Posted on May 24, 2017 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Two Factory Fives Finish in Top 10 and Under 2 Minutes at UTCC! In "Star Wars," Han Solo says about the Millennium Falcon, "It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs." Running under 2 minutes at Virginia International Raceway is kind of like that. This…Read More
Posted on May 19, 2017 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Michael Harding from Street Muscle Magazine has covered the Factory Five Huntington Beach Cruise-In for a few years now, and he has had a front row seat to the show and to the wide variety of exceptional hardware that arrives each year. This year, Michael has written a great article…Read More
Posted on May 16, 2017 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
This year, the 2017 London Cobra Show will be held on June 22nd - 24th. The world's largest Cobra gathering has been one of the best events of the year for Cobra fans for 15 years. Every year, Cobra enthusiasts from all over the country gather for a few days of…Read More
Posted on May 16, 2017 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Barrett-Jackson Northeast – June 21st – 24th, Mohegan Sun, CT Join the Factory Five crew and literally thousands of fans at the second annual Barrett-Jackson Northeast! Last year's event was a tremendous success, so this year we are doing a live build of a Factory Five Mk4 Roadster during the…Read More
Posted on May 16, 2017 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The Factory Five crew will be on hand to answer questions and make sure everyone has fun. Factory Five's Sally Bean, Tony Zullo, and customer Erik Hansen. Factory Five Open House - June 10th, 9 AM to 1 PM Join us for our 20th Annual Factory Five Open House event! It's…Read More
Posted on May 16, 2017 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
We're heading to Memphis, TN on June 5-11 for the FedEx St. Jude Classic PGA Tournament... but we're not going to golf. We're going to build a car on the 18th hole with a bunch of pilots from FedEx to raise money for the kids at St. Jude Children's Research…Read More
Posted on May 16, 2017 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Join us in Carlisle, PA on June 2-4 for the All Fords Carlisle Car Show! The Factory Five crew will be joining the team from Ford Performance. We will be bringing our all-new Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe-R to the Ford display. The rest of the Factory Five fleet will…Read More
Posted on May 12, 2017 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Customer John George built and is racing one of our new Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe-R models. He wrote this report from his third race in the new car. Rain, Race, and Time Trials - By John George NASA Northeast’s first event of the 2017 season kicked off this past…Read More
Posted on May 10, 2017 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Hot Rod Magazine's Mark Gearhart attended the 2017 Factory Five Huntington Beach Cruise-In and wrote a nice report with 59 awesome photos of the event. Here are a few. Click here to view the full gallery on Hot Rod's website. Factory Five Roadsters were the most popular model at this…Read More
Posted on May 10, 2017 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Over the last month we have been testing the new Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe model using two test cars, namely the latest factory-built car and the beta version owned by customer John George. John's car was built to compete in the NASA ST2 class. The goal of our wind…Read More
Posted on May 9, 2017 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The 12th annual Edelbrock Car Show was held last Saturday, May 6th at Edelbrock's headquarters in Torrance, CA and it was a great show! I have to admit that back-to-back weekend trips to L.A. wasn't easy, but the show was worthwhile and it was the first time we attended. Here…Read More
Posted on May 2, 2017 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
What a blast! Another great Huntington Beach Cruise-In is over and I'm back in New England wondering if the last few days were just a dream! The crew did an exceptional job and the customers delivered huge with some of the best builds and most inspiring stories. The one-day event…Read More
