Sneak Peek at Factory Five-Hot Rod Magazine ‘33

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Dave Lindsey in What's New

In our January 2014 e-mail update, we mentioned that we are working on several exciting projects here at Factory Five, one of which is a Special Edition Hot Rod Magazine ’33 Hot Rod. The crew is busy building the first one in the R&D shop right now and we plan to have it ready in time to unveil later this spring.

One of the sponsors for the Special Edition ’33 is Performance Automatic. Tom and Larry just shipped us this transmission and the guys are anxious to get it installed. Just waiting on the engine to come in.

We’ll share more details on the build as they become available so stay tuned to the website, The Factory Five Forum, and Factory Five’s Facebook page.

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