Photo: Factory Five
With enough talent and ideas, anyone can become a car builder. All you need is a kit to get you started, and then you could end up being the proud creator of something like this here 1935 pickup hot rod.
If you’ve been following us this January, you might be aware that as part of our Ford Month coverage, we dug up an idea born in Massachusetts on the grounds of a shop called Factory Five. These guys thought it would be best to provide builders with hot rod kits as a means to ease everyone’s journey to a show-quality build.
These past few days, we’ve been covering their kits, designed to morph into classic-style hot rods, but there’s an even more impressive one out there. One that, once completed, should reveal a killer-looking pickup truck.
The end product is officially titled a 1935 Pickup Hot Rod. In its disassembled kit form, it costs $19,900, and brings almost everything you’d want to get the project rolling.
For that money, you get the frame, body, chassis aluminum panels, complete front and rear suspension, complete brake, steering and fuel systems, engine accessories, and driveshaft. Also thrown into the mix are the gauges, dash and electrical assembly, complete interior accessories, and exterior lighting.
And that’s about it (you can check the full list of included equipment at this link), which means there are several parts you’ll have to source elsewhere. Mind you, those are important parts, such as the engine and transmission, the rear end with brakes, the wheels, tires, battery, and fuel pump. Oh, and painting the thing lands on you as well.
One assembled 1935 pickup was shown by Factory Five at SEMA in 2017 (there are two finished projects in the gallery above). Their chosen configuration ended up weighing 2,380 lbs (1,080 kg), and that should make similar builds “wicked fast,” as the shop says.
These past few days, we’ve been covering their kits, designed to morph into classic-style hot rods, but there’s an even more impressive one out there. One that, once completed, should reveal a killer-looking pickup truck.
The end product is officially titled a 1935 Pickup Hot Rod. In its disassembled kit form, it costs $19,900, and brings almost everything you’d want to get the project rolling.
For that money, you get the frame, body, chassis aluminum panels, complete front and rear suspension, complete brake, steering and fuel systems, engine accessories, and driveshaft. Also thrown into the mix are the gauges, dash and electrical assembly, complete interior accessories, and exterior lighting.
And that’s about it (you can check the full list of included equipment at this link), which means there are several parts you’ll have to source elsewhere. Mind you, those are important parts, such as the engine and transmission, the rear end with brakes, the wheels, tires, battery, and fuel pump. Oh, and painting the thing lands on you as well.
One assembled 1935 pickup was shown by Factory Five at SEMA in 2017 (there are two finished projects in the gallery above). Their chosen configuration ended up weighing 2,380 lbs (1,080 kg), and that should make similar builds “wicked fast,” as the shop says.
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