Vehicle Description
1933 Ford Factory Five Hot Rod - Ford 4.6L V8 - 5 Speed Tremec
Transmission - Fully Custom - 692 Miles (Please note: If you happen
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To be sure you access all the more than 175 photographs, including
a short walk-around-and-startup video, as well as a link to its
clean, accident-free Carfax documentation, please go to our main
website: GarageKeptMotors.) I really wanted to build a sports car
that's about performance and driving fun as much as it is about
looks. - Jim Schenck, Director of R&D, Factory Five, in his
book The Hot Rod Evolved The special allure of the 1933 Ford coupe
has long had a hold on hotrodders. The body proportions are
perfect, the styling is simple yet beautiful (even better with a
slight roof chop), and then there's that sloping curved grille many
see as a true work of art. It's no wonder then that so many hotrod
builds began with a '33 Ford. If there was one challenge to all
these projects, however, it was the unchangeable reality that,
however beautiful the custom treatments made to the body were,
beneath it all lay the bones of a now nearly 90 year-old
automobile. Where one person sees a challenge, another finds
inspiration. Enter the people of Factory Five in Wareham,
Massachusetts. Dave Smith, president of Factory Five tells the
long, but interesting story: When Jim Schenck, our director of
R&D, came to me with his ideas for a next generation hot rod, I
was immediately impressed. The idea of making a high-performance
and comfortable daily driver '33 was exciting and that race rod
sketch immediately came to mind. Jim's ideas weren't limited to
just designing a performance hot rod. His excellent understanding
of the Hot Rod market enabled him to see where there were
opportunities for a leap-frog product. Today, most hot rods are
looks first and everything else a distant second. In addition to
performance that leaves something to be desired, most guys are
forced to cobble together parts from a wide variety of companies
and sources. Jim pitched me on the idea of using the Factory Five
product template on the Hot Rod. The idea was to stay as
traditional as possible, but make performance and drivability the
focus and package all the parts together to reduce the number of
places a guy has to go. It made a lot of sense. We introduced the
Factory Five '33 at the 2008 SEMA�€�Show where it earned 'Best
in�€�Show - Hot Rod' and 'Best Engineered Product - Runner-Up.' In
2012, the car won the GoodGuys National Autocross Title in both Pro
and Street Classes, and a Top 10 at SEMA the same year. In its
short life, the car has earned a slew of awards, industry
recognition, and has changed the way people think about the
'stereo-typical' hot rod. Offered here in Ford Dark Ink Metallic (a
deep blue) over black, is a perfect example of this next-generation
hotrod. The fully completed '33 Ford Factory Five hotrod was
custom-created in 2010. It included a number of options directly
from the Wareham, Massachusetts factory, among them: the hardtop
body style, Vintage air condition (with heat), power windows, full
fenders (as opposed to open-wheel models), bespoke Factory Five
5-spoke wheels. The individualized drivetrain brought together
first-quality components including an all-aluminum, dual overhead
cam, remanufactured 4.6-liter V8 linked to a 5-apeed Tremec 3650
manual transmission (with Center Force clutch), built to
road-racing specifications. The 3.55 rear differential chosen was a
Ford 8.8 converted to 3-link rear suspension; the posi-traction
Moser axles are from Ford Motorsports. Additional highlights
include: Factory Five straight-as-an-arrow frame... extensive
Dynamat chassis sound proofing... LPW Ultimate-88 differential...
Simpson 5-point racing safety harnesses for both driver a
