Purple show car with carbon fiber hood and gold wheels at SEMA

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SEMA: Show Archive

A few frames from SEMA — the lot, the crew and some show cars.

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[JOE: which SEMA year? More SEMA folders were empty in Drive — re-upload to expand this story.]

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