Posted on June 12, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The Factory Five 2012 Open House was by far the best Open House to date. The best weather, the most number of cars, and the most attendees. The day dawned clear skies, perfect 75 degrees and mostly sunny all day long. Factory Fives began rolling in around 8 AM and…Read More
Posted on June 9, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
May 2012 Testing and Specifications Adam Costa at Lone Wolf Productions put together this brief video showing some track testing of the 818 chassis and 818R body shape.Read More
Join us for a very special Open House event! This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Factory Five Racing Summer Open House! This year's Open House will be held on Saturday, June 9th from 9 am to 1 pm at our headquarters in Wareham, MA. The format will be…Read More
Posted on June 6, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Providence Business News reports that Factory Five Racing was one of eleven local south eastern New England businesses that have been nominated by the New Bedford Chamber of Commerce and Bank Five for the 2012 Small Business of the Year Award. "We are very honored to be nominated and behalf…Read More
Posted on June 6, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Modified Mustangs & Fords Magazine recently released details on a new car we are building with the crew from Summit Racing. The car will be unveiled at the 2012 GoodGuys Nationals in Columbus, Ohio on July 6-8. The car has a long list of special parts and custom paint (Summit…Read More
Factory Five Racing customer and '33 Machine owner Erik Hansen will be staffing the Factory Five booth at the 2012 LA Roadster Show at the Fairplex in Pomona, CA this coming Father's Day weekend - June 16 and 17. Erik will be bringing his an award winning and race winning…Read More
Posted on June 5, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
[caption id="attachment_3870" align="alignnone" width="626" caption="Factory Five GTM hits the main page of Yahoo Autos! (With a little help from a car called the McLaren MP4-12C!)"][/caption] A few weeks ago, we hosted Automobile Magazine's Ezra Dyer here at Factory Five Racing. Ezra had brought one of the very first McLaren's down…Read More
Posted on June 4, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
We've posted PDF versions of our latest brochures on our website and you can view them for free. We're still happy to send your hard copies. Here's a sample brochure and you can view each one under that kits web site section in the left hand column navigation bar. Factory…Read More
Posted on May 29, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five customer and Challenge Series Racer John "GoPro Pro" George sends us some rock star in-car footage of last weekend's race at New Jersey Motorsports Park. Check out the start where John rips past some Porsches and Vettes en route to a very fast finish. The 2012 Spec Challenge…Read More
The London C-car Show has been an annual event since 2002 with replica enthusiasts gathering in London, Ohio for the world's largest rolling car show of vintage GT40 and C-car replicas. Originally the event began as a small get together to benefit kids with Cystic Fibrosis, and today, the event…Read More
This year, we're attending the June 15-17 GoodGuys show in West Springfield, MA and customers are invited to join us at this fun three day event. We're bringing a good selection of Hot Rods and a few other Factory Fives with our big Factory Five show & event truck. There…Read More
Posted on May 23, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Today I received an e-mail from Mike and Kim Stockwell, the parents of Capt. Brandon Stockwell, who gave us an update on how he's doing after his fourth deployment to Afghanistan and Iraq. Mike included some photos of Brandon with his Factory Five Roadster and the attack helicopter he flies.…Read More
Posted on May 22, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
If you know Factory Five, you know we don't have any salesmen. Rather, our customers are our salesmen. Recently, our truck driver Scott "Honey Badger" Bell told us every time he goes out on the road, he's constantly swarmed with people asking about the cars. We gave him a few…Read More
Posted on May 21, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
This year's Carlisle Imports & Replicas Show featured perfect weather and lots of great people. The full FFR line-up was on hand including customer Tim D.'s 347-powered Mk4 Roadster and customer Tim P.'s Type 65 Coupe. This is one of the few Coupes with a dual overhead cam 4.6L drivetrain.…Read More
Posted on May 18, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Here's a sneak peak of the updated FFR parts catalog. You may have noticed the last few days we've been having some technical problems with our parts catalog. We apologize for the inconvenience as we are in the middle of a parts catalog upgrade. At this point, everything should be…Read More
Posted on May 18, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
[caption id="attachment_3665" align="alignnone" width="694" caption="Factory Five wins Association of Handbuilt Automobiles GMP Award for third year!"][/caption] We've been attending the west coast's largest handbuilt automotive show since 1996. The AHA (Association of Handbuilt Automobiles) hosts hundreds of customs at their annual show in Pomona, CA. In 2004, and again in…Read More
Posted on May 18, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The 2012 Huntington Beach Cruise-In was an exceptional customer event and a ton of fun. Factory Five video pro Greg Hoy put together 11 short videos to give you an idea of the event. Click on any of the YouTube videos below. Brian Smith and his dad built a Mk4…Read More
Posted on May 15, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
We received an e-mail from long time customer Mike C. from Arizona who reports he has recently hit 62,000 miles on his Factory Five Roadster. Having received FFR 2290K in September 2000 and completing his build in January of 2001, Mike has been busy driving along the famous Route 66…Read More
Posted on May 14, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Last Saturday the crew at Factory Five got a chance to rub elbows with New England Subaru owners at AJW Performance's Spring event. The day was big fun with perfect 70 degree and sunny weather and about 125 subies cruising in from all over new England. We had our 818…Read More
Posted on May 14, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Last Friday morning I learned of the passing of Carroll Shelby. I immediately posted the news to our Factory Five Forums and community. For the first time in a long long time I was without words. While I have fought Carroll for years, with all my effort in court over…Read More
