Factory Five Customer Mike K Hits Big Milestone in Hot Rod Build

Posted on October 9, 2012 by in What's New

Factory Five customer Mike K. from New York had a big weekend with his ’33 Hot Rod build, installing his brand new small block Chevy and 700R4 transmission. Mike sent us these photos today and we thought it’d be fun to share with everyone.

Maybe Mike will send us a video some time soon of the first time it fires up so that we can share that too…

Congratulations Mike! P.S. – We love the fine art hanging in your garage.

Jason Lavigne
Technical Sales & Support Manager

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