Factory Five Tech Crew Draws Big Crowds at Bass Pro Shop Cruise-In

The Factory Five tech crew left work a little early on yesterday to attend the bi-weekly Bass Pro Shops Cruise-In at Patriot Place in Foxboro, MA.  Tony, Nate, and Jesper all drove ’33 Hot Rods with Dan in a Type 65 Coupe, Jay in the Mk4 Roadster, and Joe driving our GTM.

The crew were joined by customers Scott L. and Craig L. in their Mk3 Roadsters as well as Joe M. in his GTM.  It was a fun evening cruise-in and the cars quickly drew a crowd of on-lookers. Here are some photos from the event.

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Factory Five Technical Support Manager Tony Zullo drove the Factory Five-Hot Rod Magazine Special Edition ’33 to the cruise-in.

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Tony was talking with customers about the Special Edition Hot Rod with customers at the show.

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Director of Engineering Jesper Ingerslev answers questions while Operations Manager Nate Johnson catches up with Factory Five customer Rick L.

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Jesper drove his 5.0L Coyote-powered ’33 Hot Rod to the show.

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Factory Five customer Craig L. from Mansfield, MA brought his Mk3 Roadster which has recently crossed the 30,000 miles mark.

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Factory Five customer Scott L. from Medfield, MA also drove his Mk3 Roadster to the event powered by a 302 crate engine.

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The Factory Five tech crew drew a lot of attention as the pulled into the show lead by Dan G. in the Type 65 Coupe.

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Joe was driving the LS7-powered GTM.

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Jay drove the 2013 SEMA Mk4 Roadster up to Bass Pro Shops last night.

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It didn’t take long for customers to come over and ask questions about the GTM.

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Factory Five customer Scott L. with his Mk3 Roadster.

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Tons of show attendees came by to check out all of the Factory Five cars.

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Factory Five customer Joe M. had a discussion with the local authorities after parking his car…

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Don’t worry!  They were discussing his GTM build.

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Factory Five customer Joe M., Scott L., and Craig L. all had a blast at the cruise-in.

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Factory Five tech guys Dan G., Joe S., and Jay K. enjoyed their afternoon at the car show and talking with customers about the cars.

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Dan got to drive the Type 65 Coupe home last night (above) while Joe drove the GTM home (below).

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