Hot Rod Magazine Special Edition ‘33 Unveiled at HB 2014!

[Dave Smith]

We’ve been working with the guys from Hot Rod Magazine on a special limited edition Factory Five ’33 Hot Rod. We’ve also been fortunate to have the help of some great sponsor suppliers to assemble a truly high-end package of performance parts for this special car. Here are some pictures of the car and a link to Hot Rod Magazine studio photographer releases. Click here to see Hot Rod Magazine’s photos of the Factory Five ’33. (http://blogs.hotrod.com/factory-five-to-debut-hot-rod-magazine-33-hot-rod-113061.html#_axzz30UfJXnXC)

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The Factory Five forum owner Dave Hodgkins’ son Grant took this killer photo of the special edition Hot Rod at the end of the day.

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Grant caught this unique angle of the car as well.

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The Special Edition ’33 was unveiled at 11 AM in front of a crowd of hundreds on Main St., Huntington Beach.

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The car was on display all day Saturday, April 26th, and then driven for 250+ miles on Monday as part of the Hot Rod Magazine test drive/evaluation.

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The All Womens 427 build team assisted in the unveil of the ’33 Hot Rod. The toolbox in back comes with each car.

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The Special Edition ’33 comes with a fully customized interior, customized gauges, and optional soft top so it can run as a roadster or with the soft top.

[Dave Smith]

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The 650 HP supercharged “Aluminator” 5.0L Coyote engine from Ford is standard fair on the Special Edition car.

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The show ended at 4 PM and the Special Edition Hot Rod was one of the last cars to leave the plaza.

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The Special Edition ’33 sits outside the famous Hot Rod Magazine headquarters before being rolled into the Hot Rod Magazine photo studio.

Click here to see Hot Rod Magazine’s photos of the Factory Five ’33. (http://blogs.hotrod.com/factory-five-to-debut-hot-rod-magazine-33-hot-rod-113061.html#_axzz30UfJXnXC)

[ClemsonS197]

Looks awesome. Who did those headers?

[Dave Smith]

The heaers were custom made by a buddy of Bob tasca at the now-defunct Tascas Mod shop. They flow well, but at the leevl this engine is putting out power, likely still a tad tight! We dyno'd the engine at 488 rwhp and 452 lb ft torque. It should be a bit higher but driving it brought me to the lord, so wer're thinking we dont have to re-do the headers! Dave

[QSL]

This car looks amazing in person. You guys did a fantastic job with it!!! I assume this is going to bring some really cool marketing to you guys in the future. Brilliant idea!

[first time builder]

Is this going to be sold as a completed Car ???

Kenny

[QSL]

Yes! Imagine the opportunities this will bring to FF. Like I said, Brilliant!

[68GT500MAN]

With the rolling tool box included!

[stack]

Looks Familiar

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[WIS89]

The special edition '33 is a great looking car! They did a really nice job with all of the details to make it a pretty special car.

It will be interesting to see how the roll-out goes.

Really nice job!

Regards,

Steve

[erlihemi]

more at HB

http://www.rodauthority.com/event-coverage/factory-five-car-show-closes-down-main-street-in-huntington-beach/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=factory-five-car-show-closes-down-main-street-in-huntington-beach

[myjones]

We dyno'd the engine at 488 rwhp and 452 lb ft torque. Dave

Dave
With that kind of RW power did you beef up the banana bracket or stiffen the frame anywhere?
Spreader bar and gussets under the firewall etc?
I seem to recall a mention of 500HP being the limit for the 33 chassis but never saw any details as to why
Cool car
Dale
Hemi33

[myjones]

Dave
With that kind of RW power did you beef up the banana bracket or stiffen the frame anywhere?
Spreader bar and gussets under the firewall etc?
I seem to recall a mention of 500HP being the limit for the 33 chassis but never saw any details as to why
Cool car
Dale
Hemi33

BUMP
to the top

Dave ????????/

[Dan Golub]

HI Dale,

The only section of the frame that we modified was the pedal box mount, as we used floor mounted pedals in this car. Otherwise, there was no modification done to the 3-link bracket, and no modifications to the firewall steel area.

Thank You

Dan@FFR

[myjones]

HI Dale,
The only section of the frame that we modified was the pedal box mount, as we used floor mounted pedals in this car. Otherwise, there was no modification done to the 3-link bracket, and no modifications to the firewall steel area.
Thank You
Dan@FFR
Dan
Maybe the 500hp chassis limit was a RWHP #?

Floor mounted pedals are an interesting change. Can you share more on that maybe even a picture sans body.
That might be a good way to make room for a small booster under the dash for those of us who want a bit more
street friendly version of the 33
Dale
Hemi33

[dagall]

What wheels are on the Hot Rod Magazine car?

Nevermind, Billet Specialties Bonneville G....Ouch Pricey!