He started working at his father’s company, Project Design, at age 7, where Foose senior used strictly BASF’s R-M paint. The auto designer was exposed to BASF paint at an early age. “That’s why I use BASF, I want the best.”īut the road to collaboration with the German chemical company required some effort on Foose’s part initially. “I want to do the best possible work I can do, and the only way to do that is to use the best materials out there,” he said. Foose mixed a custom warm Silver, known as “Mach Silver” and topped it with Glasurit 923-210 Low VOC Ultimate Clear to give the Mach One a “glamourous, fresh-off-the-line” look.įoose has been exclusively using BASF paint for years and he makes no secret about it. “I didn’t want it to look like a custom car, but rather like a factory show car.”Īnd all the paint that he used on the car was BASF’s- premium waterborne, Glasurit 90 Line. “I wanted it to be a much more elegant color, and the final appearance of the car, I wanted it to look like this is the way that Ford could’ve built a Mustang,” he said.
Then, a darker, satin color was used for the rear taillight panel and the front grille with the side stripes painted in a darker charcoal gray. “It gives it those hips in the back and gives it that muscle-car feel,” Foose added.Īs for the paint-the base color of the car, the inside and the engine bay were all painted in a Mach Grey color. The flatness of the ’71 stock rear quarters was replaced with quarters from a ’70 Mustang. This process entailed extending the wheelbase by three inches, pulling the wheels forward, as well as restructuring the front end completely with new strut towers and cleaned-up engine bay. 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.
#CHIP FOOSE CUSTOM CARS SERIES#
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. The name Chip Foose needs no introduction in the automotive industry.
0 kommentar(er)
