289-folio-1
289-folio-2
289-folio-3
289-folio-4
289-folio-5
289-folio-7
289-folio-8
289-folio-9
previous arrow
next arrow

Overview

The Factory Five 289 USRRC Roadster is period correct.

Period.

The Factory Five 289 USRRC Roadster is a gentleman’s racer. It is smaller, more precise, and is the saber to the Mk4’s broadsword. For sure, the car appeals to a smaller group than the best-selling Mk4, but it has a passionate following.

LEARN MORE

_55a1005

"I raced as a privateer and as part of the Shelby American race team.
The Factory Five 289 is amazingly precise as a replica of the cars.
The only difference is it is better in every measurable way."
ALLEN GRANT | SHELBY TEAM DRIVER, 1965 WORLD CHAMPION

Kit Packages

Get Ready to Build Your 289 USRRC Replica

Kit starts $21,990

The Factory Five Mk4 289 USRRC Roadster is based on the best-selling Mk4. The differences between the Mk4 427 replica and the 289 replica are subtle, but those changes add up to make the 289 a very unique car.

LEARN MORE >    ORDER A KIT >

Design

The Gentleman's Race Car

The Factory Five 289 USRRC Roadster is a gentleman’s racer. It is smaller, more precise, and is the saber to the Mk4’s broadsword. For sure, the car appeals to a smaller group than the best-selling Mk4, but it has a passionate following.

Mk4 Roadster Frame

A great car starts with a great chassis. A chassis is the foundation of the house. Today’s fourth-generation Mk4 Roadster frame has benefited from years of refinement and development. It is both lightweight (376 lbs.) and strong.

"This ain't no kit car."
– Mustang & Fords Magazine

The aluminum chassis panels found in our Mk4 combines this traditional quality with the latest CAD/CAM technologies and superior construction methods. The entire cockpit, trunk and engine bay of the Factory Five Mk4 is precision laser-cut 6061-T6 aluminum, without any fiberglass structural items. Underneath these aluminum panels, a matrix of steel tubing provides support surfaces for a close, tight-fitting installation.

Period-Correct Shape,
Made Correct. Period.

The Factory Five 289 begins with a hand-laid composite body.  We took painstaking effort to ensure that this was an absolutely dimensionally correct USRRC shape.

Mk4 Suspension & Brakes

The artistry and strength of the Factory Five Roadster chassis would be a waste without an equally well-designed suspension and proper braking. Computer simulations and hundreds of hours on the track under the most extreme conditions have helped our engineers design world-class suspensions and brakes that deliver great car control.

289 Running Gear

The 289 kit is configured to use the same line of Mk4 engine/transmission/rear-end options out of a 1987-2004 Mustang donor car (5.0 or 4.6 liter V-8, T-5, T-45, TKO, T-56, or 3650 transmission, and Ford 8.8” rear end).

Climb into the Past.
Rocket into the Future.

In 1965, the racing governing body of Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) rules required street acutraments on homologized race cars. The USRRC kit includes a period-correct interior including seats, gauges, and dash layout.

289 Exterior

Details like the rectangular tail lights, relocated center gas cap, even bungee cords and mounts are period-correct details that are standard on the 289 model and help make the car period-correct. You can choose the FIA style trunk with suitcase creases (shown above) or the rounded USRRC trunk.

Our Safety Record
Is No Accident

The legends of the '60s were built not only from racing victories, but from tragedies as well. Back then, many basic safety features were either not used or not available. Today’s Factory Fives are stronger, faster, and safer than the original cars.

Support

FAQs, BUILD VIDEOS & MORE

The process of evaluating whether or not this project is right for you is an important one and there are several places you can go to get accurate, truthful, and current answers to your questions.

Read our FAQ’s page to get answers to a few questions we get every day here at Factory Five, or delve into our Build Videos where you can follow along as the Factory Five tech guys give step-by-step instructions on building a Factory Five Mk4 Roadster.

You can call us here at Factory Five at 508-291-3443 and speak to one of our guys in tech support. You can also log onto the Internet and query thousands of Factory Five owners about their own builds and discover an entire community of helpful customers on The Factory Five Forum.

FAQs >   |   BUILD VIDEOS >   |   FACTORY FIVE FORUM >

Galleries

VIEW MORE GALLERIES

Press

"The Factory Five Mk4 289 USRRC Roadster is based on the best-selling Mk4. The differences between the Mk4 427 replica and the 289 replica are subtle, but those changes add up to make the 289 a very unique car."

Allen Grant
Shelby Team Driver, 1965 World Champion

“FFR’s attention to details is extraordinary, patterned after one of the most famous 289 FIA racers of all time, CSX 2260.”


car-builder-logoChristian Rowell, Journalist
Car Builder Magazine