Posted on August 1, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Congratulations to Phil Beadnell from Arizona on graduating his Factory Five Mk4 Roadster. Build started September 2020, completed and registered January 2022. An advocate for the Factory Five Forum, he gives thanks to those on the forum and says, “it is a really great source of knowledge. I always found…Read More
Posted on July 15, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Loren and Shelly Diede own a ’35 Hot Rod Truck named Eleanor with electric power steering, a 3-link rear suspension and powder coated frame. They’ve been winning awards and generating interest at local car shows. Loren says, “We entered her in a local Father's Day car show. This is one of…Read More
Posted on June 30, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
In 1997, we had been in business for two years and we decided to have our very first Open House –maybe 25 cars showed up. It was a chance to hang with the people who pay our rent and check out cars. Over the years, thousands of people have attended…Read More
Posted on June 29, 2022 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Our good friends Luke Pepper Creative Pepper produced a short, but fun video of Factory Five's 2022 Open House video. Check it out! We'll have even more coverage of the Open House posted on our website and social media pages soon with photos and car show winners!Read More
Posted on June 7, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Pictured above are Sean (Indy) Puckett and wife Michelle driving his buddy Chris LeCornu's Factory Five Mk4 Roadster. They took Chris's car from 5th Gear Car Rally, a thousand miles from San Diego to Tucson. Then they headed to Scottsdale and the famous Route 66. Indy and Chris say their…Read More
Posted on June 2, 2022 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
REGISTRATION IS CLOSED! Open House is free to attend, but there is a fee to tour the museum. You only need to register if you are bringing a Factory Five car to display in the show. We will have team members directing traffic for car show parking and spectator parking.…Read More
Posted on May 24, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Celebrating good driving weather with customer John Mackay’s 21st season driving his Roadster. John says his trip to the Olympic Park “is a nice day's drive at just over 300 miles.” In regards to his car he says, “using coil-overs and 6-piston Baer brake calipers in all four corners as…Read More
Posted on May 18, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Kevin Heneghan’s Factory Five MKIV Roadster was recently featured on his home town of Morgan Hill, California’s 4th of July Festival social media. It’s an early MKIV received in January 2012, and took him 3 years to build. Kevin started his build when his oldest was 14, with “lots of…Read More
Posted on May 16, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Growing up Jamie O'Pelt was the first one in his household to fix something when it broke. He has been in the Metal Fabrication Industry for nearly thirty years now. In pursuit of a fun and unique project, he researched some build projects. Although a Personal Helicopter or Hovercraft were…Read More
Posted on May 12, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Customer Hugo Vega from Ecuador built his Type 65 Coupe with his son Mateo over the last two years. He says “this was a job done with my son. We spent many nights building the car, and it was a challenge that we had to carry out. For us it…Read More
Posted on May 9, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
“Your cars have great potential and are not too difficult to make really fast.” Robert Schwaiger from KRT Custom Speed has been running a Factory Five Type 65 Coupe-R and Challenge Car racing in Europe. He says, “the car developed well and we are pretty much at the lap times…Read More
Posted on May 6, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
The Tech Team took some deserved time off yesterday afternoon to head up to the Mass Cruisers car show at Patriot Place. Jeff, Mike, and Keith were joined by Riley, (from Welding). The weather was perfect at 70 degrees with clear blue skies! The team brought three cars to the…Read More
Posted on May 4, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Factory Five customer Karen Salvaggio is headlining the Spokane Festival of Speed. Factory Five customers are welcome to join her! A Fundraiser Benefiting American Childhood Cancer Association Spokane, Wash. – April 12, 2022 – Spokane Festival of Speed announced today a new partnership with Kalispel Tribe to hold its annual…Read More
Posted on April 29, 2022 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
NASCAR driver Joey Logano has named the Factory Five '35 Hot Rod Truck one of his Top 10 Favorite Cars on Autoweek.com! We helped build a '35 Truck with Joey in Snap-On's YouTube series "From the Ground Up," and painted it to match his 2017 Ford GT. From Autoweek.com -…Read More
Posted on April 28, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
https://youtu.be/NUBza-5XsvA Sunset Proposal in the FFR MkIII Video Six years ago customer Jon Ayala planned a surprise proposal to his now wife, Elisa at the end of a sunset drive in a Factory Five MkIII Roadster. The couple pulled up to a finish line setup surrounded by friends and family.…Read More
Posted on April 26, 2022 by Nicole Smith in What's New
Legend has it Ralph Button drives himself to his races, and has hit record mileage on his Factory Five Mk1 Roadster -if you haven’t seen the video on Ralph, “The Traveler” we’ve linked it here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYZEtcgnsU8 Recently, while Ralph was on an evening drive “tuning” his dual carbs, a deer…Read More
Posted on April 15, 2022 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
In 1969, the third Monday in April was officially designated as Patriot's Day which can be traced back to the Sons of the American Revolution in Massachusetts who first began recognizing this day. The day is meant to remember the Battle of Lexington and Concord which was fought on April…Read More
Posted on January 28, 2022 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
While the bulk of our 2022 show and event plan is unchanged, we have had to make the very difficult decision to cancel our annual Huntington Beach Cruise-in, scheduled for this April 30, 2022. I met with the town of Huntington Beach last week to review the plan for this…Read More
Posted on January 14, 2022 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
This week, Factory Fives set new records for auction prices of customer-built cars. The Mecum auto auction in Kissimmee, FL offered three Factory Five Roadsters (one Mk3 and two Mk4s), and a very well-built Type 65 Coupe. The Roadsters sold for between $74,800 and $110,000. The Coupe for $121,000! Check…Read More
Posted on January 7, 2022 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
This beautifully build aqua blue Factory Five Mk4 Roadster debuted at the 2021 SEMA Show, and is know being auctioned for charity with ALL proceeds going to benefit the pediatric cancer hospital supported by the Austin Hatcher Foundation. The car will be auctioned to the highest bidder at the Mecum…Read More
