FFR Survives New England Blizzard #4

[Mad Dog]

We’re getting pretty good at this as south eastern New England got HAMMERED again by a winter storm. This past weekend’s storm brought 12″-18″ of blowing/drifting snow pushing us up on the all-time list. The good news is that thanks to the hardwork of Chris Ronni and Nate Johnson’s Dad, Factory Five hasn’t missed a beat. We are at full strength with a clear parking lot surrounded by mountains of snow. Here are some photos of work as usual in the face of an epic winter.

Snowfall Records in New England, Source: The Weather Channel

1. 1995-1996: 107.6 inches
2. 1993-1994: 96.3 inches
3. 2014-2015: 95.7 inches
4. 1947-1948: 89.2 inches
5. 2004-2005: 86.6 inches

We are forecast to have a few more inches of snow tomorrow which will move this year up to the number 2 spot!

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The Factory Five 818S actually looks sad staring out of the showroom doors into the bleak winter landscape.

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Factory Five is surrounded by mountains of snow.

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We are trying to make it to the March Texas Cobra Club event. The truck would be happier in Texas.

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We bought a snowplow for our F-350 truck some years ago, but without the front end loader, we’d still be digging out the back parking lot.

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Proud that everybody has been able to make it through the snow to work.

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We are running out of places to put snow.

[Mad Dog]

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Today dawned at 1 degree with a high of 15. Factory Five Engineer Jesper I. review CAD files with Jon and Chad from Welding and Josh from Laser Cutting.

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Fred moves a chassis from the racks into Chassis Assembly.

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Stewart Transport is due this week to pick-up the next load of Factory Five Roadsters and Coupes.

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Jessie keeps Shipping and Receiving rolling.

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The team had the facility cleaned and prepped for our Winter Open House which was cancelled last weekend due to the storm.

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It may be cold out, but Welding is still a hot and difficult job.

[Mad Dog]

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The Composite room needs to be kept warm for resin to cure properly.

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Mark in Composite Molding gets the job done.

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Cody lays down some wax for the next molded GTM door liner.

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Cody (near) and Ryan (far) work in Composite Molding through the storm.

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Molding Manager Kyle B. preps the CNC robot for another run.

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Aaron bends aluminum in Chassis Assembly.

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Mad Dog and Paul in packaging.

[Mad Dog]

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GTM chassis awaits body mounting in the Chassis Assembly area.

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Despite the storms, trucks have continued deliveries and our inventory has been growing for Spring building season.

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The Showroom is VERY crowded with cars pushed everywhere.

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Eddie has been working hard to bulk up inventory and improve delivery times of parts.

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Jay in Tech talks to Jesper in Engineering about a part.

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Vinny and Dan work Tech. They want to say thank you to all of the customers living in warmer weather who constantly remind us how nice it is where they live!

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“I couldn’t be more proud of the team as they’ve worked non-stop through this very challenging weather.” – Dave Smith

[Mad Dog]

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A Factory Five 818 being crated for shipment today with two Coupes being prepped for Stewart.

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[Kalstar]

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A Factory Five 818 being crated for shipment today with two Coupes being prepped for Stewart.

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Keep in mind 90.3 inches of the white stuff has fallen since Jan 24th. Three weeks of constant snow!

[68GT500MAN]

Glad that everyone is safe and that the team can move forward. Keep up the great work.
Doug

[tirod]

NO HOODY?

Video of Dave driving a Roadster from home like that or it didn't happen.


Otherwise, a great view on the hard work and dedication. You are not alone, plenty of snow to go around. Just a few more weeks and warmer weather will come.

Let's start a pool on when the last square inch of snow melts in the back lot snow farm. Winner gets Dave's t-shirt straight off his back.

Put me down for May 11.

[Kalstar]

April 28

[Dave Smith]

NO HOODY?

Video of Dave driving a Roadster from home like that or it didn't happen.


Otherwise, a great view on the hard work and dedication. You are not alone, plenty of snow to go around. Just a few more weeks and warmer weather will come.

Let's start a pool on when the last square inch of snow melts in the back lot snow farm. Winner gets Dave's t-shirt straight off his back.

Put me down for May 11.

Hey, That's one of my favorite T's!!!

That's a cool idea because I'm thinking its gonna take a long time to melt Mt. Wareham... I swear I almost took my coupe out just to say I did. Then I remembered what my friend Fara told me about his Coupe after running the salt flats and I decided to keep old number 5 in the warm and dry... We are ALL going to go nuts! Building had a gas smell from a valve that was blocked by snow. All set now but I'm begining to look for signs that the apocalypse has arrived! I think this is a message from the Hot Rod Gds that we should be working on our pre-runner tuck idea... Transport across the nation is having trouble, ports out west are hemmed up (not weather but labor disputes) and that log jam is going to make trucking even more difficult. Argh! Back to work.

[Dave Smith]

Ok. We need some rules to this snow-melt wager thing...

[David Hodgkins]

Hey Dave! Nice Avatar!

I'll take March 30th. (Like I know)

:)

[68GT500MAN]

I would like mid June, just in time for the open house.
Doug

[Kalstar]

Doug. Exact date??

My fat *** is going to stretch that shirt all to hell.

[myjones]

IF I remember the layout the building faces west so I suggest the last 1' square of paving in the NE corner of the parking lot be watched for the date it re-appears sans snow.

As for the shirt it's not a V neck so there are a few guys here that couldn't get it over their head< No names just saying some of us have an ego :o

I claim April fools day for the win.
DB HR431

[xatudor]

I'll claim 12th of April. Hopefully you can send some cold weather my way. It's been low 30deg C this week and getting over 37deg C next week.

[H R Lucky]

Hey, you guys only need another 12 inches to get the record, I say go for it!
But you need to keep an eye on the icy roads & drive careful.

My snow melt date is April 3rd.

Nevin