Posted on April 25, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Huge congratulations to customer Chuck Armstrong for scoring a front page spread in the June 2013 issue of Kit Car Builder magazine. Also, big thanks to staff writer Steve Temple for his great article on Factory Five Hot Rods in the same issue. Steve profiles Chuck's beautiful aviation-themed '33 roadster…Read More
Posted on April 25, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
As of April 22nd, 2013, we have received 222 orders for the 818 sports car! The S-model (street) has 184 pre-orders and the R-model (race-competition) has 38 pre-orders. Current production plans call for the S-model to enter production first, with the very first kit shipping to Grassroots Motorsports Magazine on…Read More
Posted on April 22, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five will be observing a moment of silence today at 2:50 P.M. to remember victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. The phones will be turned off from 2:50 to 2:51 and our employees and team will be joining people around the country for this moment of silence. Dave Smith…Read More
Posted on April 18, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
This month's GoodGuys Good Times Gazette has expanded coverage of the 2012 Del Mar Nationals wherein Factory Five partner Bret Voelkel drove his Factory Five '33 to win the National Autocross title in Pro Class and Street Class! Bret's car was used recently by Hot Rod Unlimited as part of…Read More
Posted on April 18, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
It's always a sign that spring is here as we start to receive e-mails from Factory Five customers with stories from all of the car shows they attend. This morning, we got an e-mail from Factory Five customer Jim B. reporting that he has completed Hot Rod #251. He attend…Read More
Posted on April 12, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
This months Hot Rod Magazine has a great story about Factory Five cars, but there's more to the "behind the scenes" action! While we were out in Vegas a few months ago for the filming of the Hot Rod story and the accompanying video on Hot Rod Unlimited, I asked…Read More
Posted on April 11, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
It seems like everything is digital these days, but one thing that hasn't changed is that it is still fun to pick up a hard copy magazine, especially a great one like Hot Rod. Pick up this month's Hot Rod Magazine to read a great eval article on two Factory Five…Read More
Posted on April 10, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five customer and forum member Tyler Wayne has posted his graduation thread for FFR7881! The Mk4 Roadster kit was delivered on 8/22/12 and was officially registered on 4/3/13. Tyler says he still has a few kinks to work out but that the car has performed very well so far.…Read More
Posted on April 8, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
One of the coolest projects that we've done in a long time is to build a Mk4 Roadster for the President of Summit Racing. When we made this deal, we were pleased to find out that Summit wanted to post the build log online. Below are are the series of…Read More
Posted on March 29, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Jenny Smith and Pam Spitzer, Director of New England Region Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. During season two of "Car Warriors" on Speed Channel, two teams of Factory Five customers built side-by-side '33 Hot Rods. What made the Factory Five episode special was that the teams donated the winning car to benefit…Read More
Posted on March 29, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Four years ago, we shipping one of our factory demo race cars over to the boys at Ford Racing. The car was originally built by Panoz Auto Development as one of three Challenge Cars for the Bondurant School. This particular car was at the Bondurant School for two years (until…Read More
Posted on March 26, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Last weekend, Hot Rod Magazine held their 65th Anniversary Show called The Hot Rod Homecoming, a gathering of all of the Hot Rod Magazine feature and cover cars they could roundup. The event was held March 23rd-24th at the Fairplex in Pomona, CA. One of the cars on display was…Read More
Posted on March 25, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five Challenge Cars are DOMINATING at races around the country. Watch customer John George (2012 Factory Five-NASA Nationals Champion) trip 150 MPH on the back straight at VIR during last weekend's NASA event. You can learn more about the Challenge Series by clicking here.Read More
Factory Five Racing has been attending Autorama and World of Wheels shows throughout the year with customers displaying their Roadsters and going on to receive Best in Class awards. This weekend, we'll be at the World of Wheels show in Boston, with the MuscleCar TV-Factory Five '33 Hot Rod painted…Read More
Posted on March 11, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five Racing was well represented at the 2013 Detroit Autorama as customers Mark H. and Paul B. displayed their Mk3 Roadsters along side the Factory Five-MuscleCar TV '33 Hot Rod. Paul reports that there were a lot of people in attendance, especially on Saturday. People were lining around the…Read More
Posted on March 6, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five customer Ralph Button was profiled by Jim Coleman in a video called "The Traveler" which documents Ralph's cross-country journey from North Carolina to Las Vegas, Nevada for the 2003 Factory Five Nationals. Joining Ralph and Jim on the trip was Factory Five customer Earl G. Ralph is famous…Read More
Posted on March 5, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five customer Doug M. sent us a quick recap of the Salt Lake City Autorama event which was held the other weekend, February 22nd thru 24th. The Factory Five booth featured Doug's Mk3 Roadster and the Factory Five-MuscleCar TV '33 Hot Rod. Another customer was planned to be in…Read More
Posted on March 4, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Team Thunder Valley Racing crew leader Karen Salvaggio sent us some good news today reporting that the first competition Factory Five Type 65 Coupe not only secured it's official logbook this past weekend, but that it also earned two podium finishes! The team raced to a 3rd place finish on…Read More
Posted on March 1, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five customer Steve G. sent us some photos of his almost complete '33 Hot Rod. Steve is putting the finishing touches on his build which he has been working on over the past three years. The Hot Rod was build using a Ford 4.6L SOHC 3 valve "Hot Rod"…Read More
Posted on February 27, 2013 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
February 27, 2013 Update. Project 818 is speeding along at top speed. We've got a full time crew of four engineers and two techs, plus support from the rest of the crew here at FFR as needed. The bulk of the work we are engaged in, and will be working…Read More
