The "Fooose" of Alan Cummings of Yorba Linda, one terrific looking flamejob down the sides and hood

Found at SEMA: the talented, famous, gifted, and Corky Coker posing

Pure class act. This is the face of an honest guy, who has worked hard, played hard, and earned what he's got.

Chip was signing at about 3 or 4 different booths. Yup, high demand

http://www.motortrend.com/features/consumer/1012_bill_goldberg_tv_host_former_wrestler_celebrity_drive/index.html if you aren't familiar with why Bill Goldberg is famous in the automotive world

and two vets of the automotive world, George Barris and Linda Vaughn

You're not the Fonz, Corky.

The 1970 John Deere model 4020 that Chip Foose (I hearby invent the word Foosified unless someone else already has) redesigned, and the original look

Above via http://voiture-jaune.tumblr.com/

Above via http://blog.machinefinder.com/1613/john-deere-4020-hot-rod-chip-foose

The Lightning Rod, designed by Foose, at the Grand National Roadster show

TerraCuda by Foose at SEMA for a second year, in the Pirelli Booth

In last years post I have a bit of information about the Foose Terracuda: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/01/terracuda-by-foose.html

Terracuda by Foose

The story goes that one of his customers brought in a Breitling watch and asked Chip to make his car the same color. This was the result, a 1970 Plymouth Barrauda painted in Terracuda Brown with California Gold stripes, both of which are part of Foose's new line of paints developed with BASF.
The unibody of the original car was removed and replaced with a custom frame designed by Chip and built by Art Carr, and every panel of the car has been changed in some way. Chip wasn't satisfied with the front tires symmetry with the front bumpers and fenders, so they've been moved forward three inches to create less of an overhang, and the rear bumper has been cut down and tucked in. http://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/05/sema-2008-chip-foose-unveils-his-latest-creation-the-terracuda/

400 hours of work just in the front bumper

Via: http://ekhatch.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/terracuda/

Here's the odd part, it was inspired when car fanatic Daren Metropoulos of New York met with Foose and showed him a Breitling watch – with a bronze anodized face - and said “THIS is the color I want.”

So why doesn't anyone by that name show up on the internet, anywhere?

A good question to banter over when talking to car people, Who has designed the best looking cars in the past 100 years?

I arrived at that question when looking at http://www.ridelust.com/designer-century-most-beautiful-cars/#more-1423 which may be accurate, in awarding Giorgetto Giugiaro the honorific. I'm not debating Ridelust on this, just offering this premise to you for bench racing the next time you are among other knowledgeable automotive people who can offer their thoughts.

Sadly, I don't know of anyone I can discuss car designers with who is topically knowledgeable on them. I'm no expert, but I can hold my own by knowing the cars, car names and manufacturers, and possibly remember the names of designers if someone else jogs my memory, and the cars they worked on.

I offer Chip Foose, Dick Teague, Pininfarina, Bill Mitchell, Harley Earl, Virgil Exner, Marcello Gandini, Raymond Loewy, J Mays, Buckminster Fuller, Paul Jr, Larry Shinoda, Elwood Engel, Henrik Fisker, Syd Mead, Freeman Thomas and others I'd recognize if someone mentioned them