When you give yourself a deadline to take on a build you'd better be sure you have all of the support you need to handle the task. From the moment Fred Simmons Jr. of Mendon, Massachusetts, saw the ...

The moment you hear Factory Five Racing (FFR), a replica of the Shelby Cobra is probably the first thing you’ll think about. The American company describing itself as “built, not bought” also offers ...

Factory Five Racing, famed fabricators of kit cars based on the Shelby Daytona and Cobra models, are building a new, original hypercar. Its massive 9.5-liter, 750 horsepower LS Series V12 debuted in a ...

When Factory Five Racing (FFR) began engineering its 65 Roadster in 1995, they soon after began conceptualizing their next kit, a hardtop that was true to the FFR philosophy of vintage racing design, ...

Some folks want to buy a carbon-bodied, fire-breathing supercar. Others want to build one themselves, and the kit car wizards at Factory Five Racing are getting toward the pointy end of a project to ...

Live axles are great for drag racing. The suspension is easy to tune, the parts are strong, plentiful, and inexpensive; for straight-line racing, the live axle is hard to beat. Put the same rearend in ...

Factory Five Racing calls cars like today's Nice Price or No Dice Cobra the "best-selling, best-engineered, and best-performing replica of all time." Let's see if this turn-key edition is also an ...

The cars will come completely assembled and painted (less engine & transmission). Custom paint jobs will also be available. Vehicles can be purchased directly from Tasca Ford in Cranston, Rhode Island ...

Today's Nice Price or No Dice Factory Five Racing GTM is a finished kit car that balances its exotic looks with solid Chevy pushrod performance. Let's see if that mashup is worth what could be a ...

Kit car specialist Factory Five Racing is developing a new model to replace its aging flagship, the GTM. The company, based in Wareham, Massachusetts, this week provided a first look at the design of ...

Will joined the TopSpeed team over two and a half years ago, bringing his lifelong automotive passion, writing experience, and editorial expertise along with him. Whether classic or modern, American ...

Scorpion EV takes a Factory Five Racing Cobra and adds a powertrain from a Tesla Model S, though it’s not as simple as that. There’s a 600-hp, rear-wheel-drive model and a 1000-hp, all-wheel-drive ...