![]() This sketch shows Foose's vision for the 1935 Chevrolet Master Sedan, owned by Bob and Wes Rydell. Today, Foose and his design team star in the TLC television series Overhaulin'. Foose, while working with his father - legendary hot-rod designer Sam Foose - helped create numerous movie cars. If you've seen Blade Runner, Robo Cop, or Gone in 60 Seconds you know his work. Ditto for the Goodguys Street Rod of the Year Award. He has won the annual "America's Most Beautiful Roadster" award seven times - a record. And he has since been inducted into the Darryl Starbird Rod & Custom Museum Hall of Fame and the Grand National Roadster Show Hall of Fame in 2003. In 1997, at the age of 33, Foose became the youngest designer ever to be inducted into the Hot Rod Hall of Fame. Now, the founder and creative director of Foose Design, he tricked out his first car - a Porsche 356 - at the tender age of 12. It is almost impossible to write about Chip Foose and not sound like you're exaggerating. Here are a few of the models that put him on the map ![]() ![]() In a battle for television car supremacy we think this thing could wipe the floor with Knight Rider's Trans Am or Magnum's Ferrari.Chip Foose is a superstar of hot-rod design. ![]() Like his roadster, this car is powered by a GM Performance Parts Ramjet 350, so it's got some muscle to back up the look. A stunning white tuck 'n' roll interior sets off retina-searing red paint and dancing flames laid out by Chip Foose, while polished aluminum wheels, also by Foose, round out the package. While most "TV cars" are shoddy and ill-fitting piles of shiny junk upon closer inspection in the real world, this particular celebrity station wagon is totally bitchin', more than likely because it's a cherished part of the Titus stable. As fans of the Titus TV show can tell you, this is the car that Chris Titus' character on the show drove and worked on. You might even recognize the car but can't quite figure out where you've seen it before. Perhaps you noticed the other '56 Chevy on this month's cover, a red Handyman station wagon adorned with wild flames and polished five-spoke wheels. Finishing touches include a custom aluminum tonneau cover and removable roof, as well as 20-inch one-off billet wheels by Foose. In the cockpit, a custom dash and console lend the car a jet fight feel, while cut-down Cobra seats were covered in leather by Gabe's Upholstery. Sam cut and shaped every panel on the car to match his son's drawings, then everything was slathered in BMW Silver and GMC Yukon Blue. What's wrong.the motor in the picture doesn't look like an injected, small-block Chevy? That's because it's camouflaged by a one-off cover that blends the lines of the engine compartment with the rest of the car. A custom tube frame was fitted with C5 Corvette suspension, while a fuel-injected crate motor and overdrive transmission took care of driving duties. Once the details were nailed down, it came time to execute the ideas, so Chip called in reinforcements in the form of his father Sam, a well-known custom builder in his own right. Giant custom wheels would look appropriate, and a super-sano leather-lined cockpit was a must. The top needed to come off, the windshield could be raked back, a few bodylines altered, different trim mounted to the sides, and modern underpinnings packed with technology would round out the package. Chip channeled his considerable talents into morphing the clean but boxy lines of a mid-'50s Chevy into a sleek and stylish cruiser.
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