SEMA Preview 5 of 10: Mark Gearhart Truck for Hot Rod Magazine

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Dave Lindsey in What's New

We are excited to have the Hot Rod Magazine build project Factory Five Truck of Mark Gearhart’s in our indoor booth at SEMA this year. Mark has built some very impressive machines, and his Truck is being featured currently in the hallowed pages of Hot Rod as well as hotrod.com. The really cool news is that Mark’s truck is one of FIVE (!) over-the-top Truck builds that will be at SEMA this year, one of which is Joey Logano’s 800+ HP NASCAR-engined drift Truck!

Click here to catch up on Mark’s build articles.

Among the many great sponsors that have had a hand in this project, Factory Five Legacy Award winner and legendary painter Jeff “Da Bat” Miller laid down the beautiful paint on this car, and we are super proud to have it in our booth this year at SEMA. Here are some photos of the truck being built, and we will bring you the finished vehicles shots from the show!

Click here to catch up on Mark’s build articles.

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