This year’s semashow was exceptional in many ways, but none more than what customer Ron Everitt and his four-man build team accomplished. This beautiful Factory Five Type 65 Coupe was only a bare frame and a pile of parts three days earlier on Tuesday morning at the open of the show. On Friday morning, I climbed behind the wheel and spent 8 minutes on the Ford Out Front Drift Track at 7,000 RPM mostly sideways with ktmosborne from powernationtv!
I trusted that Ron and his team had built the car right and I didn’t hesitate to drop the hammer right out of the box on a car with 0.0 miles on the clock! Before the drift session and cameras I asked Ron to take a picture with me.. “Just in case I wreck it, we should get a picture” I joked. He laughed nervously, knowing I was kidding him. The Ford Coyote engine is as tough as they come and the FFR chassis is rock solid so it wasn’t even a concern of mine.
The story of Factory Five is written in such ways and by such amazing people. Huge ...
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