SEMA Preview Day #1 of 7

Posted on October 22, 2018 by in What's New

As of this past Saturday, our trucks were loaded up, and heading out to next week’s SEMA Show in Las Vegas! This year, we have some pretty big news to announce, and I am going to be giving you a sneak peek each day for seven days building up to the show.

Live Coupe Build in Ford Performance Booth!

Twenty years ago, we attended our very first SEMA Show. Over the years, our booth size has grown, BUT this year, we are working out of THREE (3) booths!!! We have our traditional indoor booth (#23229), our big rig will be featured outside by the drift ring (#61013) along with five Factory Fives, and lastly, we are doing a live build of a Type 65 Coupe in the Ford Out Front area. The live build will start Tuesday morning, and will end with us drifting the car at the end of the show!


The Factory Five trucks are loaded and heading to SEMA. The Factory Five big rig will be outside, booth #61013.


We will be building a 5.0L Coyote-powered Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe at this year’s SEMA Show! More on that unique looking Factory Five ’33 in the background later…


The Factory Five crew has done live builds at the Barrett-Jackson show, and this year, we will be doing a live build of a Type 65 Coupe in the Ford Out Front display.
Freddie S., Ron E. Chris R., Dan G., and Tony Z. at the Barrett-Jackson Northeast Live Build, June 2018.

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