https://v1.thefactoryfiveforum.com/blog.php?13-Dave-Smith Builder community site for Factory Five Racing. en Sat, 02 May 2026 14:31:54 GMT vBulletin 10 https://v1.thefactoryfiveforum.com/images/misc/rss.jpg https://v1.thefactoryfiveforum.com/blog.php?13-Dave-Smith https://v1.thefactoryfiveforum.com/entry.php?104-Too-Good-to-be-True Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:06:24 GMT Image: http://www.factoryfive.com/coupe/photo/carl/bluecar/G8DS8743.jpg Owning a Factory Five Roadster is a dream come true. Owning a matching...

Owning a Factory Five Roadster is a dream come true. Owning a matching Coupe is even better. If you guys wonder why I'm so grateful for my job, here are two reasons of many. If someone had shown me these photos 16 years ago and said, "These cars will belong to you." I would have laughed and thought, "Sure buddy. That's just too good to be true." The real truth is that owning some great cars is nothing compared to the many other good things that have happened in the Factory Five story.





]]> Dave Smith https://v1.thefactoryfiveforum.com/entry.php?104-Too-Good-to-be-True https://v1.thefactoryfiveforum.com/entry.php?50-Anniversary-Edition-Parts-Begin-to-Land Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:47:06 GMT For those of you who are unaware, we are making 15 very special commemorative edition Mk4 Roadsters to memorialize our 15 Year Anniversary making... For those of you who are unaware, we are making 15 very special commemorative edition Mk4 Roadsters to memorialize our 15 Year Anniversary making Roadsters. We are building and have already sold only 15 cars. I saved 001/015 for myself, but I just found out that Heather Smith (wife of the late-great Dick Smith) wanted to get one of them so she might end up with my number.

Any way, here are some pictures from a day in the life here at Factory Five as we begin production on the new 2nd Generation Type 65 Coupe and parts for the Anniversary Cars production run begin arriving.


We had a newly painted Mk4 at the Winter Open House. Don't tell any one, but it was painted Rosa Corsa (world's collide on this one)!


The Anniversary Edition rear ends arrived powder coated in a special silver and etched with the Anniversary logo.


The first of the Anniversary Edition frames came back from the powder coaters.


Here's a brand new Coupe nose just out of the new molds!


Gen 2 Type 65 Coupes are going together. I believe this is the second or third chassis.


Anniversary floor mats arrived. This is a sample mouse pad sized floor mat with the logo.


It's like Christmas!


The silver powder coating came out great!




These 15 silver chassis are very special. ]]> Dave Smith https://v1.thefactoryfiveforum.com/entry.php?50-Anniversary-Edition-Parts-Begin-to-Land