A good design is timeless
Chip Foose got his start in the world of hot rods by creating one-of-a-kind custom builds, and helping his dad in his Santa Barbara, CA, auto workshop.
One of Chip's famous lines when talking overall about design is: "I like to design things to where, when you look at it, it looks like that's the way it should have come from the factory".
Here's a recap of his work
The Sniper
The "Sniper" came back in 1996 as a result of one of Chip's quick sketches, transforming a 1954 Plymouth Savoy convertible into the radical ride shown here.
F100
Certainly, a very special, and sentimental truck to Chip, this 1956 Ford F-100 belonged to his father and when Chip was 13, it became his. After drawing lots of sketches of what Chip eventually wanted to perform on the classic pickup, it was "stolen" in 2005 as part of the Overhaulin' TV Show.
The Hemisfear
With 16 years in the making, "Hemisfear" started as a senior-year project design study while still attending the Art Center College of Design, done up as a "niche market" car for Chrysler Corporation back in 1990, and it was part supercar, part hot rod and part custom.
Preserving Auto History with a Membership
