Posted on September 7, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five customer Doug G. drove down all the way from Falmouth, ME to visit us here at the factory. Doug drove down for the weekend to attend the annual Tasca Ford Open House. While a good number of customers are going to Tasca's party, we are unable to attend…Read More
Posted on September 6, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
This weekend is the Factory Five-NASA Nationals at Mid-Ohio Raceway to determine the 2012 National Champion. The big race is this Sunday, September 9th, 2012 at 11:05 am and will be broadcast live online for you to watch. Here are the links where you can tune in for the Factory…Read More
Posted on September 5, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Last April's "Car Warriors" show on the Speed Channel featured two Factory Five teams of customers who each built Factory Five '33 Hot Rods in 48 hours. The East Coast team built this beautiful orange and graphite gray street cruiser. The East Coast team won the show competition in an…Read More
Posted on September 5, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Last April's "Car Warriors" show on the Speed Channel featured two Factory Five teams of customers who each built Factory Five '33 Hot Rods in 48 hours. The West Coast team built this beautiful Salt Flats racer. The car is powered by a small block Ford with a single 4-barrel…Read More
Posted on September 4, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
We took half a day to go for some fun country backroad driving with the Boston Globe's reporter George Kennedy. George wrote a nice article for the Boston Globe's Sunday edition entitled "39 Glorious Miles in a Factory Five" where George documneted our trip up to Kennebunk, Maine. "Once I…Read More
Posted on August 31, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The Friday before Labor Day weekend here at Factory Five has been a ZOO! We've had a ton of guests and tours, and with a perfect Labor Day weekend forecast, everyone is breaking out their Factory Fives. Factory Five customer Dick Crossman brought his newly completed royal blue and white…Read More
Posted on August 28, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Don Creason at Rod Authority writes a great piece on what happens after you buy a Factory Five Hot Rod. Thanks for the stoke guys! Click here to read the article. Dave Smith President Click here to also read RodAuthority.com's plant tour article.Read More
Posted on August 27, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
I received these beautiful photos of Factory Five customer Joe Aufiero's Coupe that he built with his son. The car is beautiful and Joe built a Factory Five Roadster many years ago. I enjoy immensely getting pictures and notes about customer builds...it's probably one of the best things about running…Read More
Posted on August 24, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five Racing customer and Team Thunder Valley Racing owner Karen Salvaggio joined more than 50 Factory Five owners in attending the 2012 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion 50th Anniversary event last weekend and has sent us a full report covering the event. Read all the details below. "One of the…Read More
Posted on August 22, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
George Kennedy, writer for The Boston Globe and Hemmings Motor News, recently posted a blog on BoldRide.com titled "One Hour with Massive Power" detailing his expereince driving a Factory Five Mk4 Roadster. The article discussed George's boyhood dream of owning a C-car and how he discovered Factory Five could make that dream…Read More
Posted on August 21, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
You may remember when we posted that our good friends at Whitby Motorcars built an all-electric Factory Five '33 Hot Rod a year ago. Today, Whitby owner Jeff Collins e-mailed us some photos of the car taking part in an autocross at FedEx Field in Landover, MD! Ken Clayton drove…Read More
Posted on August 17, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Our good friends over at RodAuthoriry.com recently came by Factory Five to get an in-depth tour of the facility. From the showroom to the welding and molding shops, Chris Demorro, a freelance writer and journalist, walked around FFR talking with owner Dave Smith learning how we have come to "epitomize…Read More
Posted on August 15, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
I just returned from two weeks of vacation and while I was away "sharpening the ax", I had some time to think of all the great people who have had a positive effect on Factory Five. Above: Factory Five Nationals 2002, Sonoma, CA - Infineon Raceway. Heather Smith, Dick Smith,…Read More
Posted on August 15, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
This past weekend, Factory Five Challenge Series racers from several regions converged at Mid-Ohio Raceway for a fun weekend of competitive racing. Factory Five customer and Challenge Series driver John George has posted a full recap of the event which saw some really good racing. "Sunday brought good weather finally…Read More
Posted on August 14, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five Racing's partnership with Hewlett Packard has been a strong one for many years. We have teamed up with HP during the design process of the '33 Hot Rod and now our new Project 818 with them supplying the workstations that our engineers use SolidWorks on. In an article…Read More
Posted on August 13, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Almost every Monday during the summer, we see tons of photos on The Factory Five Forum from weekend car shows that FFR owners have attended. For example, today Jerrod H., know on the forum as SuperCoupe408 posted a bunch of photos that he took at a local car show this…Read More
Posted on August 9, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The crew at Gemini Motorsports in Houston, TX have recently completed the build of an absolutely beautiful Factory Five Type 65 Coupe. The crews lead fabricator and chief of design Jose said that they took Factory Five's idea of a "blank canvas" and did some really cool things with the…Read More
Posted on August 8, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five Forum member Kempo recently shared a video from the NM2255 Car Channel on YouTube featuring a FFR GTM doing some awesome burnouts with some big flames coming from the exhaust. Nick from NM2255 commented, "this is just amazing!" Watch the video below. The NM2255 Car Channel posts test…Read More
Posted on August 7, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Huge congrats and kudos to Factory Five customer Jeff Barfield as his turbocharged 600 HP Mk4 Roadster is profiled in Modified Mustangs & Fords Magazine by tech editor Mark Houlahan. Jeff base his build on a 408 cu. in. Windsor block and used Borg Warner's T6 83 mm turbo for…Read More
Posted on August 6, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
On behalf of everyone at Factory Five Racing, I'd like to extend our congratulations to Larry Webster as he assumes the responsibilities of Editor-in-Chief at Road & Track Magazine. I met Larry twelve years again when he tested the then-new Factory Five Spec Racer and Type 65 Coupe for Car…Read More
