![]() Overall, Chip has been involved with eight different AMBR winners, the last in 2014. In 2000 Chip won the AMBR again with Chuck Svatos’ “0032”. In 1999, Chip won the prestigious AMBR (America’s Most Beautiful Roadster) Award at the 50th Anniversary of the Grand National Roadster Show with Fred Warren’s “Shockwave”. In 1998, he was also honored at the SMRA banquet and was the first recipient of the Good Guys Trendsetter Award, once again creating another historic moment in the Hot Rod industry. In November of 1997, Chip Foose was inducted into the Hot Rod Hall of Fame, which made him the youngest member ever inducted at the age of 31. These products are available to private individuals, automobile manufacturers and television and film producers. His company specializes in illustration, graphics, ideation, model making, surfacing and complete construction of automobiles and automotive related products. Chip Foose’s venture with Boyd ended in 1998, after which he and his wife started their Huntington Beach, California based company Foose Design, an automotive and product design Development Company. Chip, who is widely acclaimed for fostering the “Boyd Look”, was responsible for many internationally known vehicles such as: Roadstar, Sportstar, Boydster I and II, and Boyd Air to name a few. In 1990 Chip Foose started a professional relationship with Boyd Coddington and Hot Rods by Boyd, which three years later became a full time position and eventually culminated in Foose becoming President. Foose’s professional experience also includes work at Stehrenberger Design as an automotive designer, creating illustrations and conceptual models Baker Sportronics, as chief designer and fabricator of electric vehicles used in the NFL and MLB and of course, working with his father, designing and building street rods, customs, studio vehicles and show cars for films such as Blade Runner, RoboCop, and Gone in 60 Seconds. Chip was responsible for conceptualizing new proprietary ideas and fabrication of prototypes for the OEM’s. ![]() In 1986 he was Staff Designer/Fabricator for the Asha Corporation, eventually becoming director of design in 1989. In a relatively short career, Chip Foose has created a legacy of designs and accomplishments that are well beyond his years. ![]() Travels from Los Angeles, California, USAĬhip Foose is a famous car designer and transformer, founder of Foose Design shop and a star of the Discovery Channel hit "Overhaulin." Categories: Auto Industry & Race Car Drivers | Celebrity Speakers | Entrepreneurship & SME
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