FFR Customer Art Kelly Kicks Off the Show Season in Pensacola

Reaction to Factory Fives at the 32nd Annual Mustang and All Ford Show

Along with the race season getting under way, so is the show season and we’ve already gotten feedback from customers about Factory Five’s taking the spotlight at local shows. Customer Art Kelly sent us a message describing not only how he won an award, but how his Factory Five Roadster was swarmed by attendees for the entire event.

I entered my MK3 FFR Roadster in the judged Special Interest category at the 32nd annual Mustang and All Ford Show at Pensacola Fairgrounds this past weekend. The activity around the car was really remarkable. It seemed like everyone had seen the recent program about Factory Five on speed Channel. Every single response to the program and the FFR product was very positive. I shared my own experience and information about the Company with dozens of interested men and women.

This enthusiasm was very pronounced in several and they seem ready to make a decision to join the ranks of the many happy Roadster owners. I can truly say I was proud to have built what, I overheard one man tell his female companion, is the BEST kit car car company, bar none!! Other car owners located near my area even remarked on how the spectators were flocking around the MK3 and snapping pictures of the car and posing next to it. It was great to see the kids faces as they sat in the driver’s seat while mom and dad snapped pictures.

Thank you everyone at Factory Five for providing these happy memories.”

Art Kelly
Birmingham, AL

Congratulations on a great show Art!

Latest Factory Five News

Mark S. Graduates His Mk4 & Scores Magazine Cover!

Congratulations to customer Mark S. on graduating his Mk4 Roadster build! Mark came for a tour of Factory Five in March 2020 to meet Dave Smith and the team. After returning home to the United Kingdom, Mark ordered his Mk4, and it arrived at his garage in February 2021.  Marks good friend, neighbor, and fellow car enthusiast, Stuart H, helpedwith the build which featured a Gen 3 5.0L Coyote, Tremec TKO transmission, 8.8″ solid axle with 3-link rear suspension, 18″ Halibrand wheels, and of course, it had to be in right hand drive. Mark also had the chassis galvanised to…

Read More

Factory Five is Closed Today, Monday January 26, 2026.

I made the call to scrub FFR operations for the day. The drive in wasn’t bad, and most roads are clear. Unfortunately our plow crew was late, and the day dawned with 3-4′ drifts in the back parking lot! We will be at work and at full strength tomorrow. Sorry for any difficulties this may cause. Dave SmithPresident

Read More

Three Generations Embark on a Type 65 Coupe Dream Build

Dave Ryan’s Type 65 Coupe build is moving right along—and it’s become something even bigger along the way. In collaboration with Factory Five Racing, V6 Media is producing a short film documenting the build process. Recently, Dave’s father, Vaun Ryan, sat down to share his lifelong passion for performance cars and motorcycles—sparked as a young boy on the family farm in Utah, building a homemade go-kart powered by a hay-elevator motor. That curiosity for how things work turned into a lifetime of mechanical enthusiasm, passed down through generations and now culminating in Dave’s Type 65 Coupe build, which is a…

Read More
Top