Chip Foose Inspired

Inspired by Foose! We're inspired by his words. "Design without getting caught." Design and change without people noticing what the changes are.



Foose's legendary legacy of designs and accomplishments began at the age of seven when Chip began helping out his father's, Sam Foose a hot rod legend as well, at his project design firm. By age 12, he had painted his first car, a Porsche 356. A chance meeting with famed Tucker designer Alex Tremulus inspired Chip to attend the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, from which he graduated with honors in 1990.

In 1986 Chip worked as Staff Designer/Fabricator for Asha Corporation in Santa Barbara, CA., where he was named Director of Design in 1989. He was responsible for conceptualizing new designs and fabricating prototypes for a number of OEMs. Foose also worked at Stehrenberger Design as an automotive designer, creating color illustrations and conceptual models, and at Baker Sportronics, as chief designer and fabricator of models and prototypes of electric vehicles used by the NFL and NBL.

During the course of his work with his father at Project Design, Chip was instrumental in designing and building signature street rods, customs, studio vehicles and show cars for such films as Blade Runner, Robo Cop and Gone in 60 Seconds.
In November 1990, Chip began his association with designer Boyd Coddington at Hot Rods by Boyd, where he became a full-time employee in 1993, then Managing Director and finally the company's president. During his tenure at Hot Rod by Boyd, Chip was responsible for many internationally known vehicles including Roadster, Sportstar, the Boydster I and II and Boyd Air. In 1998, Chip left to form Foose Design with his wife, Lynne.
Chip's career includes numerous industry honors including being the youngest member ever inducted into the Hot Rod Hall of Fame (at age 33) in 1997 and the first recipient of the Goodguys Trendsetter Award in 1998. The following year Chip won the prestigious "America's Most Beautiful Roadster" (AMBR) award with his design for Fred Warner's "Shock Wave," followed in 2000 by another win with Chuck Svato's "0032." To date, Chip has been involved with six AMBR-winning vehicles.

Chip Foose currently serves as the creative head and driving force behind Foose Design, the widely respected automotive and product development company headquartered in Huntington Beach, Calif., that specializes in illustration, graphics, ideation model making, surfacing and the complete construction of automobiles and automobile-related products. Today, Foose Design products and creative services are available to private individuals, television and film companies and automotive manufacturers.