Factory Five Customer Thomas L. Gets Thanks for Service

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New

I was lucky to give a brief tour of the company to Thomas Learned and his family who were up from Texas. Thomas is a 21-year United States Army Veteran, retired Apache helicopter mechanic. Thomas served three combat tours. He is interested in building a Hot Rod, but since my flame ’33 was at the back of the showroom, we decided to take a quick spin in the Mk4 Roadster.

After the test drive, we did a quick tour of the plant and were able to say a collective “Thank you” for a career dedicated to keeping all of us Americans safe.

Dave Smith
President

Thomas and family in the Factory Five showroom.

It’s fun to take people on test drives where we can do some basic car handling demos like understeer, oversteer, and some nice tasty donuts…

I swear I’m ALMOST able to lift my front wheels when the Toyo R888’s are nice and hot.

Please don’t forward this photo to Stan at Toyo Tires. 🙂

After the test drive, we did a quick tour of the plant.

Latest Factory Five News

Ryan B. Unveils his ’35 Hot Rod Truck ‘MACH 35e’!

October 1, 2026

The Factory Five ’35 Hot Rod Truck is designed to be built with a small block Ford or Chevy, 5.0L Coyote, LS, or Hemi engine, but every so often these days, we hear a story about someone going down a different path and building their own custom EV out of our kit. Ryan B. from East Coast Cobras in Hollis, NH did just that, and recently graduated his Tesla-powered ’35 Hot Rod Truck! Read More »

The Bostrom’s Mk4 Shines at First Car Show!

September 25, 2026

“This is a lifetime dream come true for me!” John exclaims as he shares the news of graduating Mk4 Roadster build and attending his first car show with the completed car earlier this month. John found a partially built Mk4 Roadster for sale back in November 2023. He took a trip to talk to the owner in Katy, TX, and was soon bringing it home for him to complete the assembly. “I built a 454 Windsor Ford with Inglese 8 stack injection for it myself,” said John. “Installed it and got it to the running stage. My younger brother, his friend,… Read More »

Jim and Cecily T. Graduate Their Mk4 Roadster!

September 20, 2026

Congratulations to Jim. and Cecily T. from Heathsville, VA on graduating their Factory Five Mk4 Roadster build! They received their kit in April 2024. “I was in no rush since I planned on enjoying the build just as much as cruising in it.,” said Jim. “Goes back to my old drag racing days in the 70’s. Tinkering on that car was as much fun as racing it.” Jim’s plan for his Roadster build also included building up a 427 stroker engine as well as doing the paint as he saw it as an additional part of the build that he would enjoy… Read More »