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Factory Five Racing has been in business for more than 10 years and have become the undisputed largest, most successful, Replica kit car manufacturer the industry has ever seen. Started by two brothers Mark and David Smith on the premis that the kit cars available back then were shoddy at best and in some cases downright dangerous they launched Factory Five Racing around the principle of a single mustang doner plus their Shelby Cobra kit would allow you to complete their Cobra replica. This single donor concept was new and revolutionary and grabbed the buying public's attention to the point that today Factory Five Racing has sold in excess of 6000 Kits.

With their ongoing commitment to constant improvement in their kits Factory Five Racing continues to be the market leader in Shelby Cobra Replica kits today.

A number of years ago Factory Five Racing released their own version of the Shelby Daytona Coupe and while not as successful as the Cobra Roadster it is none the less a success story in it's own right.

In 2006 they released an all new original design super car called the GTM. This Corvette based car is capable of Maclaren like performance with top speeds in the 200MPH range and is engineered and priced at a level that allows it to be built within the budget of anyone with the desire to do so.

One of the hallmarks of all of Factory Five Racing 's cars is the superb design of their chassis. All of their cars are raced and what is learned on the track is incorporated into every chassis they build. As a result their chassis designs take a second seat to no one when it comes to handling, performance and safety. David Smith the companies owner is living testiment to the cars inherent safety having survived a roll over accident on the race track and after quickly making emergency repairs to the suspension and taping up the Cobra body gone on to win the event!

Factory Five Racing 's success is due in no small part to the quality of their products and their ongoing commitment to correcting the inevitable problems that crop up when you are dealing in the volumes that they work with. In this authors experience they have an excellent record of doing right by their customers regardless of the nature of the problem and it is for that reason that I highly recommend Factory Five Racing to anyone who is interested in building their own replica Shelby Cobra.

Check them out at www.factoryfive.com or in Canada at www.westerncanadacobras.com

Article Published: Monday 13th November 2006