Seven Factory Five Coupes

Posted on August 8, 2011 by 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 Factory Five customers are truly building the modern history of this cool design.

This week, Stewart Transport is running a bit late and we have seven coupes awaiting pick-up. I thought it would make a cool photo. There were six original Coupes ever made…we made seven in the last few weeks! Boo-yah!

Dave Smith
Factory Five President

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