Factory Five Teams Up With Autorama to Offer Customers Spots!

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New

10 Shows and Customers are Welcome

We’re joining forces with the crew from Autorama/World of Wheels again this year and Factory Five customers are WELCOME! Here’s the deal: Our ’33 Hot Rod will be traveling to 10 Autorama shows around the country, and at each show, we have reserved two (2) spaces for customer cars at no charge. So, if you would like to show off your Factory Five at one of the shows listed below, contact Sally Bean here at Factory Five to sign-up. If you don’t want to show your car, but still want to attend one of the shows, we have visitor passes for each show as well.

Each space includes two exhibitor passes to the show! Hope to see you at one of the shows listed here.

Dave Smith
President

The Autorama World of Wheels schedule is:

Nov 23-35 – Houston, TX
Jan 11-13 – Cincinnati, OH
Jan 25-27 – Pittsburgh, PA
Feb 8-10 – Kansas City, MO
Feb 15-17 – Dallas, TX
Feb 22-24 – Salt Lake City, UT
Mar 1-3 – Chicago, IL
Mar 8-10 – Detroit, MI
Mar 15-17 – Omaha, NE
Mar 22-24 – Boston, MA
Apr 5-7 – Winnipeg, MANT
Apr 12-14 – Quebec City, QUE
April 19-21 – Moncton, NB

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