Chip Fuza, biography and history of the famous customizer

Chip Fuz – The Golden Heart of the…

Let's be honest: automotive culture is going through difficult times. One has only to look at the tuning scene of any country, in principle, and the words of Jeremy Clarkson immediately come to mind, which…

George Barris, the King of Customizers. History, biography, review of the best custom designs

George Barris – why is he the King…

I bet that a lot of people who have heard about George Barris and got acquainted with his creations were surprised by the fact that Barris is called the King of Customizers. And the thing…

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P-32: Chip Fuze’s Road Fighter

Chip Foose was known among hot rodders even before his last name became a brand for all kinds of auto parts. Before participating in various TV shows, Chip made a name for himself back in…

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V12 engines on the custom stage: Jaguar

The Lincoln-Zephyr is not the only twelve-cylinder engine that is popular with custom builders. Many cats, especially those working in the t-bucket style, like to use V12 from... Jaguar! The fact is that at one…

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Two hot rods with a Marmon V16 engine

And in this article you can see two cars at once, which are charged with a 16-cylinder Marmon engine. Howard Carpenter Marmon, the founder of the company, was in many ways a pioneer, using advanced…

custom PT Cruiser, Brian Setzer's Vavoom Cruiser

Chrysler PT Cruiser: bait for a fan of…

No matter how terrible the PT Cruiser turned out to be, it was still able to capture some of the design features from the last century very correctly, and therefore, from the very first moment…

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The Canning Kid: Bubble top from Canada

Let's start this week with a car from a slightly different part of North America called The Canning Kid, which was built by Chad Hills, owner of Green Goblin Customs in Canning. Not to be…

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Thunderflite: A custom, called a concept

The Ford Thunderflite Concept Car, despite the unspoken rule to call this car a concept car, is the 1961 Ford Thunderbird, which was designed by the master of his craft, Dean 'Dino' Arnold. The car…

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Predicta: The Most famous Ford Thunderbird

Darryl Starbird's Predicta… You know, this car is seriously capable of driving you crazy. No kidding. The site from which I am translating most of this article belongs to a cat who is a fan…

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Atomic Punk: 1959 Plymouth Savoy

"Who wouldn't want to jump into a bubble top Rota and burn rubber on it until the smoke billows?" - that's about what Aaron Grote once said. There's just one problem: most of Daddy Roth's…

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Bubble Ray: 1975 Chevrolet Corvette

And here's an example of what you can turn a 1975 Chevrolet Corvette into - Bubble Ray. Unfortunately, there's not much information about this fancy car, but I'll share what I've found. So, one day,…

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Beatnik Bubbletop: 1955 Ford

Do you know why I love bubble tops so much? Because it's not just a ghost of the era of space and rocket technology, no, it's a look and a desire. A desire for the…