Posted on October 4, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Here's a great story about the depth and reach of the Factory Five community from Challenge Series Racer Tim K. Back in 2008, Tim brought a friend of his, Nicholas, visiting from France, to a Factory Five Challenge Series event at Thunderhill Raceway in northern California. Nicholas had a blast…Read More
Posted on October 3, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The crew is working feverishly on last minute details as we prepare to head out to the 2012 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, NV. The show is held this year from October 30th to November 2nd. This year we have some big surprises. We are unveiling the Factory Five-Summit Racing…Read More
Posted on October 3, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The winners for the October 2012 Picture of the Month contest have been announced over on www.thefactoryfiveforum.com. Forum member Kai Rod won Overall and '33 Hot Rod Picture of the Month. Karen Salvaggio (vnmsss on the forum) won the Type 65 Coupe Picture of the Month. Forum member GTMSomeday won…Read More
Posted on October 2, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
This past weekend on The Powerblock, the boys from Horsepower TV announced the winner of the Factory Five-Powerblock Sweepstakes Mk4 Roadster Give-Away. Close 200,000 people entered the contest which awarded a Factory Five Mk4 complete kit along with a full set of tools from Matco and a huge parts credit…Read More
Posted on October 2, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five customer Ray McEdwards brings us some cool news about his Factory Five Roadster. Ray's car was recently renowned photo artist Linda Berman and his car was recently picked up by genuinehotrod.com for their most recent catalog. Click here to check out genuinehotrod.com's website and Ray's car. Congratulations Ray!…Read More
Posted on October 1, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Brett and the boys at Ridetech continue to impress. In this case, a local reporter gets some hot laps in the Factory Five-Ridetech '33 Hot Rod. Watch the video or follow the link to get more information on Ridetech's build and race news this year. If you want to read…Read More
Posted on September 26, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
This isn't the first rodeo for Michael Nunes and his crew at Windigo Racing. The Middletown, RI based builder is an absolute PRO with some serious hardware to his credit. So when he decide to build a Factory Five '33 Hot Rod for a very prominent client of his, we…Read More
Posted on September 25, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in Upcoming Shows, What's New
During the next few months, we have some fun events on the schedule. Route 6 Cruise – October 6th, Bourne Railroad Station along Route 6 2012 SEMA Show – October 30 – November 2, Las Vegas, NV SEMA Customer Dinner – November 1, Las Vegas 25 Hours of Thunderhill –…Read More
Posted on September 25, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five customer Trevor P. brought his race-prepped Factory Five Challenge Car to the 2012 Ultimate Tack Challenge sponsored by Grassroots Motorsports and hosted at the wonderful Virginia International Raceway. Trevor finished 16th out of 48, and like usual, Factory Five was the only replica/kit model on the track. Trevor…Read More
Posted on September 24, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
We've made some quality additions to the Factory Five team as part of the 818 ramp up effort and in an effort to add depth to our tech services team! Meet the new guys: Long time Factory Five customer Tony Zullo joins the team to add expertise and depth to…Read More
Posted on September 18, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five customer Gary Horn attended a fun event in Utah and sent us these great pictures. "Hey Dave & Crew! Just thought I'd share some pics from the Utah C-car Friends BBQ help last weekend. AWESOME group of people sharing a common interest, even though not ALL of them…Read More
Posted on September 14, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five builder Ron Everitt has built now 10 Factory Five Roadsters. Ron was here today with his customer Dave picking up a brand new Factory Five Mk4 Roadster which will be Ron's 11th Factory Five Roadster! Factory Five President Dave Smith with Dave and Ron This morning pick-up turned…Read More
Posted on September 12, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Don't miss this weekend's episode of MuscleCar on Spike TV's The Powerblock! Host Steve Mank and Tommy Boshers take a Factory Five '33 Coupe to the next level with a beautiful, old-school hot rod flame job. Custom painter JoAnn Bortles from Crazy Horse Painting shows the step-by-step technique in applying…Read More
Posted on September 10, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Congratulations to Factory Five Challenge Series Driver John George! This past Sunday's Factory Five-NASA Challenge Series Championship Race saw Paul Arnold start from the pole and build a healthy lead as defending champ Paul Kaiser went wide in the carousel letting the entire field pass before he was able to…Read More
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
