Posted on October 30, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The 2012 SEMA Show is officially underway in Las Vegas and early reports show that the Factory Five Booth is already packed with attendees checking out our latest and greatest. The Mk4 Roadster, '33 Hot Rod, Type 65 Coupe, and GTM Supercar are all drawing big crowds with the new…Read More
Posted on October 26, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
This is one of 11 FANTASTIC cars that we are bringing to the 2012 SEMA Show. We had a ton of fun working with the guys from MuscleCar TV and JoAnn Bortles of crazyhorsecustoms.com as well as the crew from PPG making this car. The car is a Factory Five…Read More
Posted on October 22, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Mike A. takes his grandfather out for a drive in the Type 65 Coupe. I received these great photos of Factory Five customer Joe Aufiero's Coupe while taking his Dad out for a quick drive around town. Joe's dad is pushing 96 years old and asked if Joe thought he…Read More
Posted on October 19, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five customer Dave C. sent us these photos of his recently finished Gen 2 GTM taken at the beautiful Christipher Newport University campus. The GTM is features the Chevrolet LS376/480 EFI engine putting out 500+ HP @ 4,800 RPM and Radial Mount forged narrow superlite brakes. Here are the…Read More
Posted on October 18, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five customer Hugo R. sent us an e-mail this morning reporting that three more Factory Five's have been registered in Puerto Rico. Hugo registered a GTM while his friends Kenny and Joel registered a GTM and a Roadster. Joel's Roadster and Hugo-s GTM on their way to the DMV…Read More
Posted on October 15, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
I received this AWESOME letter today from FFR cust Steve Fischer and had to share! "Dave, I traded rides with the owner of this 1980’s Romanian built Russian fighter trainer (Yakovlev 52) last Sunday. After some sightseeing and a few aileron rolls we went for a drive up the coast…Read More
Posted on October 12, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
A couple of weeks ago, we introduced you to some new employees here at Factory Five and we recently learned that one of them, shipping's Dave Correia, won a trip to Leguna Seca for the 1st Annual Speed Dream Ride Event in April 2010. Factory Five's Dave Correia (left) with…Read More
Posted on October 10, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The boys at MuscleCar TV painted this ultra-cool flame job on our Factory Five '33 demo car. World renowned custom Flame painter JoAnn Bortles from Crazy Horse Painting did an amazing job on our '33 Factory Five demo car with the crew from MuscleCar TV and PPG. The car will…Read More
Posted on October 9, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five customer Mike K. from New York had a big weekend with his '33 Hot Rod build, installing his brand new small block Chevy and 700R4 transmission. Mike sent us these photos today and we thought it'd be fun to share with everyone. Maybe Mike will send us a…Read More
Posted on October 9, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five Racing customer Eric Perchak shared this photo of his Gen 1 GTM powered by a LME LS2 402 twin turbo engine with Trick Flow heads and water to air intercoolers. It has 700 HP at 7 lbs of boost! The photo was taken by Mike Ermilio and featured…Read More
Posted on October 4, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Here's a great story about the depth and reach of the Factory Five community from Challenge Series Racer Tim K. Back in 2008, Tim brought a friend of his, Nicholas, visiting from France, to a Factory Five Challenge Series event at Thunderhill Raceway in northern California. Nicholas had a blast…Read More
Posted on October 3, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The crew is working feverishly on last minute details as we prepare to head out to the 2012 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, NV. The show is held this year from October 30th to November 2nd. This year we have some big surprises. We are unveiling the Factory Five-Summit Racing…Read More
Posted on October 3, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The winners for the October 2012 Picture of the Month contest have been announced over on www.thefactoryfiveforum.com. Forum member Kai Rod won Overall and '33 Hot Rod Picture of the Month. Karen Salvaggio (vnmsss on the forum) won the Type 65 Coupe Picture of the Month. Forum member GTMSomeday won…Read More
Posted on October 2, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
This past weekend on The Powerblock, the boys from Horsepower TV announced the winner of the Factory Five-Powerblock Sweepstakes Mk4 Roadster Give-Away. Close 200,000 people entered the contest which awarded a Factory Five Mk4 complete kit along with a full set of tools from Matco and a huge parts credit…Read More
Posted on October 2, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five customer Ray McEdwards brings us some cool news about his Factory Five Roadster. Ray's car was recently renowned photo artist Linda Berman and his car was recently picked up by genuinehotrod.com for their most recent catalog. Click here to check out genuinehotrod.com's website and Ray's car. Congratulations Ray!…Read More
Posted on October 1, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Brett and the boys at Ridetech continue to impress. In this case, a local reporter gets some hot laps in the Factory Five-Ridetech '33 Hot Rod. Watch the video or follow the link to get more information on Ridetech's build and race news this year. If you want to read…Read More
