chrisruzin.net :: Chip Foose Redoing My Car! (November 20, 2003)

tob whom it may concern i have a (36) 2 door ford humpback sedan that someone started working on for me and then went out of buisness with out finishing the car so here i sit with this beast waiting for some one to breath life into it i saw an add for T.L.C overhaulin and seen chip’s name i was hoping to get lucky enough to have some one get this message to him or some one affiliated with the t/v show please forward or seen me contact information( thank’s for reading ) SCOTT SATTERLEE

I SEE THAT MOST OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO IS OUT ON THE WEST COAST AND ITS USUALLY AN OLDER CAR WOULD YOU EVER THINK ABOUT MOD-ING A NEWER CAR? SAY FOR INSTANCE A 96 MITS. MONTERO. OH BY THE WAY YOUR SHOW IS GREAT!!

Dear Mr. Foose I watch you on OVERHAULIN’ all the time. Every car and truck that you guy’s do on there on there are diffently some of the best I’ve seen. I can think of only one person that would be more deserving than me to have somthing done like this to there truck and that would be my brother Matt If you would like to hear why please E-mail me so we can chat!!! Thanks again Mike>>

CHIP I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH YOU DAD IN S.B. I IN THE 7TH HE IN THE 9TH GRADES. IN HI SCHOOL HE WAS GREAT WHEN IT CAME TO CUSTOMS. IT’S NICE TO SEE HIS TALENTS PASSED ON TO YOU. YOU DO HIM PROUD CONTINUE YOUR GOOD WORK

Chip, Your show is the one show I look forward to.You have a talent in your mind you can not teach.I have a 82 Vette that is in great shape,but someday when it comes time to OVERHAUL it you will be the man.What makes you the best is that the little kid in you never died.Keep up the great designs! Yours Truly,Tony Spallina

Chip I wish you could fix my dad`s 14 year old Honda prelude. He is so busy the car is falling apart. The car is bondoed and the colars arent the same. From Christian Peehler

Hi I’m from argentina.
I have a 1975 IKA Torino, it is a pininfarina’s redesign of the 1965
Rambler 440, or Rambler Rogue. It’s was one of the most popular cars here in the 70s, there were also the Ford Falcon, the Chevy Nova and the Dodge GTX.
IT IS ONE OF MY DREAMS TO KNOW CHIP FOOSE, AND SOME OF HIS CUSTOMIZED MODELS, I WISH I COULD GO TO USA!!!!
IT ‘S COMPLETELY BEYOND OF MY IMAGINATION TO THINK ABOUT MY CAR REDESIGNED BY THE MAN….CHIP FOOSE!!!

If anybody is thinking about an INTERNATIONAL OVERHAULIN, please let me know….

I think a 1968 cougar would be a challenge for anyone to overhaul. Do you want to try mine? My daughter asked if she could call you to over haul it for us, she is 11 and ready to drive it.

Has anybody checked out www.overhaulin.com .Then click on over haul me, Now i just wish i could get my 91 chevy cavalier made over

Everytime i go to do something to my 79 Camaro my xxxwife does something so i can not work on it

my name is christine my fiance scott is 34 and has a 1970 c/10 chevy truck it needs the body redone badly and could use a new engine basicly it needs all redone. when scott was 17 he had lukemia and had to battle for his life and made it he is now diabled and we watch your show all the time I would love more then anything to surprise him with his truck please help me if you can.

HI Chip, my husband has a73 ford pickup,this truck belonged to a little guy my husband knew when he was growing up adn he always told the little guy he wanted the truck so when this friend passed away they contacted my husband and said the truck was his if he wanted it. the thatdied had told his kids to be sure and follow through with his deal .Since then he has tried to get the truck back up to how it used to be but problems with his parents being ill and passing and our daughters wedding and now his sister with a deadly cancer has kept us broke . My husband never complains and i would love to be able to just take it and have it restored for him.He drives it to work almost on a daily basis we live in a very rule part of ariz. W e are 50miles west of flagstaff az. so he leaves home for work at 10:30pm every nite he hauls fuel and runs all nite but still finds timme to help eveybody else out.We go to the fun run every year and when I see the look on his face of if only this hadnt happened I might of got my truck done.Even through the look is ther e he wont say a word about what he has sacrificed but someone like him that looks after others first should be able to have the one thing hes wanted since he was 16 years old and made the deal with the friend who he also helped out years ago. HE ALWAYS says i will probably pass and still not ever be able to afford to get it done. I understand we all have dreams,but I just keep dreaming this for him most people would say its only a truck its a material thing but not to him. HIs friend is still apart of that truck and thats why its so special to him. Well thanks for letting me express myself and my feelings.Oh 1 more thing he really thinks your the best and he says you are amazing in the work you do and bring the cars to live.

Dear Chip
JUST FINISHED WATCHING ANOTHER GREAT SHOE,AS ALWAYS NEVER DISAPOINTED.
my husband Gary has a 92 gmc sonoma that needs your magic touch.
Gary is a great guy to everyone thats in need, no matter time of day or night you need him he’s there , he’s always wanted a new ford f-150 ,but he become disabled a few years ago .with him having a kindey transplant in 2000 and a few surgery’s since money seems to get tighter everyday. on your last show watch you were redoing a 62 thunderbird all he kept saying is that guy’s great .just think what he could do for my old pickum up. AND IT SURE DOE’S NEED A OVERHAULIN.

Mr Foose, I have a ‘48 Ford pu that is real wild looking. I am not trying to get on your show, I just need your help with my idea for the front end. I have reversed the bed, shortend it 21” rounded the back and put 199 louvers on it. I cut the top off, and chopped the windsheld 5”, and suicided the doors using the stock hinges. I used a mail jeep roof for a tonneau cover. I want to take 4 more rear fenders, and weld 2 and 2 together and recut them to fit like the orig. front end with ‘37 Ford headlights put in the fenders, and a cut down ‘37 car grill. I love the body line and shape of the 48 to 52 Ford pu rear fenders, that’s why I want to incorperate them into the front as well. Chip you are the BADEST of the BAD and I really need your thoughts on this one PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ? And I do LOVE your show. I can e-mail you pictures if you want me to, so you can see what I’m talking about.

Thanks again for at least reading this if you ever get time.

Billy Weisberg

My boyfriend Tom has a 97 chevy pickup extended cab I feel looks nice but he always sees these custom trucks and wishes his was like that , I guess lowered nicer paint and custom interior, sound system and what ever you do. He always watches your show actually your now doing an older chevy car he’s watching. We live in the Milwaukee Wis area do you know if it’s possible to this?

DEAR MR. FOOSE, MY HUSBAND WATCHES YOUR SHOW EVERYTIME ITS ON. WELL HE HAS 2CARS THAT HE LOVES MORE THEN I. AND WE HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 32YR.ONE OFTHE CARS IS A 66 CHEVELLE SS. AND A 70DODGE CHALLENGER RAY HAS ALWAYS HELPED EVERYBOBY BUT HIMSELF. I LOVETO SEE HIM GETONE FIXED UP.ITS HARDED TO THINK AS GROWING UP WE DROVE THESE CARS. I WAS DRAG RACING THE CHELLEVE COMING HOMEFROMWORKIN 1975 AND IT HASNT BEEN ON THE ROAD SINCE. I THINK HES WAITING FOR ME TO DIE OR TO OLDTO DRIVE IT. RAYIS A VERY DERISING PERSON I WOULD LIKETO GIVE HIM THIS DREAM. THANKFOR LISTENING DEBRA MEADOWS

what say doing a 56 mark ll. the real thing 56 lincolin? i have one. i think your dad help do one

Dear Mr. Foose my brother is a great fan of yours he watches your show every time he can even the reruns. He is 19 and has a “81” GMC sonomia it’s in all right shape, it has over 300 thousand on the motor but he still drives it back and forth to work. Turely know that it would make his day if you could overhaul it for him. He is a great kid and works hard and is going to college to a degree as a draftsman.
I wish I could afford to do it my self but I can’t could you help please!!!!!!. So if you could help it would be wonderful. Many thinks

my wife inherited a 1970 ford fairlane family car and wishes to have it overhauled and im trying to do the body work myself and the overhaul i work as a mechanis for scdot and am also a military mechanic and with deployments and other things that im commited to as well i just havent found the time to keep on with this task so i am asking that you consider doing the overhaul on your show it would help me out and she would be floored by the fact that her inheritance is finally up and running fine once more it was the first vehicle she ever drove please consider this thanx a bunch bro

My boyfriend is a perfectionist. He does a lot of fabrication and audio stuff for cars. He is extremely good. Does anyone know how he can get into doing cars like Chip Foose. He has pictures of his work on under “Encore” in http://www.my350z.com/home He just finished working on a ferrari. I am just his gorlfriend and I want to help him. What does it take to get his name out. His name is Chad West. He is working at aplace in Albemarle, nc. I just wished someone would guide us to becomingsome one like Chip foose. He is an honest and a perfectionist. He has been doing it since he was 16. He is now 32. It would be an honor for him to meet Chip Foose. Olease help.
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mr foose i have a 1972 chevy impala convertiable i have done nothing to it it needs alot of work and i would love for u to overhaul it

We have a 1973 Challenger that we are trying to fix up it has no rust on it. It came from down south and Brad my husband would love it if Chip Foose would redo this car. It would be so awesome to see this done. Brad is a great fan off yours. He is a painter too but Chips work is unbelievable. He would consider this a great hhonour if he fixed this car.

Soon Brad will be turning 44 in December would be a nice gift.

Thanks Sharon

Dear Foose;
My name is Diana and I have seen your passion for cars and I envy your skills. I could only wish that I had that kind of talent. I have the passion just not the funds or time.

I am a single mother of 2 with a passion for custom cars. I have a 54 Mercury Monterey that I have been trying to finish since my divorce. But between two jobs, the kids and now school I am running out of time and money. I have always had classic cars, one of which was my pride and joy; a 63 Impala that my ex sold on me before he left us. I put so much hard work into that car only to have him sell it and take off. It really hurt, so I sold my wedding ring and bought a 54 Mercury that is my new love. I try to work on it as much as I can, but there are not enough hours in the day or money to get the car done. He is a dead beat dad and doesn’t even deserve us, and I would like to put that in the past and move on. I dream of having the car done so that I can continue with our lives and focus on bettering our situation. I have done some work on it but it still needs a lot to go and I am afraid of loosing it. It has been chopped 3” nosed and decked, primer gray with 1.5” white walls and the original engine. I was able to get the car running, but I have no windows. I know I have a lot to learn but I am not afraid to try. Your wife is a VERY LUCKY woman to have a man like you around. If you ever want to take a look at my car and at least give me some pointers or suggestions on how I can finish, I would be the happiest girl in town. I know my chances of getting on your show are as slim as me winning the lotto, but if you have some time..even if it’s just a few words of encouragement, please throw me a line and fill me with your knowledge.

Thanks
Diana

My husband of a little over a year gave me a car back in October of last year for his Birthday. This car was his prize, He had saved the money to get the car painted. He always took care of the car. He had talked to the people and two days before his Birthday he had a stroke in 2001 A few days after that his Father passed a-way. All the money he had saved wen’t on ramps, getting things ready for him to come home. This is something that would brighten his life. He is the best person I have in my life if I could get this 1988 Mazda 929 looking like it did when it come off the lot it would be a wonderful car to make the rest of our lives even better.