Posted on January 7, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Just back from the SEMA Show, where the RHD 818S scored "Top 10 Carbon Cars" honors, our favorite photographer Dino Petrocelli captured the latest 818s in his studio. The New Factory Five 818 Storms Into 2014! The year-end is all about milestones for the newest Factory Five. It's hard to believe…Read More
Posted on January 6, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Kevin G. in welding is working on the Hot Rod fixed-jig this morning. Winter Storm Hercules hit the New England area pretty hard Thursday night, but the roads are all clear now. We've got a couple of warmer days here in New England (highs in the low 50s today!), and…Read More
Posted on January 3, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The new year has just begun, and the first big snow storm here in New England has hit. The snow started to fall early on January 2nd and left us a nice dusting (as you can see in the photos in the post), but picked up strength in the evening…Read More
Posted on December 31, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Over the last few months, we have been making some upgrades to our facility and getting ready for some major new projects in 2014. The R&D race shop has gotten a good amount of attention with new floors, tools, and equipment. Here are some cool shots of the work as…Read More
Posted on December 30, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Only six months after we shipped the first 818 kit in June, the crew is proud to have built and shipped 818 kit number 100! Almost as exciting, this week we've almost completely filled the 2014 production schedule for the 818. There are exactly two spaces left before we begin…Read More
Posted on December 30, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Last Sunday's New York Times Automotive Section had a great year-end article by Ezra Dyer recognizing cars of 2013 with such distinctions as The Loudest Exhaust (Jaguar F-type) and drumroll please... The Best Car That You Build Yourself (our new 818 sports car)! "I attended the open house event where Factory…Read More
Posted on December 30, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
George Kennedy from The Boston Globe visited us here at Factory Five Racing a few weeks back, and had a chance to check out the manufacturing of the new 818 sports car. George also had a chance to drive the street model along local back roads and report his seat-of-the-pants…Read More
Posted on December 30, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
As the new year approaches, we are beginning some exciting new projects, one of which is a custom 818R build for the guys at Snap-On Tools. Snap-On Tools has done a '33 Hot Rod project and a Mk4 Roadster project in the past. The Mk4 was…Read More
Posted on December 30, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Not the most exciting project but absolutely critical to our business is year-end parts inventory. The crew is working on this big project for the next couple of days so if the phones are a bit slow, please bear with us. Phones will be on, but we have a skeleton…Read More
Posted on December 23, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The Christmas holiday is nearly upon us, and no day before Christmas would be complete at Factory Five without some good fun. Our tubing supplier, Sawtech, provided us with a delicious (annual) pizza lunch today, and the crew also took part in a holiday Yankee Swap. Check out some photos…Read More
Posted on December 23, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Left to Right: Materials Manager Eddie B., Marketing Jason L., Accounting Sandra D., and President Dave S. Every year, we get a ton of really cool Christmas cards from Factory Five guys and their families as well as from suppliers and partner companies. We thought we'd share a few. I…Read More
Posted on December 20, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The Factory Five crew gets ready to load the Mk4 crate into a container heading for Russia. Seems like we've been sending more and more Factory Fives overseas lately, today being a perfect example. Factory Five's Joe Scott has been working with customer Suren M. and Dmitry S. from Pro-Service…Read More
Posted on December 20, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five customer Steve W. from North Carolina came by the other day with his son Brian to pick-up his new Mk4 Roadster kit. Steve has been planning this build for quite a while and is constructing the car as a Navy Blue Angels tribute Mk4. Steve is a US…Read More
Posted on December 16, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five's own Colby Whipple and Chris Ronni arrived back this morning from this year's Performance Racing Industry Show in Indianapolis. This year's show saw an 818R on display with the crew from Grassroots Motorsports. Along with the Grassroots Motorsports Magazine guys, Chris and Colby fielded questions from hundreds of…Read More
Posted on December 10, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Two Factory Five race teams ran in endurance races over the weekend. Factory Five Director of R&D Jim Schenck went down to Road Atlanta with Challenge Series drivers John George and Rafe Baskin to run the NASA's "Santa's Toy Run" 8 Hour Enduro. Meanwhile, on the other coast, Team PDG led…Read More
Posted on December 9, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Hammink Performance, Factory Five’s official European representative located in the Netherlands, has just arrived home from a 9 day stint exhibiting at the Essen Motorshow in Essen, Germany. Hammink Performance has been exhibiting at the Essen show for many years, and this year’s show saw nearly 360,000 attendees – the…Read More
Posted on December 9, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
We will be joining the crew from Grassroots Motorsports Magazine at the 2013 PRI Show in Indianapolis, IN on December 12-14. Factory Five Engineer Colby Whipple will be bringing the 818R to the show, the same car that is currently on the cover of Grassroots Motorsports Magazine. The guys at…Read More
Posted on December 6, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five Racing's Director of R&D Jim Schenck is down at Road Atlanta today to race in an 8 hour enduro. The team running Jim's FFR #52 Challenge Car includes Jim, Factory Five Challenge Series Racer Rafe Baskin, and Factory Five Challenge Series Champion John George. Below is a live…Read More
Posted on December 4, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Our yellow LS7 GTM is headed into the shop for some work over the winter, so fellow builder Joe Masciarelli generously drove his Gen II GTM down to FFR this afternoon to leave it on display. FFR's Tony Zullo with customer Joe M. and his son, Brian. The work plan…Read More
Posted on December 3, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five customer Ed L. from San Francisco, CA sent us an e-mail over the Thanksgiving weekend to share some photos of his recent Mk4 Roadster build. Ed attended the Factory Five Build School at Mott Community College and purchased his Roadster complete kit shortly thereafter. He configured his Roadster…Read More
