Factory Five ’33 Hot Rod Wins "Best Ford in a Ford" – Street Rodder Magazine

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Dave Lindsey in What's New

In the April 2015 issue of “Street Rodder Magazine”, Factory Five customer Kris Colvin’s bright orange ’33 Hot Rod is featured. The car earned top honors at the 21st Annual NSRA Northeast Street Rod Nationals. Kris’ car was built by The Auto Shoppe of South Burlington, VT. Click on the image below to read the article.

Street Rodder Magazine’s Chuck Vranas selected Kris’ car among a large field of contenders.

Street Rodder Magazine’s Chruck Vranas interviews owner Kris Colvin about his build which includes a glassed-in hard top coupe design and a well-built Coyote 5.oL mill. The orange metallic paint was blinding in the sun, and was set-off by flat black trim pieces and some truly impressive hand stitched coach work inside.

The crew The Auto Shoppe brought the award-winning ’33 down to Wareham for all of us to check out.

Congratulations to Kris and the boys from The Auto Shoppe on a great job and a great accomplishment!

Dave Smith
President

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