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
Posted on July 15, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
14th Annual Mustang & Live Music Event Features Tasca Mod Shop Built Factory Five Hot Rod Join the Factory Five crew as we head over to Tasca Ford for their 14th Annual Mustang and Ford Show in Cranston Rhode Island. The event is set to kick-off at 10 a.m. and…Read More
Posted on July 13, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Tech Support Closed Thursday and Friday, July 14 & 15th We are open today and tomorrow with a small crew here as the bulk of our team are at the 2011 Right Coast Nationals in Syracuse, NY. If you get a chance to attend the 2011 Right Coast Nationals, stop…Read More
Posted on July 12, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Check Out Some Great Customer Builds On The Factory Five Forum Customer Scott Herold and customers Brandon and Tracy Marshall are just the two most recent customers to post their photos of their Factory Five projects on the new Factory Five Forum. If you haven't been to the forum, you…Read More
Posted on July 7, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Old School Mk2 Done Right and Driven Daily Factory Five customer Paul Souza brought his red Mk2 driver by the other day and we had a chance to check the car out. Paul has made some nice upgrades to the car including rear 3-link suspension, shock upgrades, and has added…Read More
Posted on July 6, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Event the Weekend of July 16 and 17 Factory Five engineer Jim Schenck will be heading out to Mid-Ohio with a very full field of Factory Five Challenge Series Racers for the July 16 and 17 NASA-FFR Challenge Series race. We'll post a complete race report…Read More
Posted on July 5, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Syracuse, NY July 15th thru 17th Join us for the 12th Annual Right Coast Nationals car show in Syracuse, NY at the fairgrounds on July 15-17. This year, we will be bringing our latest Factory Five cars and will be joined by customer cars. The Syracuse Nationals is truly the…Read More
Posted on July 3, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 in Wareham, MA from 4 PM to 6 PM This year's Open House was a bit wet, so if you didn't get a chance to cruise by and check out the latest FFR cars, here's a second chance! Please join us this coming Tuesday, July 12th,…Read More
Posted on July 2, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Quilted Blanket Raises $1,000 for CF at London C-Car Show I wanted to take a moment to send a special thanks to Ms. Kit Hill (center) and Mrs. Marissa Ballentine (center right) shown here with my daughter Jenny (left) and Emily Kern (right) holding the special London Cobra Show quilt…Read More
Posted on July 1, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
$500 in Prizes Awarded Every Month! The new Factory Five Forum is off to a great start and after more than four months, we have close to 4,000 members and 25,000 posts. As a way of saying thank you, and rewarding the community, we have decided to sponsor a monthly…Read More
Posted on June 29, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
John Returns from Road Trip to Florida in Mk3 Factory Five's Rick Masters and customer John Pettersen catch up after John's road trip. Factory Five customer John Pettersen has just returned to Massachusetts from a trip to Florida that saw him reach the 15,000 mile mark on his Mk3 Roadster.…Read More
Posted on June 27, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Cars Arrive Back Home in Wareham from London C-Car Show Every time I forget what a cool job I have, I walk around the building and take some pictures with my cell phone camera. I swear more things happen on a daily basis here. This morning, the truck arrived from…Read More
Posted on June 25, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
$100,000 Raised for Cystic Fibrosis and Perfect Weather Greets Show Participants! Huge news to report this year from the annual London, Ohio C-car Show! The weather was great, the crowd was huge, and the number of replicas in attendance was about 200! The biggest news of the show was that…Read More
Posted on June 24, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Fives Run in 3 Hour Enduro and Keep Things Close in FFR-NASA Challenge Series Race Last weekend, 10 Factory Five Challenge Series racers hit the track at Road Atlanta. Friday was a practice day and two Challenge Cars were also driven in a 3 hour enduro which saw Scott…Read More
Posted on June 23, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Bill Wins Best in Show - GTM and Most Innovative Improvement At the 14th Annual Open House, Factory Five customer Bill Noeth brought his GTM to the show and ended up walking with an award for each hand. Bill's car was awarded Best in Show - GTM and Most Innovative…Read More
Posted on June 21, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Best Auto-Related Father's Day Gifts and Best DIY We have to say thanks to the cool guys at Jalopnik.com for highlighting our cars twice recently. In their post "Ten outrageous Auto-Themed Father's Day Gifts," the Factory Five Mk4 Roadster was recommended as on of ten gifts for dad that are…Read More
Posted on June 20, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Best in Show Winning Mk4 Roadster Build Profiled Factory Five customer John Takvorian built his Mk4 Roadster with the help of Ron Everitt. They picked the Roadster kit up in January, put the last few tweaks and touches on June 10th, and brought the completed car to the Factory Five…Read More
Posted on June 19, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Highlights from the Event with More to Come We put together a short music video of last weekend's Factory Five Open House with clips of the cars arriving, the lines for some hot dogs, the busy scratch and dent sale, warehouse tour, and of course, the car show. Check the…Read More
Posted on June 18, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
All of New England is going crazy celebrating the game 7 Boston Bruins Stanley Cup victory! At the same time, we would like to take this opportunity to send our very best regards to all of our Canadian customers and congratulate the Vancouver Canucks on a great season and a…Read More
