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
Posted on March 6, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Kit Car Builder Magazine Profiles Lastest FFR GTM The April 2011 issue of Kit Car Builder magazine arrived with a pleasant surprise of our Gen 2 GTM on the coverand a nice four page article inside! Automotive journalist Joe Greeves caught up with us in Florida and photographed the car…Read More
Posted on March 5, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Performance Automotive's Daytona Customer Event The February 2011 issue of Cruisin' Style magazine has a nice feature on the customers who attended the 2010 Turkey Rod Run at Daytona last Thanksgiving. Kudos to Ron Raimonda at Performance Automotive (a Florida based builder of Factory Five Racing cars) and Wayne Presley…Read More
Posted on March 4, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Running Engine/Transmission Assemblies Ready to Drive The crew at Tasca Ford's Mod Shop have launched three engine packages, but these are more than just engine packages. They are drop-in, ready to drive running engines with transmission, clutches, pulleys, intakes, everything! There are three packages available: A 340 HP 5.0L 302…Read More
Posted on March 2, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
First Place Wins $5,000 in FFR-GRM Body Design Competition Factory Five Racing is giving you the opportunity to join the ranks of automotive artists like Giugiaro Bertone and Pininfarina with our Factory Five-Grassroots Motorsports Magazine Design Competition. Your job is to sketch, draw, or otherwise develop a concept shape to…Read More
Posted on February 28, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Help Design the Next Factory Five with Grassroots Motorsports Concept drawing by Murray Pfaff at PfaffDesigns.com Body Design Competition Starts March 1st The base dimensions, running gear, and chassis/suspensions work has been determined. The body shape of this two-seater, mid-engined roadster is not finalized and we have decided, in conjunction…Read More
Posted on February 27, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five Designs New Mid-Engine Sports Car 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…Read More
Posted on February 15, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Photos from Around FFR The dust has settled after our big Winter Open House and the crew is getting back to work. It's fun seeing the parts start rolling in now for the Anniversary Cars and the Gen 2 Coupe as well. Here are some photos from production. Dave Smith…Read More
Posted on February 14, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Winter Open House "Moochfest" News I am pleased to bring you news of some fun projects that we've been working on here at Factory Five. If you are attending the Moochfest, you will get a close-up look at some of this work. If not, here is a short summary of…Read More
Posted on February 14, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Big Crowds Come to Wareham for Winter Open House Factory Five stalwarts John George and Rob Baker (driving) hardcore. My tech support manager Jason Lavigne said it best, "I think we need a bigger building." This year's Winter Open House, also known as Moochfest (more on that in a second),…Read More
Posted on February 12, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
As part of a major effort to better connect with our customers, suppliers, and vendors, we have sponsored an all-new online discussion forum. Many Factory Five customers are helping with this effort. The new forum has updated blogs, photo galleries, and is a great place to connect with Factory Five…Read More
Posted on February 11, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
By David Smith, President Two years ago it seemed as though the world was going to end. The reports from the media predicted an economic depression akin to the 1930’s. Things here looked fairly grim back then as well, and it wasn’t just the economy. As 2009 dawned we were…Read More
Posted on February 5, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Customer Chris Kowaleski Sends in June 1965 Issue We get a lot of interesting mail from our customers and Chris Kowaleski sent us something that we think you all will enjoy. Chris sent us an issue of Classic Mechanix Illustrated from June 1965 with an article on America's Three Greatest…Read More
Posted on February 2, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
We are pleased to report that all of the Special Edition Mk4 cars have been sold. Production begins shortly on these very special Factory Fives and I wanted to send along a personal thank you to the 14 customers who have purchased these cars. Dave Smith President Owner of Special…Read More
Posted on January 30, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Customer David Stokes' Mk3 Roadster Goes Four Wheelin' We got these cool images from Factory Five customer David Stokes whose Mk3 was caught in a torrential rain storm and canyon mudslide in Silverado, CA recently. The car and garage of his home were filled practically to the door sills with…Read More
Posted on January 29, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five is Operational Through the Storm Yet another Nor'Easter hit us over night delivering 8-10" of snow on top of the last two storms. This kind of snow fall is unusual as we are close to the coast and typically when we get snow, it commonly turns to rain.…Read More
Posted on January 29, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five Sponsors 2011 Road Tour Check out this month's Street Rodder Magazine for coverage of the 2010 Road Tour. The Factory Five leg of the tour began here in Wareham and ended in Syracuse, NY at the Right Coast Nationals. This year, we are again doing the Road Tour…Read More
Posted on January 20, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
First Ever Limited Edition Factory Five Now Available $25,990 I am excited to tell you about a first for Factory Five. In recognition of our 15 Year Anniversary, the team and I have drawn up plans to manufacture 15 limited edition Mk4 Roadsters. These cars are truly one of a…Read More
Posted on January 15, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
International Show Car Association Achievement Award I received an e-mail from customer Gary Hagar today. If you remember Gary's '33 Hot Rod won numerous awards this past summer, and his car was showcased on Spike's HorsePower TV. Gary just recently won third in class at a very completive ISCA show…Read More
Posted on January 2, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
FFR Customer Craig West Returns Home FFR President Dave Smith with customer Craig West and his pit crew Jack. The new year always puts me in a nostalgic mood as I look back over the years since we started and the adventured we've had. This morning, customer Craig West arrived…Read More