15 Minutes of FAME [Archive] - Factory Five Forums

Tom Veale

03-01-2023, 09:48 AM

Look who's Front and Center for the 2023 Hot Rod Power Tour from Motor Trend!

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Congratulations to Factory Five on creating such a photogenic Rod kit for us!

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I first licensed this car in 2009 and have put lots of pleasurable miles on it since. Last year my "Round Trip" was 2600 miles for the 2022 HRPT. My biggest problem was having to glue down some weather stripping on the door around the side window.

Best wishes,
Tom

michael everson

03-01-2023, 12:16 PM

Still going strong I see?
Mike

Sdonnel

03-01-2023, 12:51 PM

15 minutes???! More like 15 years. Congrats. Beautiful car.

Tom Veale

03-01-2023, 05:41 PM

Hi Mike,
It appears Motor Trend really liked my (your) Car! It's showed up in several of their publications.
I was the only FFR Hot Rod out of about 3000 cars in the Tour. There were some Roadsters but I never met any of those drivers and wasn't sure if they were FFRs or not.
Best wishes,
Tom

Tom Veale

03-01-2023, 05:53 PM

Thanks,
It still turns heads. It has a bit of road rash after ~15K miles of Road and Track usage. I've not run with the local Shelby Club (Road America) in a few years now and have re-set the suspension for "street" now.
I am going to hit the Bucket List this year and try to get some 1/4 Mile times in it. I've never attempted drag racing before, so don't expect much in the way of fast passes!

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Tom