Posted on August 18, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The Rod Authority Covers the '33 Five Day Build Hot Rod Magazine's Rob Kinnan wrote a great online article for The Rod Authority (awesome website!) about his 5 day build. Check it out by clicking here. Dave Smith PresidentRead More
Posted on August 16, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Special All Factory Five Issue on Newsstands Now When Mark Houlahan (former editor of Modified Mustangs and Fords Magazine) and the crew at Interlink Source Media came to me with the idea of an all Factory Five edition of Kit Car Magazine, I thought it was a pretty cool idea.…Read More
Posted on August 14, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Kit Pick-Up and Factory Tour on 08-22-11 It was a busy day, but the highlight of my day was meeting Mark and Courtney Doering from Alabama who were here to pick up their GTM, to get a plant tour, and to visit with the FFR staff in preparation for their…Read More
Posted on August 13, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Track Club USA Autocross August 6th, 2011 Congrats are owed to our very modest Director of R&D Jim Schenck who, driving his own Factory Five Challenge Car (2012 Spec), set the fastest time of the day by a full second at the Track Club USA Autocross on August 6th, 2011.…Read More
Posted on August 12, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Many in the Factory Five community have purchased parts from Finish Line and Enzo Alibrandi (the owner). We are sad to bring the news that Enzo passed away last Tuesday at the very young age of 59 after a tough battle with cancer. I met Enzo at Carlisle in 1997…Read More
Posted on August 12, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five Forum Member Magnus Documents the Ride "Watsonville, California. Sometimes you get attention that is not so flattering. Actually, he just stopped to make sure I was ok. I had stopped to take some pictures." - Magnus Check out the new Factory Five Forum to read an awesome story…Read More
Posted on August 11, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
SEMA 2011 Car Being Built by Customer Gary Cheney You guys saw the concept sketches for the FFR-Koni SEMA GTM. Here's an update - The mechanicals on the car are complete and the body is being painted. We're excited about unveiling this car at the 2011 SEMA Show with the…Read More
Posted on August 10, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Frank Keyser Stops by the Factory in His Mk3 Roadster Longtime Factory Five customer Frank Keyser paid us a visit last Friday, August 12, 2011, with his friend Sam to say hi and see the changes we've made to the showroom and factory. Frank has been a Factory Five customer…Read More
Posted on August 8, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Week Ending August 12th, 2011 There were six original Coupes produced in 1965. In 2011, Factory Five Racing launched our Gen 2 Coupe and shipped our 500th car! Without taking anything away from the original cars, which won the 1965 FIA World Championships...FFR Coupes have earned their own stripes and…Read More
Posted on August 8, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Pizza Lunch on Friday Provided by The Engine Factory We have some of the best vendors as partner companies! Last Friday, the boys at The Engine Factory surprised us with a free pizza lunch and we wanted to send them a quick thank you! The crew here enjoyed the pizza!…Read More
Posted on August 6, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
MuscleCar Build of a Mk4 Roadster Coming Soon Courtney Hansen from Spike TV's "Powerblock" welcomes Factory Five Racing president Dave Smith back to Powerblock this weekend along with one of his incredible Mk4 Roadsters. They only made 300 of the original cars, so they’re hard to find and just about…Read More
Posted on August 6, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five Roadster Hits Power Tour Factory Five customers Dale and Jason Frier of Syracuse, New York were profiled in the October 2011 issue of Hot Rod Magazine driving their FFR Roadster in a driving rain storm (hardcore!). Our guys have been on the Hot Rod Power Tour numerous times…Read More
Posted on August 3, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Paul's Roadster Wins Third in Field of Over 3,000 Paul accepting his award for third place at the Granby, Quebec car show. We received a quick e-mail from Factory Five customer Paul Fouquette from Canada who recently went to a car show in Granby, Quebec. The car show hosts over…Read More
Posted on August 2, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Ron Everitt Stops by Factory Five and Dave Smith Test Drives his Mk3 Roadster One of our favorite things here at Factory Five is when a customer visits with their completed car to show off what they have done during their build. However, it is not common that they hand…Read More
Posted on August 1, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
FFR's Dave Smith Tries Out the Coyote Engine in the '33 Hot Rod Featured on the PowerBlock As many of you may remember, HorsePower TV installed a new 5.0L Coyote engine in a Factory Five '33 Hot Rod in one of their episodes last season. We have it at our…Read More
Posted on July 31, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Win Free Ford Stuff by Writing Best Caption on Forum The guys at Ford Racing sent us some cool swag and so we figured we'd share the wealth and do some give-aways with 4 caption contests. The rules are simple - our guys here will pick what we think is…Read More
Posted on July 28, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Watch the Complete Race from July 17, 2011 FFR customer and Challenge Series Racer John George has posted an exciting video of the Challenge Series Race on July 17th at Mid-Ohio. With in car footage from Paul Arnold, John George, and Jim Schenck, you get to see action from the…Read More
Posted on July 27, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
FFR President Quoted in July 27 Article on "Dream Cars" This morning Wall Street Journal (Wednesday July 27th), has an excellent article on the increasing popularity of component cars and pending legislation that FFR President Dave Smith has been closely associated with. The SEMA sponsored "Small Volume Manufacturers Bill" is…Read More
Posted on July 20, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
1968 All Over Again by Dave Smith Sometimes I forget what a great job I have. Last night it had been a long day and it was HOT out. I decided the old 427 FE Mk3 of mine needed some miles. I drove 45 miles home (I have a long…Read More
Posted on July 16, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Great Weather, FFR Give-Away '33 Hot Rod, and Great Customers! The 2011 Right Coast Nationals Give-Away car was built by Morrisville College. The 2011 Right Coast Nationals held at the fairgrounds in Syracuse was a HUGE success! This year, there were a number of firsts for us. A Factory Five…Read More
