The 2016 Factory Five Summer Open House was our 19th since founding the company. The weather was perfect, 70 degrees and sunny. Approximately 76 customer cars representing the different Factory Five models showed up for the car show. The rain that preceded the event on Friday and followed the event on Sunday (heavy rains on Sunday), combined with graduation weekend, meant that there were fewer cars than our normal 150 or so. In any event, the day was a huge success, and while the car count was a bit lower, the crowds were a bit higher!
The quality of the cars continues to get better and better, and walking away with a car show award gets to be a bigger honor each year. The Factory Five crew did a great job cooking up hot dogs for the day, the band did a great job, and we’re grateful to everyone who made the trek to Wareham. Here are some photos of the day with car show award winners and a short video. Hope to see you next year!
The car show award winners are:
Best in Show Type 65 Coupe – Bill Loeffler
Best in Show Roadster – Sean Nederfield
Best in Show Challenge Car – Garry Bopp
Best in Show GTM – Jim Kalweit
Best in Show ’33 – Roy Nickerson
Best in Show 818 – Eric Wingate
Best in Show Under Construction – Bob Carey
Best Use of Chrome – Lee Seger
Most Innovative Improvement – Paul Murray
Best Paint – Oliver “Olli” Hempel
Best Engine – Paul Murray
Best Interior – Louis & Monique Leger
Best in Show all Classes – Oliver “Olli” Hempel
Long Distance Award – James M. Ergle
Most Innovative Improvement – Paul Murray
Best in Show Roadster – Sean Nederfield
Best in Show 818 – Eric Wingate and Jason Aiello
Best in Show GTM – Jim Kalweit
Best in Show Challenge Car- Garry Bopp
Best in Show ’33 – Roy Nickerson
Best in Show Coupe – Bill Loeffler
Best in Show all Classes – Oliver “Olli” Hempel
Dave Smith and customer Randy Jones presents the Robert Feddersen Memorial Award to Wade Chamberlain’s wife
Customer Paul Murray with his two Open House awards for his Spyder GT!
