2017 SEMA Show Photos – New Pics Added!

Day 3 Photos

We’re half way through the 2017 SEMA Show and it’s been a ton of fun! Today we are thrilled to have our good friend Cristy Lee in the booth for a little bit.


Factory Five Customer Wayne Mills’ GTM Supercar.


From this angle, you can’t even tell our Mk4 Roadster is missing the other half of the body.

“All Girls Garage” host Cristy Lee is in the Factory Five booth this morning to sign autographs and take pictures with customers.


Our Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe-R featured in KONI Shocks booth.


L-R: FFR President Dave Smith, Ford Performance’s Doug White, and Cristy Lee


L-R: Dave Smith, Cristy Lee, and Andrew Hoffman

We filmed a segment of Power Automedia’s SEMA Show coverage featuring the Gen 3 Coupe in KONI’s booth with Joey Logano, Ford Performance, and Snap-On Tools.

Day 2 Photos

The 2017 SEMA show is on, and we are excited to pull the wraps off our latest and greatest Factory Fives!

This year we are joined by a huge contingent of Factory Five customers and customer cars. All together we’ve got almost 20 people helping out in our massive 20′ x 80′ booth located just behind KONI Shocks in the main hall between Ford and GM. Here’s some pics as the doors opened for day 2 of the show.


The new ’35 Hot Rod Pick-Up Truck is ready for today’s crowds to check it out.


Erik Treves’ Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe build is already a fan favorite!

The crowds are starting to fill the Factory Five booth as day 2 of the SEMA Show is underway.


A Factory Five ’33 Hot Rod is featured in Cover King’s booth with a new car cover we are working on featuring the ’33 chassis.

Day 1 Photos

The 2017 SEMA Show is underway and early reports is that the Factory Five has been filled with customers trying to check out the new ’35 Hot Rod Truck, SMG Motoring Inc.’s ’33 Hot Rod, customer Erik Treves’ Gen 3 Coupe, customer Wayne Mills’ GTM Supercar, customer Ron Ewerth’s 818R, and our famous Mk4 “Half Mobile” Roadster. Here’s a few images from before the show started. Stay tuned for more update’s from the show!


Factory Five’s 2017 SEMA Show crew!


The crew from the Factory Five Build School check out the new ’35 Hot Rod Pick-Up Truck before SEMA kicked off this morning.


Customer Ron Ewerth’s 818R is featured on the other side of the booth.


Next to the 818R is customer Wayne Mills’ show-winning GTM Supercar.


Customer Erik Treves’ built this Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe and unveiled it at the SEMA Show this morning.


Erik built his latest Coupe with a United States Army theme as Erik is a pilot in the US Army.


We also have our Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe street car in our booth.


SMG Motoring’s steel body ’33 Hot Rod body build is entered in the “Battle of the Builders” at SEMA this year.


Here’s an interior shot of the SMG Motoring-built ’33 Hot Rod.


The ’33 Hot Rod build by SMG Motoring is next to the new ’35 Hot Rod Pick-Up Truck.

The Factory Five Gen 3 Coupe-R that was built with Snap-On and featured on their show “From the Ground-Up” is on display at SEMA in the KONI Shocks booth. FFR President Dave Smith stopped by the booth to say hi to KONI’s Lee Grimes.


SMG Motiring’s Fred Simmons Jr. is helping out in the Factory Five booth talking to customers. He also built this Factory Five ’33 Hot Rod which is entered in the “Battle of the Builders.”


Factory Five customer Russ Thompson, his wife Lin,and Wayne Presley.


Factory Five customers Karen Salvaggio, Don DePontee, and Sue Howe.


Factory Five President Dave Smith with Ray McEdward, Garry Bopp, and friends.


“Two Guys Garage” host Kevin Byrd and former host Bryan Fuller stopped by the booth to say hi and check out the Hot Rod truck!


It was cool to have Wayne Carini and Bill Carini from “Chasing Classic Cars” visit our booth along with our good friend Jo Coddington.


It didn’t take long for the Factory Five booth to draw a crowd.

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