Look for it at the Meguiar’s booth at this years SEMA.
The reveal was held at Peterson’s Auto Museum and “Car Crazy” Barry Maguiar was on hand for the emotional reunion of Bernie and his Chevy pony car. The black interior sports a vintage Chevy woodgrain steering wheel, all new guts from Classic Industries, a thumpin’ tune system and trick Cobra racing seats and door panels stitched in buttery leather with a Bentley-seque double diamond motif. The old stamped steel sub-frame was ash canned and replaced with a powder coated, tubular IFS unit and the rear end was upgraded with a torque arm solid axle sourced from TCI Engineering.Ĭompleting the transformation are Wilwood brakes, rack and pinion steering and a sick set of staggered Foose “Knuckle” rims, 19’s in front and 20’s in the rear.
The drivetrain consists of a 480 HP, big block Chevrolet 427 crate motor backed up by a Tremec TKO-600 5-speed gearbox from Bowler Transmission. All this was sprayed out in Foose Huntington Blue Pearl with some very tasteful fire engine orange pinstripes on the hood and repeated on the wheels. The body was treated to a shave, tucked in bumpers, a rear cowl induction hood and smoothed gas filler at the rear.
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Bernie’s car was of nice driver quality, but as we all know, everything can be improved on.įoose combines current Pro-Touring themes and state and of the art speed goodies with Harry Bradley’s early “Hot Wheels” design language to good effect. Per Overhaulin’ practice, the “mark” is Pastor Bernie Federmann out of Lampoc, CA.and his ’67 Camaro he recently bought through an internet auction. Chip Foose and his “A-Team” at over at the Velocity Network, (including two fetching female wrenches,) have crafted a fresh take on a Pro-Touring F-Body for Episode 3 of Overhaulin‘ and it’s a skillful take on the automotive version of the aforementioned three minute country song conundrum. There ain’t nothing new under the sun and for some folks, the Camaro canvas might seem just a little overplayed. What does all that have to do with a Camaro build over at ? Well, the same thing can be said for First Gen F-bodies. To make things more complicated, you have to set up the structure of the song, lay down some catchy hooks and bring it all home in a scant three minutes or less. You’ll see some fabulous very high dollar builds in process, and many of Chip’s own cars.It’s been said that writing a blockbuster country tune is harder than it looks, (or sounds for that matter,) and for the last 50 years, guys and gals in “Nudie suits” have mined familiar themes of trains, trucks, drinkin and cheatin’, all to varying degrees of success. And he’s a really nice man.Īnyway, tour information is up on his website, offered most weekdays at noon, as you face the main shop line up at the gate on the far right by noon and they’ll welcome you in and show you around. He has the gifts of eye, color, line, proportion, and taste. His designs pay great respect to the original ethos of any car, yet are often entirely custom, tasteful, and dazzling yet classy. After his stint at Boyd’s, Chip hung his own shingle, where his otherworldly talent could really shine. Chip’s father Sam was also a highly credible rod and custom builder. He later worked for the late Boyd Coddington, arguably among the premier hot rod builders of his day, or any day. Winning it once is only huge winning it four times says your the best.Ĭhip is a classically and formally educated designer, having gone through the transportation design program at Art Center. They have won four Autorama Riddler awards, which in the hot rod and car building universe is the best picture Oscar. Chip and his team of designers, hot rodders, and craftsmen, do incredible world class work. What you will see at Foose Design is some of the incredible hot rod and uber custom builds currently in process or recently completed. Visiting the Foose Design shop is NOT the Overhaulin set that shop is at a different location, and the show is not currently in production, so nothing and nobody to see. The good news is that the tour is free, and its easy - with no tickets or advance reservations required. He also has a serious hot rod and custom build and design shop in Huntington Beach, California, and anyone who calls themselves a motorhead must visit. His build a car in a week television show, Overhaulin, is a staple on automotive TV, at the moment with a healthy reruns schedule on the Velocity network. If you’re visiting this site, you likely know who Chip Foose is.
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