Who is Chip Foose?
Chip Foose is the star of Velocity’s reality television series Overhaulin’ and an American automobile designer. He is also a businessman and entrepreneur. He is popular for his work on Cars (2006), Titus (2000) and Overhaulin’ (2004).
Chip Foose: Birth fact, Family, Childhood
An American automobile designer was born on October 13, 1963, in Santa Barbara, California, USA.
His father is Sam Foose, worked in a company called Project Design and was a big car enthusiast and his mother Terry Foose, was a simple housewife.
He was interested in drawing and designing of cars.
Chip Foose: Education History
In 1982, he attended the Art College of Design but had to drop out in between due to the financial difficulties.
Foose returned to the Art Center to complete his education after working for four years at Clenet Coachworks.
Chip Foose: Early Life Profession and Career
He started his career by working on automobiles at age seven for his father’s company, Project Design, in Santa Barbara, California. Foose worked full-time for Sterenberger Design and part-time for Boyd Coddington after graduating in 1990.
Moreover, with Hot Rods by Boyd facing bankruptcy, Foose left his position and with his wife, Lynne started his own automotive and product design company called Foose Design in Huntington Beach, California in 1998. In 2003, Foose gained more exposure as a result of a TLC documentary on his design and creation of a modified 2002 Ford Thunderbird called the Speedbird.
The TLC program Overhaulin’ began to air with Foose as the star of the show in 2004. Furthermore, Foose launched a line of die-cast replicas of many of his famous designs partnering with the makers of Johnny Lightning in the creation of JL Full Throttle in 2006. Foose began limited production (50 vehicles in total) of the Hemisfear in 2007.
By Foose in 1990 during his time at the Art Center and publicly unveiled at the SEMA trade show in November 2006, also known as the Foose Coupe, he designed the Hemisfear. In 2007, Foose helped to start the Ridemakerz customizable toy cars business. Foose continues to operate Foose Design and provide design consultations to the Big Three automakers as of 2010.
Chip Foose: Lifetime achievement and awards
In 2002, Foose was inducted into the Darryl Starbird Rod & Custom Car Museum Hall of Fame and into the Grand National Roadster Show Hall of Fame in 2003.
Besides, he has received Ridler Award, Most Beautiful Roadster Award and, The Goodguys Street Rod of the Year Award.
Chip Foose: Controversy and rumor
Foose officially severed ties to Unique Performance following police action against UP for alleged illegal activities in November 2007.
Once, there was a rumor that Chip was cheating Lynn with some other girl but nothing was proven and the couple got over it very soon.
Chip Foose: Salary and Networth
He earns a huge amount of his work but has not disclosed to the media or public.
His estimated net worth is about $18.5 million dollar which he earns from his profession.
Chip Foose: Body measurement
He has an average body with brown hair and with brown eyes.
Besides that, he is 5 feet 11 inch tall with the body mass of 78 kg.
Chip Foose: Social media
He is active on Facebook with more than 685k followers, Twitter with more than 149k followers and, Instagram with more than 831k followers.
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Chip Foose's Birthday Dates
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | October | Friday |
| 2024 | October | Sunday |
| 2025 | October | Monday |
| 2026 | October | Tuesday |
| 2027 | October | Wednesday |
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