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
Posted on April 18, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Kissling Motorsport in Germany recently built a Factory Five GTM and took it to the Essen Motorshow where it was on display in the Hammink Performance booth for the nine day event. Jan and Freek Hammink are the official European Factory Five distributors and imported the GTM kit into Europe…Read More
Posted on April 17, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
[caption id="attachment_3084" align="aligncenter" width="694" caption="Factory Five customer Joe M. with FFR Tech Manager Jason Lavigne."][/caption] "Don't worry," said Joe, "this GTM isn't going to be a trailer queen." Factory Five customer Joe M. is getting close to finishing up his build of a Gen 2 GTM and is also getting…Read More
Posted on April 15, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Matthew's evaluation of Nate's supercharged small block Mk3 Matthew Paquette, age 14, convinced his mom to come and visit Factory Five. After a tour with President Dave Smith, he was given a test drive by planet manager Nate Johnson in a 450 HP supercharged Mk3. We were all impressed with…Read More
Posted on April 10, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five Customer Erik H. Wins Autocross Compeition The website RodAuthority.com has excellent coverage of the 2012 Del Mar GoodGuys Show held a week or so ago. Above, customer Erik Hansen drives his Factory Five '33 to victory in the autocross competition. Check out RodAuthority.com for full details.Read More
Posted on April 10, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Henry Renaud has been an active member of the Factory Five community for 10 years. His latest build is a Factory Five '33 Hot Rod that earned Top 10 honors from MSN.com at the 2011 SEMA Show. Henry is a Colonel in the USAF and builds cars in his spare…Read More
Posted on April 9, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five customer Garry Bopp is part of a local Atlanta-area Factory Five Owner's Group and sent us these photos from their first outing of the year. The forecast was for rain, which kept attendance down a bit, but the rain held off and the group enjoyed a fun evening…Read More
Posted on April 6, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Spring got started early this year with a very mild New England winter, but the Easter weekend is the traditional beginning of spring and it is BEAUTIFUL here in Massachusetts. Everyone has spring fever and today was a great example. [caption id="attachment_2916" align="alignnone" width="694" caption="FFR President Dave Smith with customer…Read More
Posted on April 5, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The Challenge Series Season opener for the East Coast took place at the famous Virginia International Raceway a couple of weekends ago and we put together a short video for the event. The racers talk about the new upgrades to the series and the good news is everyone is excited…Read More
Posted on April 4, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
[caption id="attachment_2626" align="alignnone" width="694" caption="East and West Coast teams with three special guests. Center-Left: Factory Five President Dave Smith's daughter Jenny Smith. Center-Right: Emily Kern. Right: Bleu Scott"][/caption] Watch Speed Channel on Wednesday, April 4th at 9 PM EST to see a really fun episode of the show Car Warriors.…Read More
Posted on April 3, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Click here to watch the full episode on Powerblock's website. One of the most exciting episodes we've ever done is now available to watch online. The crew at MuscleCar TV did some wrenching on our Mk4 demo car and then ran that car against an original 427. The guys at MuscleCar installed Ford's new…Read More
Posted on April 3, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Three big wins this past weekend for FFR and Customers. Factory Five customer Eric Hansen won 1st place at the Del Mar Goodguys show autocross competition on Saturday. At the same time on the other side of the country, FFR customers Tim Dolan and John Takvorian earned Best in Show wins…Read More
Posted on March 30, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
In a recent issue of SEMA News, there is an in depth article about the new legislation updates made in the state of Massachusetts for titling and registering a home-built automobile. Factory Five customer Joe Leone is featured in the article as we was instrumental in getting the law written…Read More
Big news this year for the Charlotte Autofair! Factory Five Racing's big show and event truck will again join Jeff Collins and the boys at Whitby Motorcars in the infield of Charlotte Motor Speedway for the 2012 event. This year, in addition to the fun at the show, Jeff has…Read More
Posted on March 29, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
I am proud that Factory Five Racing has always supported the United States Military. From the earliest days, post 9/11, when our office manager Kerri Kuehne's husband Brian was deployed to Afghanistan and the crew here picked up the slack while Kerri worked part time (with full time pay) taking…Read More
Posted on March 29, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Coming this July, in time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the C-car, is D. Brian Smith’s new book How to Build Cobra Kit Cars. Smith is the former editor of Kit Car Magazine, and in March 2012, he completed the assembly of a Factory Five Mk4, which serves as…Read More
Posted on March 28, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Not the most sexy project but absolutely critical to our business is quarterly parts inventory. The crew is working on this big project until the end of this week so if the phones are a bit slow, please bear with us... We'll be at full strength on Monday. Shipping is…Read More
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
