Chip Foose............. [Archive]

67velle

03-08-2009, 07:30 PM

This weekend I was a participant at Autorama, where I met Chip who was setting up Terracuda.As I was looking at the car we made eye contact and he stood up and made me feel like I was the only one in the building.....He asked if I had a car in the show and where it was.Not thinking that a person as busy as him would EVER see it. He signed my hat and I went on my way...............Sunday as I was at the awards show with my autorama info card ...which you have to show to get an award,as I sat back down from receiving an award my wife and I notice a rendering and note from Chip on the back of my card which had been laying on the floor by the car all weekend.........talk about goose bumps .......The note says Todd Great job with a rendering done with a sharpie and signed !!!! how friggen cool is this guy?????:worship:

oldzzy

03-08-2009, 07:46 PM

That's awesome! I was there as well and he is a down to earth kinda guy!

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2009/03/DSC025811-1.jpg

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JChristian1835

03-08-2009, 07:57 PM

:postpics:

vp23271

03-08-2009, 08:22 PM

That's very cool!

MuscleRodz

03-08-2009, 08:28 PM

That is why he is admired by everyone. Troy is the same way

Memphis

03-09-2009, 12:26 AM

That is very cool

Samckitt

03-09-2009, 03:31 AM

That is awesome. I hope to meet him someday.

Paul_J

03-09-2009, 03:53 AM

I once heard him say "everyone who shares this hobby is a friend." Him and Troy put their pant's on one leg at a time just like everyone.

Really cool you got to met him.

stage2ROUSH

03-09-2009, 05:25 AM

yeah he's the man/ I got to take 3 laps around Road Atlanta with him in a '67 eleanor" mustang, and he can not only design/build , he's a really good driver.

trapin

03-09-2009, 06:00 AM

Great guy. I've met him before as well. One of the best. A real asset to the hobby.

Mr.VENGEANCE

03-09-2009, 06:09 AM

daaaaamn...

now if only Boyd was like that..

twosaturns

03-09-2009, 06:22 AM

now if only Boyd was like that..

you mean, HAD been like that?

Mr.VENGEANCE

03-09-2009, 06:24 AM

you know what i mean, grammar nazi..

cees67

03-09-2009, 06:57 AM

"grammar nazi"........that was funny!

dcozzi

03-09-2009, 09:39 AM

I saw him in the airport in Phoenix with his wife. He was sitting right behind me facing the other way chowing down on a burrito. I waited till he was finished and politely asked him if he was Chip Foose. We talked a little about cars and his current show Overhaulin'. He was super polite, shook my hand, introduced me to his wife and said he was coming home from a charity event. I mentioned Boyd Coddington while we spoke. He said nothing even remotely negative. He is a true class act.

twosaturns

03-09-2009, 10:12 AM

you know what i mean, grammar nazi..
I wasn't intentionally correcting your grammar, I just didn't know if you knew Boyd was deceased.

carry on.

bwhinnen

03-09-2009, 11:02 AM

Chip is really an asset to the car scene as a whole. He is so down to earth, friendly and more than willing to take time to talk to you and explain things. I'd love to sit down and have a beer and yarn with him after meeting him last year!

JChristian1835

03-09-2009, 11:14 AM

I feel left out.. I've never met foose...

John McIntire

03-09-2009, 11:30 AM

I love Chip Foose and is someone I must meet one day! He is incredibly talented and a real down to earth type guy.

T_Raven

03-09-2009, 11:31 AM

As I was looking at the car we made eye contact and he stood up and made me feel like I was the only one in the building.....

psst:secret: you forgot to put "no homo" lol

67velle

03-09-2009, 02:22 PM

Thought you guys would like to know I also met Troy and he was very busy and still made time to talk............Very nice guy . Mitch Lanzini was also very down to earth,Mike Curtis former Boyds employee also seemed surprised when my wife asked him for an autograph,he said his new buisness was going well......Last but not least Scott from Scotts hot rods made my wife and I laugh our asses off.

poormans69

03-09-2009, 02:37 PM

It's great to hear the positives about people when nowadays it's so much more popular to talk shcnit. Modern day role models for car people.

67velle

03-09-2009, 02:49 PM

Sorry took so long to get picture on!!

joe440

03-09-2009, 03:11 PM

i got to meet chip a few years back at his shop through my uncles friend who does a lot of work with him. Great guy, got to shoot the **** with him for about an hour even after he was on the overhaullin set all day. Let me sit on his bike (he can build one badass bike too!) and brought me around the shop.I tried purchasing a shirt and hat from his shop and he wouldnt let me pay for it. Once again, great guy heres some pics i took while i was there. The mustang was the guy on overhaullin in the wheelchair
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2009/03/cali1401-1.jpg
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https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2009/03/cali122-1.jpg
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gotta say, made my entire vacation
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Tom 72RS/SS

03-09-2009, 04:59 PM

I met Chip as well. He is as everyone says, one of the nicest guys in the hobby and a true talent for sure.
Met him a couple of years ago and along with signing a bunch of stuff and posing for pictures, he also signed the dash of my Camaro...he's my hero! Very Cool Guy.
Just a side note: Chip was here a couple of weeks ago for the World of Wheels Show signing autographs. There must have been 200+ people waiting in line that day, glad I already had mine. LOL!

70TWO NOVA

03-09-2009, 06:55 PM

I really hope to meet Mr. Foose someday as well. My uncle has met him and has told me how down to earth and nice he is.

killer69

03-09-2009, 07:28 PM

last year we sponsored him to come to our local show, so we had to pick him and his wife up at the airport and then ended up going for dinner and hanging out for about 4 hours, the guy is really easy to BS with and he even came to the shop and signed all the guys tool boxes and a bunch of stuff. his wife is super nice. just a great guy all round it was a previlage for sure!!!
really cool guy ! :1st:

Bishop73

03-10-2009, 04:17 AM

That is very cool to hear. He certainly seems like that type of guy when on the television, but you never know. I would love to meet him some day.

Samckitt

03-10-2009, 04:29 AM

MickMc

03-10-2009, 08:55 AM

67velle is this your car?

Mick

Mathius

03-10-2009, 11:02 AM

Is Overhaul'in still on? I have nothing against Foose, the show just got stale. It just became another restoration show after a while. In the earlier seasons they implemented a bunch of unique ideas like when he made that cherry shaped air cleaner wing nut for the Cherry Nova, or when he put the Magnum front end on the Chrystler 300 (or was it vice versus). Little custom details like that are what made the vehicles neat and the show interesting.

Then there's the opposite extreme, "Pimp my Ride." I watch it. Once in a blue moon they do something that looks good, but I wouldn't let them touch my car. Then again, I wouldn't let Chip Foose touch my car. It isn't that I have issues with him, I just want it done my way.

Mathius

406 Q-ship

03-10-2009, 02:39 PM

Nice to know that the top builders in the business act like they are one of us. Now if Hollywood people would act this way. I have to say that yes I have met a few Hollywoods stars that are down to earth, but there are too many that are not.

67velle

03-10-2009, 03:41 PM

Yes that is my car.......What did you think???????? now remember I only could invest 12,000 total in the car with parts,wheels, and the original cost of the car:crying:

GBodyGMachine

03-10-2009, 04:18 PM

I did not have a chance to meet him, I didnt even get to see him at the show. I would love to one day. Have heard nothing but good things about him.
Jeff

Young Gun

03-10-2009, 04:43 PM

gawd would I love to meet the guy... he has given me way too many ideas... haha

ProTouring442

03-11-2009, 02:41 PM

you know what i mean, grammar nazi..

Since NAZI meant National Socialist German Workers' Party, what does that have to do with grammar? maybe it should be Grammar Fascist... hmm, that doesn't work either... I know, Grammar Polizei!:jump:

Never met Foose or Troy but I did meet Moose from Troy's shop. great guy!

Shiny Side Up!
Bill

bigvegan

03-11-2009, 04:15 PM

Yes that is my car.......What did you think???????? now remember I only could invest 12,000 total in the car with parts,wheels, and the original cost of the car

67velle - Did you really build that car for $12k?

That's an outstanding car. Nice work!

67velle

03-11-2009, 04:57 PM

yes I did............5500 car,3000 or so for wheels,the rest is small parts and lots of labor........some where I have to list which came to 12800,00

Tom 72RS/SS

03-11-2009, 06:38 PM

Now that's building on a budget, nice job on the car and congrats for recognition by Chip.

BMF Machine

03-11-2009, 06:56 PM

ChiP RuleS! But, there is not so much, anything special about him? I have never really met an AsS, that has that much talent. It'S usually the ones that can not and never will, get it; TheY are usually haterS and way above everyone,lolol.

LooK at Michael, LisA and Frank SerafinE(in that order,lolol sorry FranK),ToM NelsoN, RidE rideS TroY, Steve'O at TwisT, Jake'S RoD ShoP, JP(IImuCH Fabrication) RinG BroS, Pretty much everybody hanging a banner on the right. I have been around since there were only 5 or 6 sponsers on right. Now there are many? EverY one will BenD over backwards to be polite, helpful and still very much down to earth car enthusiats. Nobody would like FoosE if he was an AsS? WhaT would being an AsS get him? NothinG, nothing at all. CooL CaR BuilderS share a love with car enthusiast's that simply can not be duplicated. They love what they do and it shows in what they do.

:spam:

fishtail8

03-11-2009, 07:04 PM

WhaT Is WitH YouR MesseD Up CapitalizatioN? That's damn hard to read... :)

67velle

03-12-2009, 03:13 PM

I disagree with the last.............Its not just that he is helpful,or nice but the fact that he is so busy with so many things and he finds the time to do something special for someone that will not EVER be a paying customer.......The fact that he even took the time to look at my car is impressive to me!! I know how busy my life is and cant imagine his.:seizure: