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
Posted on November 26, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
I swear that more things happen in a day here than there is time to write about. Today, Factory Five customer Joe M. picked-up his 818S kit. You may remember Joe built a beautiful GTM that headlined the Boston Cup Car Show. He also built a beautiful Mk2 Roadster some…Read More
Posted on November 25, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Every year, people ask us if we're going to be open over the Thanksgiving holiday so we wanted to publish our schedule right up front. Thursday: Closed Friday: Closed Saturday: Open for tours from 9 am - 12 noon Factory Five tech crew members Joe Scott and Dan Golub enjoy…Read More
Posted on November 19, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
I met with Garry just last week at the 2013 SEMA Show. Garry is a great customer and a good friend. His dark blue Type 65 Coupe has won numerous awards and his craftsmanship is top notch. Garry attended last week's Reptile Round-up which is a customer-based event held every…Read More
Posted on November 18, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Our favorite car shooter Dino Petrocelli has done it again, this time capturing the newest Factory Five, our street 818 model. Both cars were painted by Carl's Collision and featured in our booth at last week's SEMA Show. The green and carbon fiber 818S pictured above was also assembled in…Read More
Posted on November 15, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The kit car industry is famous for telling people how easy it is to build their cars. We PROVE it every month with students and a real car at the Factory Five Build School. When most people find out that Factory Five Racing has a three day build school where…Read More
Posted on November 13, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five Racing is as much about the people who build the cars as it is about the cars themselves. At the 2013 SEMA Show, Power Automedia interviewed customers Ron E., Karen S., and Wayne P. along with partner companies Koni Shocks and Wilwood Brakes. Check out the video below.…Read More
Posted on November 13, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
A year ago at SEMA 2012, we showed our prototype 818. This year, we brought four 818s to the SEMA party and walked away with two significant awards and a ton of attention for our newest Factory Five model. The 818 earned Sony Playstation's Gran Turismo "Best Domestic" Award and…Read More
Posted on November 11, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The 2013 SEMA Show was the best ever for Factory Five! There were 15 Factory Five cars on display in different parts of the show from Featured Vehicles to sponsored companies and our own 5 car booth. This year we received a TON of help from Factory Five customers.…Read More
Posted on November 11, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
We've received flags from soldiers from all branches of the United States Military and proudly display them in the Factory Five showroom. On behalf of all of the hard-working and patriotic employees of Factory Five, I would like to send a message of Thanks to all veterans of the US…Read More
