Factory Five ‘33 Hot Rod #0015 Returns Home

Posted on July 2, 2012 by in What's New

Factory Five customer Mike C. drove by this morning to show us the finished car that started out two years ago as FFR Hot Rod #0015. Mike chose to power the car with a small block 302 producing about 320 HP mated to a automatic transmission and a solid axle 8.8″ rear end.

Mike’s family helped to select the paint which is a BMW light blue metallic that in real life looks VERY vintage and period correct. The 15″ wheels and baby moons look great with the affordable BF Goodrich Radial TA tires. Mike used 275/60 series tires in the back and 225/60s up front. The car has a stereo, removable hard top, and after only a few weeks, the car has over 300 miles on the clock.

Great job Mike! Click here to see a full photo gallery of Mike’s Hot Rod.

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