Posted on August 16, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Tommy Fulbright has been building cars professionally for 20 years now, and was fortunate enough to be involved in multiple types of racing from NASCAR, SCCA, NHRA, and Ultra4. He says he’s been a Factory Five fan for decades and always wanted to build a Coupe. Tommy had “built a custom truck for…Read More
Posted on August 15, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Launch into your weekend like Phil! Phil Ferkey’s Roadster logs a solid 60’ time at 1.52 seconds. From Phil about his car “It’s equipped with a naturally aspirated 521 big block Ford and a face-plated TKO600 transmission built by liberty gears near Detroit Michigan. Out back is a Moser Fab9 …Read More
Posted on August 12, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
The Pilots of FedEx have set another record for fundraising! The Factory Five donation car they built raised a winning bid of $150,000 at last night's St. Jude Memphis JAM Gala Auction. The car debuted a few months ago at the FedEx display at the Midsouth Airshow in Memphis, alongside…Read More
Posted on August 10, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
James Shaw ordered his kit in 2017, and it took him just under 3 years to get it registered and driving. Built on a budget, he told us “I still haven't painted it and used a junkyard rear and a small-block chevy motor that a local drag racer was selling dirt…Read More
Posted on August 8, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Will Bolton from North Carolina shared this glamor shot of his completed FFR Roadster. In the spirit of sharing the stoke, here’s the story behind the picture. “My brother took me up on a last minute drive on Tail of the Dragon last weekend. This photo pretty much sums up the…Read More
Posted on August 1, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Congratulations to Phil Beadnell from Arizona on graduating his Factory Five Mk4 Roadster. Build started September 2020, completed and registered January 2022. An advocate for the Factory Five Forum, he gives thanks to those on the forum and says, “it is a really great source of knowledge. I always found…Read More
Posted on July 15, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Loren and Shelly Diede own a ’35 Hot Rod Truck named Eleanor with electric power steering, a 3-link rear suspension and powder coated frame. They’ve been winning awards and generating interest at local car shows. Loren says, “We entered her in a local Father's Day car show. This is one of…Read More
Posted on June 30, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
In 1997, we had been in business for two years and we decided to have our very first Open House –maybe 25 cars showed up. It was a chance to hang with the people who pay our rent and check out cars. Over the years, thousands of people have attended…Read More
Posted on June 29, 2022 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Our good friends Luke Pepper Creative Pepper produced a short, but fun video of Factory Five's 2022 Open House video. Check it out! We'll have even more coverage of the Open House posted on our website and social media pages soon with photos and car show winners!Read More
Posted on June 7, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Pictured above are Sean (Indy) Puckett and wife Michelle driving his buddy Chris LeCornu's Factory Five Mk4 Roadster. They took Chris's car from 5th Gear Car Rally, a thousand miles from San Diego to Tucson. Then they headed to Scottsdale and the famous Route 66. Indy and Chris say their…Read More
Posted on June 2, 2022 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED! Open House is free to attend, but there is a fee to tour the museum. You only need to register if you are bringing a Factory Five car to display in the show. We will have team members directing traffic for car show parking and spectator parking.…Read More
Posted on May 30, 2022 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
On behalf of all the employees at Factory Five Racing, I would like to wish all of you a happy and safe Memorial Day. We send out our gratitude to the members of the United States Armed Forces. We will be closed on Monday for Memorial Day, and will be…Read More
Posted on May 24, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Celebrating good driving weather with customer John Mackay’s 21st season driving his Roadster. John says his trip to the Olympic Park “is a nice day's drive at just over 300 miles.” In regards to his car he says, “using coil-overs and 6-piston Baer brake calipers in all four corners as…Read More
Posted on May 18, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Kevin Heneghan’s Factory Five MKIV Roadster was recently featured on his home town of Morgan Hill, California’s 4th of July Festival social media. It’s an early MKIV received in January 2012, and took him 3 years to build. Kevin started his build when his oldest was 14, with “lots of…Read More
Posted on May 16, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Growing up Jamie O'Pelt was the first one in his household to fix something when it broke. He has been in the Metal Fabrication Industry for nearly thirty years now. In pursuit of a fun and unique project, he researched some build projects. Although a Personal Helicopter or Hovercraft were…Read More
Posted on May 12, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Customer Hugo Vega from Ecuador built his Type 65 Coupe with his son Mateo over the last two years. He says “this was a job done with my son. We spent many nights building the car, and it was a challenge that we had to carry out. For us it…Read More
Posted on May 9, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
“Your cars have great potential and are not too difficult to make really fast.” Robert Schwaiger from KRT Custom Speed has been running a Factory Five Type 65 Coupe-R and Challenge Car racing in Europe. He says, “the car developed well and we are pretty much at the lap times…Read More
Posted on May 6, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
The Tech Team took some deserved time off yesterday afternoon to head up to the Mass Cruisers car show at Patriot Place. Jeff, Mike, and Keith were joined by Riley, (from Welding). The weather was perfect at 70 degrees with clear blue skies! The team brought three cars to the…Read More
Posted on May 4, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Factory Five customer Karen Salvaggio is headlining the Spokane Festival of Speed. Factory Five customers are welcome to join her! A Fundraiser Benefiting American Childhood Cancer Association Spokane, Wash. – April 12, 2022 – Spokane Festival of Speed announced today a new partnership with Kalispel Tribe to hold its annual…Read More
Posted on April 29, 2022 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
NASCAR driver Joey Logano has named the Factory Five '35 Hot Rod Truck one of his Top 10 Favorite Cars on Autoweek.com! We helped build a '35 Truck with Joey in Snap-On's YouTube series "From the Ground Up," and painted it to match his 2017 Ford GT. From Autoweek.com -…Read More
