Posted on February 9, 2015 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
In the April 2015 issue of "Street Rodder Magazine", Factory Five customer Kris Colvin's bright orange '33 Hot Rod is featured. The car earned top honors at the 21st Annual NSRA Northeast Street Rod Nationals. Kris' car was built by The Auto Shoppe of South Burlington, VT. Click on the image…Read More
Posted on February 9, 2015 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
We are up and running through the storm. However, we will be shutting down at 2 PM today to allow our crew to get home through the inevitable traffic and heavy snow. Here are some photos from the day. Also important is that we are running out of places to…Read More
Posted on February 3, 2015 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Fives customers continue to become calendar stars! Customer Robert W. from Royal Oak, MI saw our post on Factory Five customer Mike Wilkinson’s green Factory Five Mk3 Roadster being featured in Snap-On's 2015 calendar and sent us an e-mail to let us know that his Mk2 Roadster is in the…Read More
Posted on January 28, 2015 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
We were closed yesterday, Tuesday January 27th, along with the rest of New England as we were hit with a near record snow storm. Wednesday morning dawned bright and sunny, and thanks to the hard working Ops crew who plowed throughout the storm, Factory Five is up and running. Estimated…Read More
Posted on January 26, 2015 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The 44th annual Barrett Jackson Scottsdale auction set records this year. It was the biggest Barrett Jackson auction ever recording more than $131 million in sales and seeing over 1,600 vehicles auctioned. Factory Fives and other replicas carried historic high prices as original cars continued to rise way out of reach. An…Read More
Posted on January 25, 2015 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Important Moochfest Update: Guys, I am sorry to tell you that we have to cancel this weekend's Moochfest. I thought long and hard about it, and the truth is that we are jammed with snow in the parking lot, and despite our best efforts, I really don't think we will…Read More
Posted on January 23, 2015 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
2015 is well underway, and one of the major accomplishments of last year was the establishment of official Factory Five colors with Sherwin Williams and Carl's Collision Center. These colors were debuted at SEMA 2014, and every car in the Factory Five showroom displays these colors and were painted by…Read More
Posted on January 22, 2015 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The good guys at RodAuthority.com picked the Factory Five '33 as one of the "SEMA Top 5 Rods of 2014"! The car that earned this honor debuted in the Ford Racing display and was built by the guys at Ford Racing and Watson Engineering. This Factory Five is the first…Read More
Posted on January 20, 2015 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Experience Aviation is a charitable organization run by world-record setting pilot Barrington Irving, who was the youngest and first African-American pilot to fly solo around the world. Experience Aviation teaches under-privileged inner-city youth valuable skills and self-confidence. Factory Five Racing sponsored this important charity a few years ago, and the…Read More
Posted on January 20, 2015 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Thanks to the efforts of SEMA, almost every state in the United States has easy and clear guidelines for the registration, inspection, and titling of custom cars, usually referred to as specialty constructed vehicles. This includes hot rods, Cobra replicas, and customs like our Factory Five 818. I live in Rhode…Read More
Posted on January 19, 2015 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Following the 818S roadster and the 818R track car comes the 818C coupe. Here are some spyshots of the soon-to-be-released Factory Five 818C hard top coupe. The new coupe will be unveiled at the 2015 summer Open House, and we are building the chassis right now in the engineering shop.…Read More
Posted on January 16, 2015 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Our good friend Ray McEdward forwarded us the Snap-On 2015 calendar which highlights Factory Five customer Mike Wilkinson's green Factory Five Mk3 Roadster. Congratulations to Mike on his inclusion among some very serious cars! Ray was also kind enough to mark his birthday in the calendar! Mike's Mk3 is featured…Read More
Posted on January 15, 2015 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
David Chick and the crew at RodAuthority.com have just posted a great article on the Factory Five '33 Hot Rod built by Ford Racing and Watson Engineering powered by Ford's AWESOME 365 HP V6 EcoBoost engine! “We’ve worked with Factory Five for several years, in particular on their Cobra kit…Read More
Posted on January 13, 2015 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The team at the Factory Five Build School held at Mott Community College in Howell, MI are excited to announce that they are now accepting students for their new 818S build classes. Similar to the Mk4 Roadster and '33 Hot Rod classes, you and a group of students will spend…Read More
Posted on January 5, 2015 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five's favorite studio photographer Dino Petrocelli took a ton of great pictures of customer Ed Seagroatt's period-correct '33 Hot Rod. We've put together a gallery of some of our favorite photos that Dino took which you can check out by clicking here. Factory Five customer Ed Seagroatt with his…Read More
Posted on December 31, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Above: Customer Bob Capps and his son built a beautiful Mk4 Roadster, and scored multiple show wins in 2014. Bob was one of a huge number of amazing customer stories logged in 2014. As the hours and minutes wind down on 2014, I can look back and honestly say…Read More
Posted on December 30, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five customer Ed Seagroatt won "Best in Show" at our 2014 Open House, and his beautiful period-correct '33 Hot Rod was profiled recently in the pages of "Street Rodder Magazine". This month, Ed is featured on HotRod.com with more photos of his build. Congratulations Ed! Check out the full…Read More
Posted on December 30, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
"We started with nothing more than a pile of parts, a wrecked Subaru, and an instruction manual, and we finished with a car that can attract drooling bystanders, beat a Porsche on a track, and take you to work every day." - Grassroots Motorsports Magazine The crew at Grassroots…Read More
Posted on December 23, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
I met Pedro at our 2009 Factory Five Racing Open House. Pedro and his wife had traveled to Factory Five from the Minneapolis, MN, and were planning on building a car in the Dominican Republic! After the Open House, I invited them to dinner at my house with some Factory Five customers…Read More
Posted on December 22, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
It’s cool to see Factory Fives getting press on the other side of the Atlantic! A few years ago, we debuted a beautiful race rod built by Peter Skogland and his sons from Sweden. Their car debuted at the 2012 SEMA Show. Since then, there have been a slew of…Read More
