Posted on September 7, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The October 2011 Edition Hits Newsstands Kit Car Builder is the ONLY published kit car magazine in the USA and is written and published by Jim Youngs and his wife (the real boss). Jim is one of the few true experts in the kit car industry. Jim's experience goes way…Read More
Posted on September 6, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The MetroWest Daily News (New England) Profiles FFR Customer Karl Magnussen In the September 4, 2011 issue of "The Daily News," Factory Five customer Karl Magnussen was interviewed by reporter Rob Haneisen. They discussed everything from when Karl bought the partially completed kit to the shows and events Karl takes…Read More
Posted on September 5, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
October Issue of GoodGuys Gazette Features Factory Five [caption id="attachment_4477" align="alignnone" width="675" caption=""Dave Smith's (a different Dave Smith than FFR owner) Factory Five '33 Hot Rod from Des Moines, IA was every bit as lethal as it looked. These are race cars in Hot Rod clothing." - GoodGuys Gazette"][/caption] We've…Read More
Posted on September 3, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The Winners for September 2011 Have Been Announced The new Factory Five Forum continues to grow as we now have over 4,600 member and more than 31,000 posts. As a way of saying thank you, and rewarding the community, Factory Five sponsors a monthly "Picture of the Month" contest. Each…Read More
Posted on September 1, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The Famous "Honeymoon in Wareham" Car Returns [caption id="attachment_4941" align="alignnone" width="675" caption="Factory Five President Dave Smith and customer Craig West on a perfect New England day."][/caption] Factory Five is full of great stories, and this is one of them. Craig brought his new bride, Terry, here in July of 2002…Read More
Posted on August 31, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Jeff Collins and the Crew at Whitby Motorcars Build an Electric '33 The crew at Whitby Motorcars has been helping customers build their Factory Fives for a long time, each one unique, but they recently had a project that gave them a new challenge. Jeff Collins sent us some photos…Read More
Posted on August 30, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
FFR Crew Back at Full Speed [caption id="attachment_4959" align="alignright" width="180" caption="The storm is replaced with a beautiful New England late summer day and a lot of relief..."][/caption] The crew did an outstanding job of prepping the building for the storm and it survived without damage. Thanks to all of you…Read More
Posted on August 26, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
New England Readies for the Storm [caption id="attachment_5032" align="alignright" width="300" caption="This is the path of Irene as of Friday afternoon."][/caption] Americans all along the east coast are preparing for what, for now appears to be, a major hurricane event. The crew at FFR are no different, busy securing outside racks…Read More
Posted on August 25, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
New FFR Hot Rod Shows a Lot of Different Looks Unlike our venerable Mk4 Roadster that is commonly built as a vintage replica along similar style lines, the Factory Five '33 is proving to be a truly customizable car, and each one is very different from the others. We haven't…Read More
Posted on August 24, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Fighter Pilot Laura K. is Bad News for Bad Guys [caption id="attachment_5043" align="alignnone" width="675" caption="Fight Pilot Laura K. flies this exact E/A-6B fighter plane off of the carrier USS John C Stennis."][/caption] Sally B. here at Factory Five received a nice note from fighter pilot Laura K. and put together…Read More
Posted on August 20, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The Shipping Crew Spend Day Getting Kits Ready to Ship Around the World Back in 2009, we posted about our how international shipments have increased. This week, the guys in shipping built crates for EIGHT (!) out going international orders, with most of them heading to Chris Canning's Component Cars…Read More
Posted on August 20, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The Factory Five Forum Announces Winners for August 2011 Here are the winners of The Factory Five Forum Picture of the Month contest for August 2011. All winners received a $100 FFR gift certificate. Factory Five Racing Roadster POM August 2011 Winner, Factory Five Forum handle geoffh '33 Hot Rod…Read More
Posted on August 18, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
The Rod Authority Covers the '33 Five Day Build Hot Rod Magazine's Rob Kinnan wrote a great online article for The Rod Authority (awesome website!) about his 5 day build. Check it out by clicking here. Dave Smith PresidentRead More
Posted on August 16, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Special All Factory Five Issue on Newsstands Now When Mark Houlahan (former editor of Modified Mustangs and Fords Magazine) and the crew at Interlink Source Media came to me with the idea of an all Factory Five edition of Kit Car Magazine, I thought it was a pretty cool idea.…Read More
Posted on August 14, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Kit Pick-Up and Factory Tour on 08-22-11 It was a busy day, but the highlight of my day was meeting Mark and Courtney Doering from Alabama who were here to pick up their GTM, to get a plant tour, and to visit with the FFR staff in preparation for their…Read More
Posted on August 13, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Track Club USA Autocross August 6th, 2011 Congrats are owed to our very modest Director of R&D Jim Schenck who, driving his own Factory Five Challenge Car (2012 Spec), set the fastest time of the day by a full second at the Track Club USA Autocross on August 6th, 2011.…Read More
Posted on August 12, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Many in the Factory Five community have purchased parts from Finish Line and Enzo Alibrandi (the owner). We are sad to bring the news that Enzo passed away last Tuesday at the very young age of 59 after a tough battle with cancer. I met Enzo at Carlisle in 1997…Read More
Posted on August 12, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five Forum Member Magnus Documents the Ride "Watsonville, California. Sometimes you get attention that is not so flattering. Actually, he just stopped to make sure I was ok. I had stopped to take some pictures." - Magnus Check out the new Factory Five Forum to read an awesome story…Read More
Posted on August 11, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
SEMA 2011 Car Being Built by Customer Gary Cheney You guys saw the concept sketches for the FFR-Koni SEMA GTM. Here's an update - The mechanicals on the car are complete and the body is being painted. We're excited about unveiling this car at the 2011 SEMA Show with the…Read More
Posted on August 10, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Frank Keyser Stops by the Factory in His Mk3 Roadster Longtime Factory Five customer Frank Keyser paid us a visit last Friday, August 12, 2011, with his friend Sam to say hi and see the changes we've made to the showroom and factory. Frank has been a Factory Five customer…Read More
