July 4th Car Show and Fireworks!

[Dave Smith]

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I’ll be in Michigan this weekend for the 4th and wanted to invite any Factory Five owners to bring their cars to a great car show in Muskegon at Muskegon Brewing Company. I won’t have a car in the show, but I’m planning on attending. The event is being hosted by a family friend, and I thought it would be fun to invite any Factory Five folks in the area.

Anyone who brings their FFR car will get a free t-shirt. Just take a picture of your car at the show and email it to my daughter at [email protected] – be sure to specify your shirt size. The show starts at 6 PM.

Background:
Some of you may know that my family comes from Whitehall, Michigan, a small town just north of Muskegon. My parents were raised there, and my wife grew up there. We have a summer cottage on the original property that was a homestead in the late 1800s, owned by my great-grandfather.

Hope to see you Friday night!

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[8secDuster]

Fricano's !

[Erik W. Treves]

Have a great 4th my Friend - wish I was closer - lots of miles this month otherwise I might have to attend .... next time :)

[john42]

Love the drone shot pick! Also love how my car keeps sneaking it's way into all your social media posts :-)

[narly1]

From Benton Harbour to Sleeping Bear Dunes and Mackinac Island what a beautiful part of Michigan and the USA.

Happy July 4th!

Earl

[Dave Smith]

The only thing better than fireworks on the 4th is fireworks with some cool Factory Fives around.. and that's what I found last Friday night at the Adelaide Point car show in Muskegon Michigan!

I was in the area working on my summer cottage just north of Muskegon when I found out about the car show a week earlier. A handful of Factory Five guys showed up and a few cars made the night really fun.

I noticed Jim Sheren's Gen 2 supercharged small block Ford powered Daytona Coupe as I walked in. His car is loaded with cool custom work, tons of CNC parts that he made himself, and his own custom power side windows!

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Jim Sheren's awesome Coupe.

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Supercharged Ford Small block and TONS of custom CNC work.

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Beautiful interior and custom power windows.

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The Coupe really has a presence that outshines nearby cars.

Jim's Coupe was parked next to Mark M.'s Blue Mk2 Roadster FFR3001K. Marks car goes way back to 2001 and is powered by a Ford 302. He came to the show with his wife Kari, daughter Lily Rose, and son Alex.

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Mark M.'s 2001 (!) Roadster!

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How do you make a McLaren disappear? Park it next to a Factory Five!

I also spoke to FFR owners John and Etra Bostrom, who bought their car partially built from a customer in Texas and are building it at their place only a few miles away.

It was a super nice evening with good food and drinks, fireworks, and some really epic cars! Nicole at FFR is sending t-shirts and some cool merch to the FFR customers who were there. Sound like the show is planning on next year and inviting more Factory Five cars!

[Dave Smith]

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Old skool FFR hat has some miles on it!

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John and his wife Etra.

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I'm a sucker for old Firebirds. I believe this was a 79, but it had a 455 dropped in.

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Back at the cottage we watched a cool airshow that wasn't on anyone's calendar!

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Another flaming chicken caught my eye.