LAS VEGAS, Nev.–  The massive Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show completely dominated the Las Vegas Convention Center again this year as thousands of industry insiders and enthusiasts came out to experience the latest and greatest ideas that the automotive aftermarket has on tap for the coming year. Although private builds and displays featured every sort of vehicle imaginable, our focus – as always – was to find the coolest and most notable Ford cars and trucks that we could spot among all of the wild and colorful rides spread across a multitude of display areas at the show.SEMA is a professional trade association whose mission is to support the needs and growth of the automotive aftermarket industry. Its huge convention in Las Vegas on the first weekend in November each fall is meant to showcase everything from high performance parts, wheels, tires, and go-fast goodies to replacement parts, body shop equipment and tools.While some of the major auto manufacturers again sat out as display participants at this year’s 56^th annual show, a multitude of private entities proudly displayed new custom builds of nearly every brand and nameplate imaginable, happily replacing some of the missing corporate footprint.As we had expected, Ford super-enthusiast and FordPerformance.com contributing photographer Mark Storm attended the SEMA show again this year to get a first-hand look at many of the Ford builds on display there. While it’s impossible to capture each and every car at SEMA in a photo, Mark sent hundreds of shots to us for review. We’ve selected some of our favorite photos he’d sent along to share with you in the gallery below:

FORD PERFORMANCE PHOTOS / COURTESY MARK STORM