Posted on December 7, 2016 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
After more than a year of development, we are excited to announce that the first customer Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe has shipped! Factory Five customer Henry Renaud has earned a reputation from the cars he has built. Search Factory Five archives and you'll know that Henry is not only a…Read More
Posted on November 30, 2016 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Introducing the all-new Gen 3 Factory Five Daytona Coupe replica. This third generation car is completely new. There is not a single piece of steel chassis, aluminum panel, or composite body that is shared with the previous gen 1 and gen 2 car! This is effectively an all-new Factory Five design. After…Read More
Posted on November 29, 2016 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Introducing the first ALL-STEEL Factory Five body! The body costs $9,990 and is an option that can be added to the Factory Five '33 Hot Rod. Now you can build the world's best-selling and best-performing Hot Rod with an industry-leading, quality steel body just like Henry made! Last year after…Read More
Posted on November 18, 2016 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Now is a great time to visit Factory Five Racing! The entire crew and all of our cars are back from SEMA and the Emerald Coast Cruizin', and you can check out all of the new cars here in Wareham, MA. The highlights from the SEMA Show and the newest…Read More
Posted on November 16, 2016 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
As soon as the Factory Five big rig was loaded up from the 2016 SEMA Show, Honey Badger pointed it east and headed to Florida to make the 2016 Emerald Coast Cruizin' the following week. This was our second year at the Panama City, FL cruise. Factory Five's Tony Zullo…Read More
Posted on November 11, 2016 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The 2016 SEMA Show was by far the most successful show in our 22 years of business. The quality and caliber of the customer cars, as well as the introduction of the new steel body '33 Hot Rod and Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe, made the show great, but so…Read More
Posted on November 11, 2016 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Check out this cool video from SEMA 2016 with full details on the new Factory Five all-steel Hot Rod body. Click here for even more details.Read More
Posted on November 10, 2016 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The crew at BluePrint Engines brought a Mk4 Roadster to SEMA that looked it was cut in half! The running-driving half mobile was a demo for BluePrints new line of drop-in turn key ready crate engines built specifically for Factory Five Racing customers. These great engines work with Factory Five…Read More
Posted on November 4, 2016 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
We're heading south again this year to the Emerald Coast Cruizin' in Panama City, FL on November 11-12! Join us and thousands of classic cars, hot rods, custom cars, and trucks for this big Friday-Saturday event. This year, we have a customer corral (limited to 20 Factory Five customer cars)…Read More
Posted on November 3, 2016 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
It's day 3 of the SEMA Show and the Factory Five booth continues to attract huge crowds. Our partner companies at KONI Shocks and BluePrint Engines also continue to get great feedback on the Factory Fives on display in their booths. Here's some photos from day 3 of SEMA 2016.…Read More
Posted on November 3, 2016 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
We debuted the all-new Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe at the 2016 SEMA Show and the response has been fantastic! Power Automedia's Steve Magnante visited the Factory Five booth at The SEMA Show to talk about the all-new Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe with FFR President Dave Smith and Director…Read More
Posted on October 31, 2016 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The crews are working overtime as the last set up day sees a ton of activity across hundreds of thousands of square feet of show space. Factory Five's booth (#23235) is all set up. We're in a great location between Ford and GM in the main aisle with a bigger…Read More
Posted on October 12, 2016 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Congratulations to customer Mark Gearhart whose Ultimate Challenge Car is featured on the back cover of the 2017 Ford Racing catalog! Mark documented his Challenge Car build on Power Automedia's website Turnology and had it on display at last year's SEMA Show in Las Vegas. Mark's Challenge Car was also featured…Read More
Posted on October 7, 2016 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
ReinCARnation Magazine's inaugural September 2016 issue profiles Factory Five customer Greg Grant and his supercharged '33 Hot Rod! We met Greg last year at the annual Factory Five-Huntington Beach Cruise-In where his bright orange '33 won an Editors' Choice Award from Steve Temple at Car Builder Magazine. Greg runs a…Read More
Posted on October 6, 2016 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Chris Tapp at Tapp Auto in Ontario, Canada built this remarkable electric Factory Five 818C with Chevy Volt batteries and Tesla S electric motor. The car has 420 RWHP, and runs a 10.1 quarter at almost 130 MPH seriously embarrassing a 911 Porsche. Check out this awesome video posted by Chris…Read More
Posted on September 28, 2016 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
John George took home the ST2 East Coast NASA Championships at the famed Watkins Glen. The intensity of the race was shown in lap times, running 2:00 lap times consistently while battling through traffic. ST2 is regulated by the power to weight ratio of 8.0:1. John was flying past some…Read More
Posted on September 26, 2016 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Join us this Saturday, October 1st, here at Factory Five Racing as we host the Mass Cruisers Car Club as they complete their annual historic Route 6 Cruise. The cruisers will be stopping here at Factory Five for an hour during the Saturday morning cruise, and we are inviting Factory…Read More
Posted on August 16, 2016 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Customers take center stage this month as we have tons of cool news and amazing customer accomplishments to share! The heart and soul of Factory Five has always been our cars, but encompasses so much more. The cars we build end up building amazing stories that become as important as…Read More
Posted on August 15, 2016 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five Tech team member Courtnie Provencher posted this photo on our Facebook page this past Saturday asking for customer's to share a side shot of their Factory Five. We got a bunch of great photos posted by customers. Here's some of our favorites. Click here to view all of…Read More
Posted on August 4, 2016 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Jarod and the crew from Snap-on Tools came by Factory Five recently to build an 818C! Check out part 1 of the build featured on their show "From the Ground Up." Snap-On is a great partner of Factory Fives, and we were excited to get started on this 818 build…Read More
