Posted on January 24, 2018 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
This past fall, we were asked to participate in the season finale of the popular Discovery Channel show "Fast N' Loud." The episode was fun to be a part of, but the experience proved much of what I have learned about "reality TV." Over the past few years, we have…Read More
Posted on January 22, 2018 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Winter time is when a lot of our customers get a lot of work done on their cars, especially here in New England. This time of year, there are not a lot of car shows or events, so we tend to get quite a few tours. This past weekend, we…Read More
Posted on January 21, 2018 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Join us at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona, CA on January 26th -2 8th! Our big rig is out west at the 2018 Barrett-Jackson Show in Scottsdale, and we'll be heading further west the following week to attend the 69th GNRS! The Factory Five crew of Dave Smith,…Read More
Posted on January 17, 2018 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Check this post for daily updates from the Barrett-Jackson Show in Scottsdale, AZ. Final Recap The 2018 Barrett-Jackson was a huge success, and more notable than anything, was the teamwork and fellowship between Factory Five customers and our crew. One of our favorite customers and pro-builders Ron Everitt brought a…Read More
Posted on January 16, 2018 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
I am very proud to announce that Factory Five's webmaster and IT genius Dave "Mad Dog" Lindsey has scored some notable industry recognition. Dave along with our partners at Design Principles designed a new website for Factory Five in 2017 and was awarded an American Graphic Design Award! Please join…Read More
Posted on January 12, 2018 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The brand-new Factory Five '35 Hot Rod Pick-Up Truck will be on display at this year's show. The Factory Five crew is set-up and ready for action in Scottsdale, AZ at the 2018 Barrett-Jackson Show! If you're in the area, feel free to stop by and check out our latest…Read More
Posted on January 8, 2018 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Pat and Mike from PowerNation built our new '35 Pick Up Truck here at Factory Five a few weeks before the SEMA Show, and here they are in the Factory Five booth introducing the car along highlights of Erik Treves' beautiful twin-turbo Type 65 Coupe. You can watch the episode…Read More
Posted on January 4, 2018 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five is closing today at 10 am EST. Well it looks like we are going to get some white stuff here in New England and a good amount of it! This morning dawned with rain for us out near the Cape, but the winds are howling and in an…Read More
Posted on December 29, 2017 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The Factory Five Build School has been around for more than a decade, and has taught over 2,000 students how to assemble a Factory Five Roadster, Hot Rod, and now 818 Sports Car. In the final days of 2017, we shipped tons of new parts from Factory Five and from…Read More
Posted on December 8, 2017 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The PRI Show in Indianapolis continues to grow and attract more companies. What an honor it was too have our new Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe-R in the Ford Performance display! The Coupe-R features Ford's new 5.2L Aluminator 52XS engine and was swarmed all three days of the show. Ford's Doug…Read More
Posted on December 7, 2017 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Fresh from it's appearance on Discovery Channel's hit show "Fast N' Loud," the faster and louder Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe-R is at the annual Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Show as a special guest of Ford Performance! The car is in Ford's booth #1925 in the Green Hall. The car…Read More
Posted on December 1, 2017 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Join us next week, December 7-9, at the Performance Racing Industry show (PRI)! We will not be exhibiting at the show, but we will be guests of Ford Performance with our new Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe. Jesper, Jim, and Dave will be at the show on Friday, and the…Read More
Posted on November 22, 2017 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
A few months ago, we filmed the season finale of Discovery Channel's show "Fast N' Loud." It was a fun episode where the guys from Gas Monkey Garage built a $300,000 Detomaso Pantera track car for NASCAR driver Kurt Busch. He challenged fellow NASCAR driver Joey Logano to a race…Read More
Posted on November 22, 2017 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
It's no secret that Factory Five guys love Ford parts. Our cars have been frequent visitors to Ford events, Ford booths, and the annual Ford parts catalog. This year, the 5.2L-powered Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe is featured on the back cover along with Scott Spencer's Mk4 Roadster! We love…Read More
Posted on November 21, 2017 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five's favorite privateer John George and his NASA ST2 National Championship Type 65 Coupe-R is profiled in the December issue of Grassroots Motorsports Magazine. GRM's Scott Lear writes a detail-filled, tech-heavy 8-page article on John's NASA-winning car. Powered by a 5.0L Coyote V8 (used F-150 truck motor) making 350…Read More
Posted on November 10, 2017 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
This year's SEMA Show packed a huge surprise. For more than a year, we've been working on a '35 pick-up truck based on the proven '33 Hot Rod chassis. We introduced the truck and made the truck section of our website live on the first day of the show. The…Read More
Posted on October 31, 2017 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Day 3 Photos We're half way through the 2017 SEMA Show and it's been a ton of fun! Today we are thrilled to have our good friend Cristy Lee in the booth for a little bit. Factory Five Customer Wayne Mills' GTM Supercar. From this angle, you can't even tell…Read More
Posted on October 25, 2017 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
I like to say that, "If you're in the car business, you're at SEMA. If you're not at SEMA, you're not in the car business." Well, it's that time of year again, and we're loaded up and heading out to Las Vegas for SEMA 2017. This year, like most, we…Read More
Posted on October 25, 2017 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Last year around this time, we were getting ready to unveil our new Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe at the SEMA Show as a prototype. The other day, before loading our two production Gen 3 Type 65 Coupes (one street and one race model) onto the big rig for this…Read More
Posted on October 16, 2017 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The Factory Five Challenge Car is the competition/race version of our popular Mk4 Roadster. The chassis with integral cage and ancillary race tubing is an SCCA and NASA legal competition design. Competition chassis comes powdercoated in white. Here are some shots of the impressive Challenge Car frame. Click here to view…Read More
