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Dave Smith
05-14-2014, 10:27 AM
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This week on PowerNation Courtney’s studio is filled with four Factory Five Racing cars. President Dave Smith is her guest as we get you ready for an all woman build of a Factory Five Mark-4 427 replica in Detroit Muscle. Five women from the automotive aftermarket will build this iconic replica from a kit and pay it off in one episode!

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Tune into PowerNation’s “Detroit Muscle” this weekend, May 17th and 18th, and watch as a group of five women build this Factory Five Mk4 Roadster in only five days!

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The Factory Five Mk4 Roadster built by these five women is powered by Ford Racing’s 535 hp small block 351W based 427 stroker. A TKO 5 speed delivers power to the 3.31 solid axle 8.8″ rear end with FFR 3-link suspension from our race series. The shocks are Koni 3012 double-adjustable coil-over units. Brakes are Wilwood 13″ cross-drilled and slotted rotors up front with four pot calipers, and 11.65″ rears with 2 piston calipers. Tires are Toyo R888′s roadracing rubber on custom wheels designed by Christopher Coddington and Hot Rods by Boyd. Paint is Sherwin Williams Planet Color Midnight Black with off white vintage stripes.

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Click here to watch the PowerNation preview of this weekend’s 427 All-Women Build. (http://powernationtv.com/post/powernation-week-20-factory-five)

The team consists of…
Karen Salvaggio, an SCCA and NASA regional and national roadracing champion
Jo Coddington, broadcast celebrity from American Hot Rod, American Icon, Bidding Wars, and wife of the late Boyd Coddington
CherieLynn Westrich, formerly of Overhaulin’
Nan Gelhard, Director of Advertising at Summit Racing, Inc.,
Courtnie Provencher, a mechanic from Factory Five Racing

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Left to Right: Karen Salvaggio, Nan Gelhard, Jo Coddington, “Detroit Muscle” host Joe Elmore, Courtnie Provencher, Cherielynn Westrich, and “Detroit Muscle” host Tommy Boshers.

The car will be sold for a women’s charity yet to be announced. The car will be featured on the 2014 Hot Rod Power Tour with women from the build team at stops along the way. The car will also be featured at the 2014 SEMA Show in Las Vegas.

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The car will be shown at this weekend at the 2014 Wisconsin Dells Automania Autoshow.

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Five days of wrench turning (no paint work!) with five industry pro women.

Dave Smith
05-14-2014, 10:29 AM
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Summit Racing’s Nan Gelhard and Karen Salvaggio work on the engine headers.

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Cherielynn Westrich installs the radiator while Jo Coddington works on the pedal box and Nan Gelhard & Karen Salvaggio close up the passenger footbox.

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Friday lunch break, the car is wheels and trim items away from its first drive.

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Driver Karen Salvaggio backs the newly built 427 Mk4 out of PowerNation’s studios.

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The build team test drove the car as the sun came out on the last day.

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Last week, attendees at the 2014 Factory Five Huntington Beach Cruise-In got a special preview of the All Women 427 Build car.

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Dave Smith
05-14-2014, 10:32 AM
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Out in SoCal, Karen, Jo, and CherieLynn helped show off the newly built car.

Complete program schedule:

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David Hodgkins
05-14-2014, 01:07 PM
Got the DVR set!

:)

The Stig
05-16-2014, 08:14 AM
That is an awesome build, by a powerful group of women. They are all very stout names individually.

Karen Salvaggio, Jo Coddington, Cherielynn Westrich, Courtnie Provencher, and Nan Gellhard

Tons of Respect, and huge congrats on the build, done in just five days... Wow.

Beautiful Car

Mike