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
Posted on October 18, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Details: Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Innovation Award Winner The November 2011 issue of Popular Mechanics includes a front page blurb that states: "The 160 MPG built by high school students!" And inside is a feature on the TDI-powered GTM hyper mileage car built by the kids at West Philly High School…Read More
Posted on October 17, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
GoodGuys Magazine Covers the Event in November 2011 Issue In the November 2011 issue of GoodGuys Magazine which covers the 2011 GoodGuys PPG Nationals, the Christian Rodders & Racers are featured with their Hot Rod Camp at the show. This is the 9th year the Christian Rodders Association have hosted…Read More
Posted on October 17, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Build Journal Documents Entire Process on the Factory Five Forum I met Factory Five customer Bill Phillips at the recent Charlotte, N.C. Quaker Steak and Lube Cruise-In and I got a chance to check out his masterfully built '33 Hot Rod. The car is built to an amazing fit and…Read More
Posted on October 16, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Watch StyleBoston TV's Visit to Factory Five Racing Find Out How Many Donuts Can Dave Drive Around a Cameraman? Watch StyleBoston TV's Visit to Factory Five Racing Find out how many donuts Dave can drive around a standing cameraman! Kids, don't try this at home. StyleBoston, a local TV show…Read More
Posted on October 15, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
FFR Customer Ray McEdwards Sends in the Report Factory Five customer Ray McEdwards sent us an e-mail letting us know that two Factory Fives won at the Fourth Annual Madera Glass & Body Gold Cup Car Show. Here's is what Ray wrote us: "I attended the Fourth Annual Madera Glass…Read More
Posted on October 14, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
How Many Donuts Can Dave Drive Around a Cameraman? Find out how many donuts Dave can drive around a standing cameraman! Kids, don't try this at home. If you live in the Boston area, check out the TV show StyleBoston this weekend on WCVB-TV Channel 5 as they will be…Read More
Posted on October 13, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Pictures and In-Car Video with FFR Challenge Racer John George Factory Five Challenge Series driver John George got a chance to drive Greg Wellinghoff's silver Challenge Car at Road America on October 8th and 9th. John ran with other Challenge Series Cars and Factory Fives and sent us these nice…Read More
Posted on October 12, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Taking Customer Service to the Extreme This weekend was a busy one for Factory Five. While most folks are enjoying the Columbus Day weekend, the crew at Factory Five were spread around the country working hard. None more than our own Dan Golub who worked here on Saturday doing tours.…Read More
Posted on October 6, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Customer Mark F. Posts Videos from the Dragstrip If you haven't been visiting the Factory Five Forum, you might be missing some of the great stories that customers have been sharing on a daily basis. Customer Mark Fettback from Langley, British Columbia recently posted to fantastic videos from his recent…Read More
Posted on October 3, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Popular Mechanics Recognizes World-Changing Innovations with 2011 Breakthrough Awards It's time to brag here. While bureaucrats in Washington dole out a half a billion dollars in DOE grant money that ends up getting flushed down the toilet (Solyndra), real innovation is driven by American ingenuity and small companies like Factory…Read More
Posted on October 2, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Team Boothman Tests Updates to the 25 Hours of Thunderhill Challenge Car Team Boothman has been busy these last few weeks and took it to Watkins Glen this past weekend to test the 25 Hours of Thunderhill Challenge Car out before the big event in December. One of the big…Read More
