered a GTM and Scott delivered…Read More
Posted on April 24, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
East coast or west coast, we’ve got you covered. It’s going to be a busy weekend for Factory Five fans on both coasts. East Coast: On Saturday, April 28th, we are hosting the Ferrari Club of New England for a fun half day cruise-in event and plant tour. We are…Read More
Posted on April 18, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
[caption id="attachment_3111" align="aligncenter" width="698" caption="Richard and Travis Ray finish up a father-son build with a little 1960s and a little 2000s styling."][/caption] This morning, we were paid a visit from Richard and Travis who just finished getting their Mk3.1 Roadster registered. Since they live on Nantucket, they trailered the car…Read More
