Posted on August 8, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Week Ending August 12th, 2011 There were six original Coupes produced in 1965. In 2011, Factory Five Racing launched our Gen 2 Coupe and shipped our 500th car! Without taking anything away from the original cars, which won the 1965 FIA World Championships...FFR Coupes have earned their own stripes and…Read More
Posted on August 8, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Pizza Lunch on Friday Provided by The Engine Factory We have some of the best vendors as partner companies! Last Friday, the boys at The Engine Factory surprised us with a free pizza lunch and we wanted to send them a quick thank you! The crew here enjoyed the pizza!…Read More
Posted on August 6, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
MuscleCar Build of a Mk4 Roadster Coming Soon Courtney Hansen from Spike TV's "Powerblock" welcomes Factory Five Racing president Dave Smith back to Powerblock this weekend along with one of his incredible Mk4 Roadsters. They only made 300 of the original cars, so they’re hard to find and just about…Read More
Posted on August 6, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Factory Five Roadster Hits Power Tour Factory Five customers Dale and Jason Frier of Syracuse, New York were profiled in the October 2011 issue of Hot Rod Magazine driving their FFR Roadster in a driving rain storm (hardcore!). Our guys have been on the Hot Rod Power Tour numerous times…Read More
Posted on August 3, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Paul's Roadster Wins Third in Field of Over 3,000 Paul accepting his award for third place at the Granby, Quebec car show. We received a quick e-mail from Factory Five customer Paul Fouquette from Canada who recently went to a car show in Granby, Quebec. The car show hosts over…Read More
Posted on August 2, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Ron Everitt Stops by Factory Five and Dave Smith Test Drives his Mk3 Roadster One of our favorite things here at Factory Five is when a customer visits with their completed car to show off what they have done during their build. However, it is not common that they hand…Read More
Posted on August 1, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
FFR's Dave Smith Tries Out the Coyote Engine in the '33 Hot Rod Featured on the PowerBlock As many of you may remember, HorsePower TV installed a new 5.0L Coyote engine in a Factory Five '33 Hot Rod in one of their episodes last season. We have it at our…Read More
Posted on July 31, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Win Free Ford Stuff by Writing Best Caption on Forum The guys at Ford Racing sent us some cool swag and so we figured we'd share the wealth and do some give-aways with 4 caption contests. The rules are simple - our guys here will pick what we think is…Read More
Posted on July 28, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Watch the Complete Race from July 17, 2011 FFR customer and Challenge Series Racer John George has posted an exciting video of the Challenge Series Race on July 17th at Mid-Ohio. With in car footage from Paul Arnold, John George, and Jim Schenck, you get to see action from the…Read More
Posted on July 27, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
FFR President Quoted in July 27 Article on "Dream Cars" This morning Wall Street Journal (Wednesday July 27th), has an excellent article on the increasing popularity of component cars and pending legislation that FFR President Dave Smith has been closely associated with. The SEMA sponsored "Small Volume Manufacturers Bill" is…Read More
Posted on July 20, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
1968 All Over Again by Dave Smith Sometimes I forget what a great job I have. Last night it had been a long day and it was HOT out. I decided the old 427 FE Mk3 of mine needed some miles. I drove 45 miles home (I have a long…Read More
Posted on July 16, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Great Weather, FFR Give-Away '33 Hot Rod, and Great Customers! The 2011 Right Coast Nationals Give-Away car was built by Morrisville College. The 2011 Right Coast Nationals held at the fairgrounds in Syracuse was a HUGE success! This year, there were a number of firsts for us. A Factory Five…Read More
Posted on July 15, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
14th Annual Mustang & Live Music Event Features Tasca Mod Shop Built Factory Five Hot Rod Join the Factory Five crew as we head over to Tasca Ford for their 14th Annual Mustang and Ford Show in Cranston Rhode Island. The event is set to kick-off at 10 a.m. and…Read More
Posted on July 13, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Tech Support Closed Thursday and Friday, July 14 & 15th We are open today and tomorrow with a small crew here as the bulk of our team are at the 2011 Right Coast Nationals in Syracuse, NY. If you get a chance to attend the 2011 Right Coast Nationals, stop…Read More
Posted on July 12, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Check Out Some Great Customer Builds On The Factory Five Forum Customer Scott Herold and customers Brandon and Tracy Marshall are just the two most recent customers to post their photos of their Factory Five projects on the new Factory Five Forum. If you haven't been to the forum, you…Read More
Posted on July 7, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Old School Mk2 Done Right and Driven Daily Factory Five customer Paul Souza brought his red Mk2 driver by the other day and we had a chance to check the car out. Paul has made some nice upgrades to the car including rear 3-link suspension, shock upgrades, and has added…Read More
Posted on July 6, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Event the Weekend of July 16 and 17 Factory Five engineer Jim Schenck will be heading out to Mid-Ohio with a very full field of Factory Five Challenge Series Racers for the July 16 and 17 NASA-FFR Challenge Series race. We'll post a complete race report…Read More
Posted on July 5, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Syracuse, NY July 15th thru 17th Join us for the 12th Annual Right Coast Nationals car show in Syracuse, NY at the fairgrounds on July 15-17. This year, we will be bringing our latest Factory Five cars and will be joined by customer cars. The Syracuse Nationals is truly the…Read More
Posted on July 3, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 in Wareham, MA from 4 PM to 6 PM This year's Open House was a bit wet, so if you didn't get a chance to cruise by and check out the latest FFR cars, here's a second chance! Please join us this coming Tuesday, July 12th,…Read More
Posted on July 2, 2011 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Quilted Blanket Raises $1,000 for CF at London C-Car Show I wanted to take a moment to send a special thanks to Ms. Kit Hill (center) and Mrs. Marissa Ballentine (center right) shown here with my daughter Jenny (left) and Emily Kern (right) holding the special London Cobra Show quilt…Read More
