SEMA 2014: Check Out Photos from the Week Long Event

[Mad Dog]

The 2014 SEMA Show is officially underway this morning in Las Vegas. The Factory Five booth is already attracting a ton of spectators and the Factory Fives in Featured Vehicle spots look great! Here’s some photos from this morning before the show started.



The Factory Five GTM is featured in KONI Shocks booth this year.





Factory Five customer Larry Ramsey’s stunning GTM is in a Featured Vehicle spot near Ford’s booth.




The Factory Five Racing SEMA crew is ready to talk with customers.


Factory Five President Dave Smith with customer Joe M. and Johnny K.


The Factory Five cars this morning during show prep.

[Mad Dog]

SixStar Cars has their recently completed 818R on display at SEMA.


Chris and Jim from KONI Shocks and Dave Smith with the LS7-powered GTM in the KONI Booth.


The Factory Five team get ready for the show to start this morning.


The Factory Five 818R was recently painted after competing in the Ultimate Track Car Challenge this summer.


The Special Edition Hot Rod Magazine-Factory Five Hot Rod next to customer Bob Littlefield’s beautiful Type 65 Coupe.


Our 818R chassis is on display with video of customer John George racing at Virginia International Raceway.


Factory Five customer Bob Littlefield’s Type 65 Coupe is on display in our booth.

[Mad Dog]

Factory Five customer Wayne Presley (left) helped customer Erik Treves (not pictured) build his 289 USRRC Roadster which is at SEMA. Erik Hansen (right) brought his battery-electric 818S to the show as a Featured Vehicle.


Erik Treves’ 289 USRRC Replica looks fantastic!


Erik Hansen with his battery-electric 818S.


Captain Bob and Arlo from “Hot Rod Radio” with Dave Smith checking out the Hot Rod Magazine Special Edition ’33 Hot Rod.

[David Hodgkins]

See you guys tomorrow!

[Mark Dougherty]

Wow
just awesome guys
everything looks great
Wish I could be there but there are cars to build here.

[metalmaker12]

Nice, I wanna be there next year !!

[2FAST4U]

So freakin awesome!

[fact5racer]

See you guys tomorrow after I swing into In & Out after I land

[H R Lucky]

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Dave Smith meets handsome FFR customer from Pennsylvania, Nevin Nelsen

[H R Lucky]

See you guys tomorrow after I swing into In & Out after I land

I just ate supper at 'In & out' tonight, very tasty and you can tell I haven't missed many meals.

[FFRSpec72]

See you guys tomorrow after I swing into In & Out after I land

man you east coast people should have voted in the in-out burger chain in the elections yesterday

[Mad Dog]

Day 2 of the 2014 SEMA Show is underway and the crowds are flocking to the Factory Five booth. The crew has sent us some early morning photos and we’ll add more as the day progresses.



Day two has officially started and the Factory Five booth is already starting to fill up.




Factory Five President Dave Smith talks with customers about the new 289 USRRC Replica built by customer Erik Treves.


The 818R chassis is getting a lot of attention and Factory Five’s Director of R&D is on hand to answer questions.


The new 289 USRRC Replica is in Sherwin Williams Automotive Finishes booth to help promote their new line of car paint.

[Mark Dougherty]

Just is awesome Guys
That Blue 289 FIA is just great
You could not have picked a better color for that show.
Congrats

[smokinss]

Great job on the awesome booth this year. Your cars in other booths are also very popular. Thanks for the FF5 lanyard.

[jceckard]

Wishing I could be there. I'd like to see that Black Mamba up close.

[Mad Dog]

The All-Women 427 Build Mk4 Roadster is on display at the 2014 SEMA Show as a Featured Vehicle. It was recently dyno'd at SMG Motoring and the stroked 351W displacing 427 ci. made 427 RWHP and 460 lb.-ft. of torque!

Check out the dyno video here

[Mad Dog]

The Factory Five booth has been filled with show attendees all week trying to check out the latest Factory Fives at the show.


Factory Five customer Karen Salvaggio and Factory Five President Dave Smith got a chance to talk with 1965 FIA World Champion Allen Grant after the show closed last night. Allen said a lot of great things about Factory Five while at the FFR customer event.

[David Hodgkins]

Photobomb!

[Mad Dog]

It’s been another exciting day at the SEMA Show as the Factory Five booth continues to draw huge crowds. Here’s a few photos from Day 3 of the show so far.


The Factory Five SEMA booth has been busy all day long as people check out this year’s display.


Thanks to Factory Five customer like Joe M. (center) for helping us in the booth this year.


The 30-day 818R build car has been a hit at the show this year.



Factory Five customer Erik Hansen’s all-electric 818S in the Featured Vehicles area next to the All-Women built 427 Mk4 Roadster.

[Mad Dog]

Above and Below: 818R built by SixStar Cars.




A Factory Five ’33 Hot Rod with Ford’s EcoBoost is at the show in Ford's outside booth.

[Mad Dog]

Factory Five’s Dan Golub talks about the Hot Rod Magazine-Factory Five Special Edition ’33 with some show attendees.


Factory Five customer Bob Littlefield’s Type 65 Coupe has been a big hit at the show.


The Factory Five booth continues to have a steady stream of visitors throughout the day.

[H R Lucky]

Hey Mad Dog Dave, what is the location of the 33HR with ecoboost?
I would like to go see it in the flesh tomorrow.
thanks,
Nevin

[Mad Dog]

Hi Nevin,

The EcoBoost '33 Hot Rod is in Ford's outdoor booth. We're double checking on the exact booth number and should have it shortly.

[D Clary]

I couldn't help but notice that the hood vent are gone from the R car. Is this for the show or do the door vents eliminate the need.

[Mad Dog]

We’re entering day four of the 2014 SEMA Show and reports came in saying that this year has once again been bigger and most attended shows ever with Factory Five’s booth being packed the entire day.


From left to right: Factory Five customer Erik Treves whose 289 USRRC Replica is on display in FFR’s booth, 1965 FIA World Champion Allen Grant, and Factory Five President Dave Smith.


The crew from Power Automedia stopped by our booth to interview Dave and some customers. Erik Hansen (right) talked with them about his battery-electric 818S which is in the Featured Vehicles area.


The 2014 SEMA Show has been one of the most attended SEMA Shows we’ve ever attended.


Factory Five customer Ron Everitt came out to SEMA to help work the booth during a very busy SEMA Show.


Factory Five customer Joe M. (right) talks with customers at SEMA about the Factory Five 818. Joe is putting the finishing touches on his own 818S and will be graduating it soon.

[metalmaker12]

I couldn't help but notice that the hood vent are gone from the R car. Is this for the show or do the door vents eliminate the need.

Vents appear to still be there, just a white mesh in place. At least from my screen.

[Erik W. Treves]

They are still there

[FFRSpec72]

I just wanted to thank the FFR crew at the show for all the hospitality, and Eric for setting up the Wednesday night get together, also to Dave, Jim and Wayne for spending some time going over things. I have not been in a few years and WOW this show has grown and so has the FFR floor space and crowds.

Was great to meet a few of the forum members in person also and have some great discussions.

I stopped by a few the Subaru performance vendors also and seems they are now well aware of the 818 with all the questions they were getting on the 818. I even found a vendor just down the road from me that I did not know existed. So I hope to see a few more supporting vendors on this forum after SEMA 2014 is over.

Once again it was a great show, it was great to see FFR from most anywhere on the floor

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[Mad Dog]

Above & Below: Two Guys Garage host Kevin Byrd stopped by the Factory Five to say hi to Dave Smith and the Factory Five team.




"Car Warriors" East Coast Team Leader and Full Throttle Customs owner Ray McClelland stopped by the Factory Five booth this afternoon to talk with Dave Smith and Allen Grant.

[Mad Dog]

The new Factory Five 289 USRRC Replica in Sherwin Williams Automotive Finishes SEMA booth.


“Car Builder Magazine” Editor Steve Temple grabs photos of 1965 FIA World Champion Allen Grant signing the dash of the Factory Five 289 USRRC.

[Vicki1]

How cool is that!
Thank you Dave, thank you Alan, thank you Factory Five for a most over-the-top week!

John Tongish

[H R Lucky]

This was my first time at SEMA and had a great time, thanks Factory Five for putting on a good show and for the Wed. night get together.
I made some new FFR aquaintences and renewed some old ones, I only hope I can remember all of your names at least until I get home.

Nevin

[Mad Dog]

The show closed Friday evening and the crew packed up the booth.


The crew got eveerything packed up and onto the Factory Five big rig after the close of the show. Scott “Honey Badger” Bell is gearing up for his drive back to Wareham.

[smokinss]

Factory Five President Dave Smith shaking hands with me, Sam Martin, a new Factory Five MK4 owner and 1965 FIA World Champion Allen Grant in front of the new 289 USRRC Replica built by customer Erik Treves. Great show put on by the FFR team. I appreciate the help on the questions I had. You have to look hard, but I got my FFR lanyard!

[Garry Bopp]

Huge thanks to Dave Smith and all the hard-working Factory Five folks. Great show with great cars and great people!

Garry

[Raceral]

Congrats on a great event... The legendary F5 team just keep on getting bigger and bigger

[Russ Thompson]

Great seeing everyone at the show, always fun seeing all the sweet customer builds all over the show too!

[Mustang Man]

Indeed, it was great to see all my old FFR friends (Gary, Karen, Doug, Ray, Dave, et al) and swing by the booth for the MUCH coveted badge lanyard! LOL

Great show everyone!

Mark

[ehansen007]

Here are some pics from the cocktail hour.




Guess who this is

[smokinss]

Thanks for posting. I wondered how it turned out. We didn't get a chance to head over after walking all day at SEMA!