PowerNation SEMA 2017 with Factory Five

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Dave Lindsey in What's New

Pat and Mike from PowerNation built our new ’35 Pick Up Truck here at Factory Five a few weeks before the SEMA Show, and here they are in the Factory Five booth introducing the car along highlights of Erik Treves’ beautiful twin-turbo Type 65 Coupe. You can watch the episode online. It’s a 45 minute show, and the Factory Five section is right after Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Rutledge Wood at 14:10 into the show. Click here to watch the show.

Mike and Pat give a nice intro to the Factory Five line-up at SEMA and showcase Erik’s twin-turbo Coupe and the new Factory Five ’35 Hot Rod Truck. Click the image above to watch the episode.

The truck drew a ton of looks and pre-orders are strong with production scheduled to begin in the next 6-10 weeks.

Above: Factory Five’s Dave Smith. Below: Detail shot of the ’35 Hot Rod Truck interior.

Pat put his engine expertise to work getting the Stromberg carbs.

Click here to watch the show.

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