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A little story about Chip Foose

To me he comes off as a really good guy .. not surprised by this
 
I did not open it. As long as he keeps his hands off of my Coronet everything will be OK. He has mutilated enough e-bodies too.
 
I think he has good skills. However it just seems to me that all his projects look identical in paint scheme. Plus I would rather not make a street rod out of a car that has a lot of value as an original. For example; Street rod a Malibu not a real Chevelle SS.
 
He has great talent but would never let him touch my car. I like muscle cars to look like muscle car not some custom low rider like he does. Ron
 
I'll have to differ on him making all cars totally custom. There have been many victims who were into original type cars, and the insiders told chip that. There have been a lot of original pro-touring type cars on the how and by that I man basically stock looking body, paint, interior with upgraded motor and suspension and wheels. I would not mind owning several cars I've seen on the show.

The show is not about restoring cars and the people who get chosen are usually fans of the show wanting to do something like Chip does which is why their friends or family submit them as candidates for a car make-over.

BTW most of the cars that I've seen where not R/T's or Road Runners or Boss Mustangs, Cobra Jet Torinos, LS6 Chevelles etc. They were Satellites, Coronets, Mustangs, Torinos, Malibu/Chevelles.
 
Wonder how many boxes of old door handles and mirrors that guy has amassed over the years from all them cars he's done.
I happen to like my car with its door handles and mirrors intact, just as dodge intended them to have.
 
Adam Nathan said:
Wonder how many boxes of old door handles and mirrors that guy has amassed over the years from all them cars he's done.
I happen to like my car with its door handles and mirrors intact, just as dodge intended them to have.
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That's funny right there! Chip was at MATS Vegas a few years ago. A ruined ebody was at the Show at the same time - just sayin. If I see him again, I will ask about his door handle collection. To each their own I guess.
 
I'm a day 2 type car guy personally, I think there's always room for improvement, over factory stuff {I do like the body lines left alone usually thou} & I don't like everything he's built either, but I don't really get the hatred or contempt, directed towards Chip Foose thou either {maybe it's resentment or jealousy, I'm not sure WTF it's all about}... But he's done much more with cars & design or fabrication, paint etc., in all aspects of the industry, of all make & models, ground up builds, engineering & design, much much more than that Overhaulin' show & he's also done much more then 99% of all of us "ever will do"... He also worked for Boyd Coddington as a designer, builder, painter, fabricator for a while too, also his fathers shop Sam Foose... He has also designed cars for Cadillac, Ford & other OEM's... Like I said before "I'm not crazy about all his stuff either, but I completely respect the man & his abilities"... IMHO he's a car designer/artist, wheel designer, car builder, car fabricator, car customizer & car innovator, car guy period, not just a parts replacer/restorer or painter {not that anything is wrong with that, there's room for all types}, how many of them have won the Riddler Award or designed a car for a manufacturer ??, let alone build a car from the ground up 100's of times... But to each their own, that's what's cool about cars & the hobby, people can like & do what they want, with their own stuff & especially Mopars... Many people say they like Mopars, because they want to be different {but tow the purist line, mentality} & don't want to be like the Camaro or Mustang crowd etc., millions of the same thing done the same damn way or even over done to the Nth degree... I guess that's just mostly purist mentality & talk, when someone does something out of the norm, tries to be different, tries something out of the purist type norm mentality... IMHFO, Build it how you want it, drive it like you stole it & damn the rest... My $0.02 cents
 
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Dennis H said:
That's funny right there! Chip was at MATS Vegas a few years ago. A ruined ebody was at the Show at the same time - just sayin. If I see him again, I will ask about his door handle collection. To each their own I guess.
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Ask him if he's saved all the stuff he's removed from cars as part of his retirement plan.
 
Budnicks said:
I'm a day 2 type car guy personally, I think there's always room for improvement, over factory stuff {I do like the body lines left alone usually thou} & I don't like everything he's built either, but I don't really get the hatred or contempt, directed towards Chip Foose thou either {maybe it's resentment or jealousy, I'm not sure WTF it's all about}... But he's done much more with cars & design or fabrication, paint etc., in all aspects of the industry, of all make & models, ground up builds, engineering & design, much much more than that Overhaulin' show & he's also done much more then 99% of all of us "ever will do"... He also worked for Boyd Coddington as a designer, builder, painter, fabricator for a while too, also his fathers shop Sam Foose... He has also designed cars for Cadillac, Ford & other OEM's... Like I said before "I'm not crazy about all his stuff either, but I completely respect the man & his abilities"... IMHO he's a car designer/artist, wheel designer, car builder, car fabricator, car customizer & car innovator, car guy period, not just a parts replacer/restorer or painter {not that anything is wrong with that, there's room for all types}, how many of them have won the Riddler Award or designed a car for a manufacturer ??, let alone build a car from the ground up 100's of times... But to each their own, that's what's cool about cars & the hobby, people can like & do what they want, with their own stuff & especially Mopars... Many people say they like Mopars, because they want to be different {but tow the purist line, mentality} & don't want to be like the Camaro or Mustang crowd etc., millions of the same thing done the same damn way or even over done to the Nth degree... I guess that's just mostly purist mentality & talk, when someone does something out of the norm, tries to be different, tries something out of the purist type norm mentality... IMHFO, Build it how you want it, drive it like you stole it & damn the rest... My $0.02 cents
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I concur Budnicks. He's a nice guy, can do the work, and has a style .. just like most of us. That style may be Racer, Resto, Pro Mod, Canyon slot car, whatever. I don't like everything he does but I don't hate it or any of the builds I see here on FBBO. To each his own
 
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Ask him if he's saved all the stuff he's removed from cars as part of his retirement plan.
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I often wonder what happens to allot of the take off unused parts ??, I wonder if they are offered back to the owner 1st ??, before they are taken by the builders/the show {maybe the producers of Overhaulin' own them now, sell to recoup some funds, for the builds} must do one hell of a E-Scam or Craigslist or maybe swap-meet sales, engines, trans, wheels tires, interior, suspension & body parts... I never see anything listed actually by Foose himself.... Maybe someone from SoCal can shed more light on it, I don't check the SoCal regions much too far to drive, but do check occasionally, never see any...
 
Maybe on his custom jobs independent of this show he takes off all the door handles. I don't know but the cars on the show's I've seen all have door handles
 
OK, just got done watching a re-run from 2013 of overhaulin. The car was a 64 Fury with a 383/4 speed. I loved everything about the build and couldn't find fault with anything. Even the foose wheels he designed look great and I'm pretty sure they were 20's. IMHO, the perfect mix of original and resto-mod. Awesome car and awesome build. Very lucky owner.
 
I guess he has a "Chip Foose look" to his work....A hella flush Foose stance car can't even pull into a driveway without bottoming out .
I like the '64 Fury to look like what would have rolled off the line with period correct stance,wheels & tires....

The interior looked Good!

I think he is talented with good hands , from what I can see :icon_eyes:in the 4 min of camera time (Foose that is).
I do watch the show.
I am annoyed of the look some stuff.

JMVHO
Sonny
Guess I am turning into a crabby old FART.:eusa_doh:
 
rocky61201 said:
OK, just got done watching a re-run from 2013 of overhaulin. The car was a 64 Fury with a 383/4 speed. I loved everything about the build and couldn't find fault with anything. Even the foose wheels he designed look great and I'm pretty sure they were 20's. IMHO, the perfect mix of original and resto-mod. Awesome car and awesome build. Very lucky owner.
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Just watched that episode last night. I really loved the way the car turned out. I just don't like the wheels.
 
A couple of years agoI happened to run into Chip in the antiques area of the City of Orange in SoCal, I approached him and asked if Overhaulin was going to return to TV any times soon. He told me that the economic downturn had hurt the networks and the car collecting world in general, but he was hoping for a return of Overhaulin. During our conversation he was open and friendly and seemed truly interested in our conversation, no celebrity ego or arrogance. We talked for about 10 minutes and I suggested my 66 Satty ragtop would really benefit from a little overhauling, he laughed and told me with any luck maybe we would benefit from the return of the show.
About a year later I was looking through the window of a vintage Ford shop in Orange and struck up a conversation with a guy who was also look at the shop. He was from the south on vacation in SoCal, he said he was a car guy and had visited a couple of car museums here. He told me one place he wanted to see was Chip Fooses garage/workshop, so he and his son drove to Chip's workshop with the hope of peeking though the fence. He went on to say he was happy with what he saw and felt it took care of an item on his bucket list. While he was there Chip saw him and invited him inside to see the cars up close, Chip opened the gate and showed him around the shop, this guy was still excited just telling me about it.
To make a long story short I believe Chip is a great guy with a passion for cars and car lovers, I wouldn't hesitate to let him Overhaul my Satty.
 
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