Rich Evans...am I crazy? [Archive]

Boyd

11-05-2010, 07:02 AM

I just got back from SEMA and I don't get the fascination with this guy. His "designs" are ridiculous. Is it just me? For those of you not familiar with his build style, allow me to ruin your day:

He debuted this car at the 2007 SEMA show. This was the first time I had ever heard of Rich Evans.
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He just debuted this Challenger at the Mopar booth at this years SEMA. Any of these body mods look familiar? Lmao.
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He also has an "exclusive" line of steering wheels with Grant.
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He also has a "signature" series of tools by VIM tools and Sears sells a tool box "designed" by him.

Call me a hater or whatever, but I just don't get the love for this guy and his style.

wmhjr

11-05-2010, 07:04 AM

Not my style either

BonzoHansen

11-05-2010, 07:06 AM

do they sell that stuff at pep boys?

Mr.VENGEANCE

11-05-2010, 07:35 AM

i saw like 6 mexican cars out here with his designs..

AM.MSCL

11-05-2010, 07:35 AM

That Mustang looks to have some take off designs of the Batmobile

Bryce

11-05-2010, 08:03 AM

chicks dig scars.

I think those weird body cuts look like scars.

DarkBuddha

11-05-2010, 09:51 AM

It does have a sort of modern George Barris-ness too it, and I'm not really a Barris fan.

OLDFLM

11-05-2010, 10:20 AM

^^ EXACTLY what I was thinking! ^^

Bishop73

11-05-2010, 10:39 AM

Not my thing at all, more power to him if people actually pay for that stuff.

JEFFTATE

11-05-2010, 12:53 PM

Didn't they use that kit in the remake of Death Race 2000 ???

srh3trinity

11-05-2010, 01:12 PM

I usually try to find the good in things. For instance, if I see a car that is not my style, but somebody put a lot of wrench time into it, then I can at least respect the commitment, but there is no redeeming value to anything about either of those cars.

twosaturns

11-05-2010, 01:31 PM

somewhere along the line someone called him an 'artist' and it was all downhill from there...

69dean

11-05-2010, 01:47 PM

I think he gets his parts frome j.c. whitney.

BuzzKillian

11-05-2010, 06:07 PM

Didn't they use that kit in the remake of Death Race 2000 ???

Hey... Does anyone know where I can get a REALLY big bayonet for my hood.....

NOPANTS-68

11-05-2010, 06:12 PM

Is this the tool with the paint shop in Huntington Beach that was on chop,cut,rebuild?

LateNight72

11-05-2010, 06:20 PM

"Cocaine is a hell of a drug."

BritishGreen68

11-05-2010, 06:20 PM

That mustang and challenger look like jokes or toy cars to me. Did he build the "Corvette Summer" vette by chance?
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twosaturns

11-05-2010, 06:40 PM

all these show cars are seriously ugly, but man, when I was 8 years old, corvette summer was THE coolest thing!

BritishGreen68

11-05-2010, 07:39 PM

all these show cars are seriously ugly, but man, when I was 8 years old, corvette summer was THE coolest thing!

I have an original copy of it, I watch it from time to time. Along with TLBT , Hollywood Knights, American Graffiti, Gumball rally (love the cobra!)and so on .. seems like I have to watch the whole damn movie once it starts!

jon72vega

11-06-2010, 03:35 AM

Not my style at all.

cmanf

11-06-2010, 04:54 AM

Dont know the guy comes off as a thug wanabe on tv.
BTW I think this the same guy that got busted in a insurance scam in June?

crustysack

11-06-2010, 07:40 AM

I have personally met Rich and have seen some of his paintwork and it is of the best quality. This mustang is way over the top for my own taste but I am sure someone is buying it. He has built his company by doing quality paintwork and restoration and building one off customs for people. he definitely does some outrageous stuff but he has also won many awards for beautiful paint jobs. You cant please everyone and beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The mustang does look like its out of some crazy movie and again I would not drive it but someone loves it:hmm:

The WidowMaker

11-06-2010, 12:53 PM

rich is actually my old neighbor and he has done some work for me. i need to take my truck back since the clear is now coming off. i have no doubt its a cheap clear he used when doing insurance work. his custom jobs are friggin nice and better materials would last. check out his trucks and youll see what i mean. i dont think i could afford one of his custom jobs now. none of that stuff is my style though. the work is nice, the image is not.

BTW I think this the same guy that got busted in a insurance scam in June?

it is, but you need to know the whole story. something about a DA and a re election the next week?????? that sounds familiar.

Northeast Rod Run

11-06-2010, 01:39 PM

At leat the Vette in 'Corvette Summer" wasn't just a bunch of bolt-ons

I was noticing that the ad said it was limited to 1000 kits... 1000 kits?????? Hmmmm..........

Just not my type of thing, but maybe young kids would opt for his bolt on stuff?

muthstryker

11-06-2010, 03:24 PM

"Cocaine is a hell of a drug."

Haha!

Scott Parkhurst

11-06-2010, 03:32 PM

If the mods don't make a car better/faster/stronger, or even more aerodynamic, I'll probably hate them. The mods I like are based on performance and commonly mimic something on the race track. Style-wise, mods should enhance the original design and complement the car's lines and shape.

Based on my criteria, this guy's stuff is a failure of epic proportions.

That being said, he'll probably be rich, famous, and legendary...but I'll never like it.

Call me when he wins OUSCI. I'll take another look at that time.

DynoDon

11-06-2010, 04:08 PM

Did he change the shop name from the original Huntington Beach Bodyworks?

On the way to SEMA Monday He, or at least his crew, almost caused a big wreck. Just before Stateline they had a caravan with the truck and enclosed trailer leading, a BUTT Ugly Mustang following and then a couple more cars. Without warning or signals they abruptly slowed and pulled to the side of the highway. The car in front of me swerved and I almost hit him. Then they pulled back onto the highway and started going again. Don't know what it was all about but the only thing I could think of was, well at least if I hit that Mustang with my truck, no one else will have to suffer permanent eye damage looking at it ....

Maybe a little harsh (I really don't care for his style, no biggie) but I was really pissed about their lack of concern for others while driving

The WidowMaker

11-06-2010, 05:16 PM

Just not my type of thing, but maybe young kids would opt for his bolt on stuff?

nope. im not that young anymore, but still nope.

Chevy Kid

11-06-2010, 05:24 PM

Is this the tool with the paint shop in Huntington Beach that was on chop,cut,rebuild?

Ya Dave, that's him. In fact, the frame of the car he never finished was at SEMA. They had it tilted on it's side to show off the skulls...

That Mustang was like a welding flash burn. He was there, never cracked a smile.

redsand

11-06-2010, 05:50 PM

Reminds me of mad max cars.....Guy seems like he likes himself a bit too much.....He was in one of the latest mags in every picture he is either flexing or "look at me I am a bad@#@" look....

On a side note....It take a lot of hours and work to make a mustang look that bad.....

shmoov69

11-06-2010, 07:58 PM

Those is some sweet scoops!! Really flow with the lines on the mustang!!

And the challenger......does it have 17's on the front and 15's on the back?!?!! Looks goofy around the rear wheel openings.......among other places!

SLO_Z28

11-07-2010, 07:51 AM

Steven

11-07-2010, 07:55 AM

tuner market, sums it up

DynoDon

11-07-2010, 08:34 AM

Just to put everything in perspective, I head just as many negative comments about pro touring at SEMA as I did about cars like this. A large portion of the general public and automotive aftermarket HATE big wheeled big braked muscle cars. They'd be happy if we all had Cragers. To each their own, everyone has different tastes and different styles.

I followed and listened to as many car comments as I could during my 5 days at SEMA. The Pro Touring cars that I consider the real deal, you know the ones that are actually driven and used in events like OUSCI, that have reasonable sized wheels, garnered positive comments.
The over done cars that look like Hot Wheels to me, the ones with 20's and bigger and no suspension travel were the ones that I heard being laughed at. To me those aren't really Pro Touring cars at all, not really sure what to call them - maybe just real life Hot Wheels

robertjra

11-07-2010, 09:19 AM

i think we all like the clean look but rich has a lot of cool stuff, all the stuff he builds is so over the top that it never flows into the car only his parts stand out not the car as a hole.

BA.

11-07-2010, 12:51 PM

Hideous!

They look like something for Vin Diesel in either the XXX movie.

BuzzKillian

11-07-2010, 01:41 PM

There is a man with a "Vision" ahead of his time. (sarcastically chuckling to myself)

sevillaz28

11-08-2010, 06:04 PM

I did not like it at all, in person or on paper.

DriverzInc

11-09-2010, 05:41 PM

Google "Ugliest Mustang Ever". The whole first page is his....

LateNight72

11-09-2010, 06:21 PM

Google "Ugliest Mustang Ever". The whole first page is his....

Wow. You weren't lying.

Zanie

11-09-2010, 08:09 PM

Google "Ugliest Mustang Ever". The whole first page is his....
That there is funny!

and
I agree!!

Vicinity

11-09-2010, 08:12 PM

It needs MOAR SCOOPS.

:lmao:

Yelcamino

11-10-2010, 04:42 AM

There's no accounting for taste. :barf:

Chevrolaine

11-10-2010, 06:13 AM

Google "Ugliest Mustang Ever". The whole first page is his....

ROFLMAO There's something to be proud of!

rogue

11-10-2010, 10:39 AM

At least theres no exposed carbon fiber.

rogue

11-10-2010, 10:40 AM

do they sell that stuff at pep boys?

Spectre is a pep boys brand and look how they've entered the pro-touring world just by posting a few intakes.

MonzaRacer

11-10-2010, 03:10 PM

do they sell that stuff at pep boys?

Scott, Scott, Scott, son I work for Pep Boys and as CRAZY as they are they would NEVER use,market or sell that kind of crap,,,well unless they get a LARGE financial kick back,,,,,,.
Trust me.

DynoDon

11-10-2010, 03:25 PM

Spectre is a pep boys brand and look how they've entered the pro-touring world just by posting a few intakes.

If by the fact that some Pep Boys stores carry them somehow makes them a Pep Boys "Brand", then so is Edelbrock, Holley, Hooker Headers, Accell, MSD, Eibach, Bilstien, Ford Racing, B&M, Auto Metere, Comp Cams etc.

JayR

11-10-2010, 05:10 PM

How much time and money does it require to ruin a Mustang or Challenger? You can't even argue that beauty is in the eye of the beholder when someone is fleecing the public pushing garbage like this. Anyone who likes it is just flat wrong. His complete lack of style and design sense has boggled my mind for years and his Challenger on the turntable in Mopar's booth made me wonder who the hell at Chrysler is picking their SEMA vehicles. His 15 seconds must almost be over, right?

Rod

11-10-2010, 05:18 PM

and TIME, that's been his 15 seconds lets move on, our sensibility has been damaged enough

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BritishGreen68

11-10-2010, 06:14 PM

anyone see this? Apparently a Lambo with a mustang body on it?? I kinda dig it...
http://spbcar.ru/news/en/article/10597/
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sniper

11-10-2010, 08:19 PM

anyone see this? Apparently a Lambo with a mustang body on it?? I kinda dig it...

One week ban for you and you must surrender your man card for a period of one month.

BritishGreen68

11-10-2010, 09:51 PM

One week ban for you and you must surrender your man card for a period of one month.

Thats messed up lol... ok ok, this one I would actually own, wouldnt change a thing!
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/11/7i3_B_L-1.jpg

rogue

11-11-2010, 12:41 AM

If by the fact that some Pep Boys stores carry them somehow makes them a Pep Boys "Brand", then so is Edelbrock, Holley, Hooker Headers, Accell, MSD, Eibach, Bilstien, Ford Racing, B&M, Auto Metere, Comp Cams etc.

You must have the magic high performance pep boys that we don't have....

I had never seen Spectre products anywhere else besides pepboys before they become a forum sponsor in all honesty. Perhaps pepboys was a launching platforum.

Yelcamino

11-11-2010, 03:51 AM

Thats messed up lol... ok ok, this one I would actually own, wouldnt change a thing!
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/11/7i3_B_L-1.jpg

Now that's funny looking and not in a bad way!

Bryce

11-11-2010, 06:23 AM

Thats messed up lol... ok ok, this one I would actually own, wouldnt change a thing!
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/11/7i3_B_L-1.jpg

just lower it about 6 inches and it would be pretty cool!

DynoDon

11-11-2010, 09:02 AM

You must have the magic high performance pep boys that we don't have....

I had never seen Spectre products anywhere else besides pep boys before they become a forum sponsor in all honesty. Perhaps pep boys was a launching platforum.

Our Pep Boys (Orange, CA) has had the above mentioned products for YEARS! And they have now opened a section called "Pep Boys Speed Shop" within the store. They were working on it just before SEMA, so I haven't been back in to see it yet.

As for Spectre, Summit has carried the product for a while, first place I saw it. Along with their Semi at Good-Guys

DynoDon

11-11-2010, 09:04 AM

Thats messed up lol... ok ok, this one I would actually own, wouldnt change a thing!
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2010/11/7i3_B_L-1.jpg

Now that's funny looking and not in a bad way!

just lower it about 6 inches and it would be pretty cool!

Man I hope you guys are kidding. That thing is HIDEOUS, Billy Bolt On with a Mustang Nose. :barf:

BritishGreen68

11-11-2010, 04:58 PM

One week ban for you and you must surrender your man card for a period of one month.
I had to use your quote on lateral-g, hope you dont mind...

DCx

11-15-2010, 12:48 PM

WTF? this guy even has an iphone app...

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rich-evans/id355311419?mt=8

Scott Parkhurst

11-16-2010, 07:43 AM

WTF? this guy even has an iphone app...

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rich-evans/id355311419?mt=8

What does it do? Make your phone ugly?

Rhino

11-16-2010, 09:34 AM

WTF? this guy even has an iphone app...

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rich-evans/id355311419?mt=8

First sentence says it all.

You’ve seen him on Pimp My Ride, Monster Garage, Man Cave, Speed Channel and Chop, Cut & Rebuild...