25 replies to this topic

[Paul Wiginton]

Foose is seriously clever and the cars look stunning.
I dont know how they look so good though because the metalwork they do is aweful to say the least, the same with Boyd Coddington RIP

Paul

[Gingerjoe]

yea notice they like there Bondo! & do alot of Panel beating & smashing about, oh well, Looks mint after! they can have my mini for 7 days!

[BMH]

what episode did they do the VW camper i have never saw that one??

It's one of the new series, it was on about 6 weeks ago on discovery realtime.

Bryan

[GreaseMonkey]

All the American ones love their filler/bondo, watching all the people around the car sanding it back and getting killer lines is interesting

[roberts]

mr Foose.. he was most defiantly a dutch poor star back in his day!!

[BMH]

All the American ones love their filler/bondo, watching all the people around the car sanding it back and getting killer lines is interesting

A lot of the filler/bondo they use after it is sanded will not be much thicker than the paint, it looks to be vast amounts but most of the filler gets sanded off as all it is doing is removing all the very slight imperfections and small dings and making sure the panel is perfect for the paint.

Bryan

[scrumpymini]

I love it when Chip does the sketch of the car he is going to build, I would love to be able to draw like that, the man has some good talent.
Does anyone know why he left Boyd and why Boyd hatted Chip so much in the end.
I think boyd had some crazy ideas and I can see why Charlie/Mike etc left to work with Chip.

[Anthony]

Chips Ford pick up is fantastic.

[Mark@IR]

Its a great program, i love it when Mr Foose himself makes an appearence, Chip has alot of respect for the man, and for that, i like him.

The other interesting thing i like is if you watch American Hotrod, when the crap hits the fan there, the next episode they get fired, then switch over to Overhaulin and wayhey, chips employed them!

Chip has 'Mike' the cnc man (makes the wheels) and Charlie (the painter) on his team now. Not seen it for a while so he probably has a few more now! But yea, both of them had a falling out with the boss of American Hotrod and now with Chip.

Still, the foreman of American Hotrod was a classic, his attitude is just 'have it' lol.

[BMH]

Does anyone know why he left Boyd and why Boyd hatted Chip so much in the end.

I did read shortly after boyd had died that the reason chip and boyd parted company was down to the administrators when boyd went bankrupt.
If i can find someone near me with a scanner i will put up the full story which is quite an eye opening read, and not in a bad way.

Bryan

[GreaseMonkey]

I liked the way Boyd handled some of the situations, even when some became really heated he still tried to remain calm and he came up with a good way of managing it. There are some where he loses it a little. You do see in some instances that Boyd doesn't deal with things fairly and I understand why some of the people in his shop find it difficult to work with him.

I like Roy as well from American Hotrod, what a great person. Very talented in his craftsmanship. I understand he passed away a few years ago from Lung Cancer.

Edited by GreaseMonkey, 27 May 2009 - 09:24 PM.