![]() So, his first goal was to make the luxury-looking car look more like a “muscle car,” he said. “My first thought was, “why ’71? That’s not the most exciting body part, but it’s also a great challenge,” Foose told BASF in an exclusive interview at SEMA. The legendary restoration expert’s latest work of art-the 1971 Mach Foose Mustang was based on the 1971 “Eleanor Mustang,” a vehicle that Foose previously built for the film “Gone in 60 Seconds,” 15 of them to be exact.ĭoctor Honda out of Japan approached the car designer about building this vehicle. She and her husband build cars back home. Jacqueline Crane came all the way from New Zealand. “I like how he considers every detail of a car.” “I even visited his shop in 2004,” he said. It was his 13 th year at SEMA and he’s seen Foose every time at this event. Michel O’Neil, a tire dealer, came from Quebec, Canada. Some of them traveled from all over the world. And this past year was no different-that’s where Foose unveiled his newly built 2010 Mustang GT, inside of a 1971 Mustang body.įans stood in line for over an hour to snag an autograph from the car designer. ![]() One of the largest automotive events at which he’s been making an appearance for more than 30 years is the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) in Las Vegas, the biggest specialty products trade event in the world. The famed auto designer and reality TV star of Velocity’s car-restoration series “Overhaulin’” has completed numerous custom auto builds and restorations, and has won several industry awards for it over the years. Maybe if I had 3 or 4 million in the bank, I'd have Foose build me something, but then I'd also have a team of detailers to clean it up if I ever decided to drive it.Īlso, the day that you decide that you don't want to drive your car because it might get dirty needs to be the day that you decide to take up another hobby.The name Chip Foose needs no introduction in the automotive industry. All I know is that I'm not wealthy and the most their cars can do for me is maybe give me an idea or two that will work in the real world. The people who can afford their cars are very wealthy and want a show piece that they can call their own. It's easy to see that between the two, Foose may have more scruples. Boyd gets richer, hot rods get glossier, and the Discovery Channel gets drama." Or is it? To avoid previous debts, they started the company in Boyd Coddington Jr's name and while he has since moved on to Weld Wheels, the old hot rodders have yet to get what they paid for and never will. They opened the doors again five years ago with brand new CNCs, water jets, etc. Sometimes when you go public, the stock doesn't go in the right direction. No big deal, right? Happens all the time and that's business. In doing so, they stiffed small mom and pop hot rod shops to the sum of over $5 million. "Most people know it was less than a decade ago when Boyd Coddington Hot Rods declared chapter 11. As for Boyd, how many times is he going to redo the Boydster and call it something else? I also found this little excerpt on the net: They show a lot of detail and imagination. It's entertainment for people who have no idea what goes into building a car.
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