Posted on April 19, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Two Stunning Factory Five Mk3s in Colorado John Stewart is a Factory Five customer who I spoke to a few years back. At the time, he was building a Vans airplane kit and he wanted to build a Factory Five. Better than that, he decided to build two of them…Read More
Posted on April 18, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Complete Front and Rear Billet Brake Packages We are excited to announce a new high-performance brake kit for Factory Five Roadsters, Coupes, and Hot Rods. The guys at Wilwood have done a great job, and we introduced these parts at the AHA show in Pomona, CA and the Huntington Beach…Read More
Posted on April 15, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Victor Gerenaramos From Moca, Puerto Rico Visits FFR Factory Five customer Victor Gerenaramos visited from Puerto Rico the other day and let us know that there are 10 (!!!) Factory Fives in Puerto Rico. There is a strong FFR contingent growing on the island and Victor's blue and white Mk3…Read More
Posted on April 13, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
LGD's Next SolidWorks Project Filmed at Factory Five A few weeks ago, Factory Five was busy with two film productions using the facility. One of those productions was with Jeremy Luchini and the crew of SolidWorks' "Let's Go Design" as they came to Factory Five to film the opening installment…Read More
Posted on April 12, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Project 3 Is Now Underway Our good friends at SolidWorks and Let's Go Design have started a new project and came to Factory Five Racing for some inspiration and ideas. Jeremy was checking out our chassis, molding process, and even tried working parts from our go-carts into his Hot Rod…Read More
Posted on April 8, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five Customers Step Up to Help Kids with Cystic Fibrosis Over the years, Factory Five customers have donated a tremendous amount of money, and more importantly, time and energy towards kids with Cystic Fibrosis. Many of you may know that my daughter Jennifer, who is now 12 years old,…Read More
Posted on April 5, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
620 HP Blown Coyote Powers This Screaming Yellow Tasca '33 The guys at Kustoms & Hot Rods magazine wrote a nice article on the crew at Tasca Ford's recent build-up of a Factory Five '33 Hot Rod. This particular car is Bob Tasca's personal car and was displayed in the…Read More
Posted on April 3, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Two Film Productions at Factory Five This Week It was an extremely busy week here at Factory Five as we were the subject of two video/film projects being done along with partner companies. Our bank is filming a commercial highlighting us as an example of a successful American manufacturing company…Read More
Posted on March 31, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Reaction to Factory Fives at the 32nd Annual Mustang and All Ford Show Along with the race season getting under way, so is the show season and we've already gotten feedback from customers about Factory Five's taking the spotlight at local shows. Customer Art Kelly sent us a message describing…Read More
Posted on March 29, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Challenge Series Racer John George Sends Report and Videos A good sign that Spring is here is the Challenge Series guys start heading out to the track and posting photos and videos from the races. This past weekend, the East Coast racers in the Factory Five Racing-NASA Challenge Series headed…Read More
Posted on March 27, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Retro-Fit Kit Available Now! As many of you know, the Gen 2 Type 65 Coupe has a glass hatch that replaces the plexi-glass and steel surround hatch of the original design. Many customers have asked if they could buy the new glass and retro-fit on the Gen 1 Coupes. The…Read More
Posted on March 26, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Designed Improved in 2nd Generation - UPDATED! We've revised our Type 65 Coupe for the first time in 10 years. The changes we made are designed to make the car easier to build, perform better, and with higher quality parts. Production begins shortly and we will be shipping the new…Read More
Posted on March 25, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Background: Customers have reported difficulty installing the carbon fiber diffuser on the new Gen 2 GTM. This diffuser is shaped slightly differently than the Gen 1 diffuser and mounts lower. This is a direct result of wind tunneling testing that improved downforce AND improved cooling. The new Gen 2 diffuser…Read More
Posted on March 18, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Closing Early on Friday, March 18th for a Long Weekend It’s almost 70 degrees on this Friday afternoon, and spring fever has hit hard after the winter we’ve had. Dave Smith gave the OK for everyone here to head home early and have a longer weekend, so we’ll be shutting…Read More
Posted on March 17, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Customer Gary Adams Writes to Share His Stoke for His Mk3 Everyday, when going through the mail and shuffling through car magazines and bills, we come across a letter from a customer that reminds us how fun these builds are and how they change people's lives. We recently received a…Read More
Posted on March 16, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
All-New "World Platform" Factory Five Design Based on tough Subaru WRX running gear, Factory Five's next car has been in development for almost a year. With a space frame designed and tested on SolidWorks software, this single donor car will sell for $9,900. We will use our 15 years of…Read More
Posted on March 15, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Speed Makers Profiles Guys Who Build Speed Broadcast Dates: Thursday, March 24 at 8 PM and 11 PM EST Friday, March 25 at 8 AM Friday, April 8 at 10 PM Check you local listings. Speed Channel debuts an all-new show called Speedmakers. Produced by Michael Hoff productions, the same…Read More
Posted on March 13, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
SEMA Magazine Takes a Look Back SEMA News, March 2011 This month's March issue of SEMA News has a really cool look back article on the original California Kid Hot Rod. On the side of a California road is Pete Chapouris and the very famous '34 Ford three window during…Read More
Posted on March 9, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
New Exhaust System In Stock The Factory Five '33 Hot Rod comes with a standard polished stainless steel mufflers and exhaust system. Downstream of the muffler, the exhaust has a side exit design. This new rear exit exhaust system was designed as an upgrade to the standard exhaust. The parts…Read More
Posted on March 7, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five-Koni Shocks Gen 2 GTM Being Built We're already busy in the advanced planning stages of the 2011 SEMA Show and one car that will be a show stopper is this Gen 2 GTM (featured in the April 2011 issue of KCB Magazine). The car is being built in…Read More
