We should have known that it would only take a few years for Factory Five’s ’33 Hot Rod to reach international celebrity status. This modern twist on the classic rod concept is one of the rodding industry’s hottest kits.

We recently came across this particular ’33 build all the way from Russia. Typically we don’t think much about performance cars, let alone rods and customs, when we think about Russia. The truth is though that there is a growing car culture there, though in many cases it is only the few elite, and wealthy who can afford to participate in projects such as this.

Hiding beneath that hood is a FRPP 5.0 Coyote Crate Engine.

This particular ’33, named by it’s builder “The Angry Smurf” is no slouch. It features a host of parts and components that you could find easily find on any ’33 Hot Rod built here in the states. The dash is lined with Dakota Digital gauges and there’s a push button start system, as well as HVAC controls, and we suspect a kickin’ stereo system.

The Angry Smurf moniker obviously comes from the car’s grabber blue exterior with flat black accents. Wheels appear to be late model Mustang or torque thrust replicas shod in what could be BFG rubber. Visible behind the front wheel spokes are Wilwood calipers.

So what would you expect to power this all-American car built in such an unlikely location? A discarded Lada engine? Some European power plant? You’d be wrong if you assumed either. Power comes from a Ford Racing 5.0 Coyote crate engine, the same one many rabid Ford fans here in the states crave for their own project cars.

The car has a bevy of features from American company's. No doubt someone has spent significant money importing the right parts for this build.

We were able to only skim a few of these details from the posting related to this particular car as we had to run it through translation just to get part of the story. We also learned by translating the information that the car was built by a shop, and has apparently been sold. We’re always looking for rods and customs from outside the USA to bring you here first! This hobby and passion are universal no matter where you go, and we’re quite impressed that our hot rodding brethren in Russia have assembled such a high quality ride that any of us here would be proud to own.