Posted on November 23, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five Customers Bearing Gifts are Always Welcome! Mike, and his wife Justine, Souto visited us the other day from Wisconsin. They were here last year at this time as they visit friends in the area each year for Thanksgiving (we know the truth, they come to Factory Five each…Read More
Posted on November 21, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Steve Temple Shoots Mk4 Following the 2011 SEMA Show After photographing George Robitaille's '33 Hot Rod that was featured at the SEMA Show this year, Steve Temple shot photos of the Factory Five Mk4 Roadster, which was also on display at SEMA. These photos were taken in the Nevada Desert…Read More
Posted on November 20, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The Crew at Hammink Performance Bring in Four More! Hammink Performance, the exclusive Factory Five European Distributor, recently received their latest shipment of Factory Five kits including a Mk4 Roadster, two Challenge Cars, and a Gen 2 GTM as well as one of the last Gen 1 GTM noses. In…Read More
Posted on November 20, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
New Videos Posted from This Year's SEMA Show Since the team returned from this year's SEMA Show, we've been going through all of the photos and video from the show. We're starting to complete the videos and are now posting them on our YouTube channel. Here's the first one with…Read More
Posted on November 17, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
First Mendeola Production Transaxles Ship This has been a very long time coming. About one year ago, we began taking deposits on what was to be about a three month project with the guys from Mendeola Transmissions. Specifically, the project involved an affordable, high horsepower capable transmission for the GTM…Read More
Posted on November 15, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in Upcoming Shows, What's New
10 Shows and Customers are Welcome At the 2011 SEMA Show, I reached an agreement with the Autorama/World of Wheels organizers. These guys will be taking a Factory Five Hot Rod on their official show and event truck and as an official sponsor, Factory Five Racing is given two customer…Read More
Posted on November 15, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Street Rodder Talks to Factory Five at SEMA 2011 Factory Five Racing President Dave Smith is interviewed by Street Rodder Magazine's Jerry Dixey at the 2011 SEMA Show about the Factory Five '33 Hot Rod. The Hot Rod featured was selected by MSN.com and NASCAR driver David Ragan as one…Read More
Posted on November 14, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Photos of FFR Hot Rod in the Nevada Desert A good friend of mine, Steve Temple, captured FFR customer George R.'s '33 Hot Rod in the Nevada Desert after the 2011 SEMA Show where the car was featured. The car will be at the upcoming Autorama shows car shows across…Read More
Posted on November 13, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
From Online Forum Blogs to Track Pictures, FFR Customer Jeff K. Shares His Stories Factory Five customer Jeff K. from Bloomington, IN is, as he describes, "not a waxer." He drives his cars hard and spends a lot of time on the Factory Five customer forums sharing his experience, expertise,…Read More
Posted on November 11, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
A Message from the Crew at Factory Five "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" is one of the most famous phrases contained in the United States Declaration of Independence. It was signed in 1776 by our country's forefathers, and these rights have not been dishonored in over 200 years…Read More
Posted on November 5, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Customers Build Factory Five Hot Rods in Different Styles One of the best parts of the Factory Five '33 Hot Rod is the various configurations you can have for the exterior. From a coupe with no fenders to a roadster with full fenders, there is no limitations when it comes…Read More
Posted on November 5, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
NASCAR Driver Picks FFR '33 for Top 10 at SEMA Over on MSN.com, NASCAR driver David Ragan, who drives for the #6 Roush-Fenway UPS Ford, posted his Top 10 Cars at SEMA and among the list is the Factory Five '33 Hot Rod! "We figure that by now, you're probably…Read More
Posted on November 4, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Three Customers Stop by Factory Five with Their Supercharged FFRs A coupe of weeks ago, we had three supercharged Factory Fives here at shot a quick video with the owners - Henry Renaud, George Robitaille, and Karl Magnussen. The two Hot Rods are currently on display at the 2011 SEMA…Read More
Posted on November 3, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Fives Featured Heavily at this Year's Show It's that time of year again! The Factory Five crew arrived in Las Vegas the other day and finished preparing for this week's SEMA Show Monday afternoon. Dave Smith has sent us a bunch of spy photos and we'll have more coming…Read More
Posted on October 30, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Photos of Hack Shack's New '33 Build Factory Five customer and Pro-Builder Gary Hagar from Hack Shack Inc, in Arkansas sent us these nice pictures of the 33 that he painted for another customer, Don M. The car is FFR Hot Rod #257. The car was built as a street…Read More
Posted on October 29, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Bill and Larry's Excellent Adventure in Hardback I received an amazing package in the mail the other day. It was a hard cover book that documented the build of two Factory Five Roadsters done side-by-side by two friends, Bill Grant and Larry Capalbo. When I say, "I love my job!",…Read More
Posted on October 28, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Customer Cars Arrive at Factory to Head Out to Vegas The preparations for the 2011 SEMA Show are almost complete and vehicles are at the factory getting ready to be loaded on the Factory Five transport. We've got some exciting surprises like always for the SEMA Show and customer cars,…Read More
Posted on October 20, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Sneak Peek Before the Car Leaves for the 2011 SEMA Show Factory Five Racing will have one of our Gen 2 GTMs featured in the KONI Shocks booth at the 2011 SEMA Show in just a couple of weeks. Built by FFR customer Gary C., here are some photos of…Read More
Posted on October 19, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
We use SolidWorks software in engineering and new product development and we use HP computers to run this math intensive software. Here's an old promo video that the guys at HP did some years back when we first started working with them. As you can tell, this is where our…Read More
Posted on October 18, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
[caption id="attachment_4466" align="alignright" width="211" caption="Factory Five customer Gary Green"][/caption] Factory Five customer Gary Green from Detroit, MI recently took his Challenge Car to the Michigan International Speedway for a Concourse deElegance track day. He sent use a link to a YouTube video saying: "After some SPF GT 40 intro stuff…Read More
