The headlights were extended, frenched, and garnished with Ford F-100 trim rings the windshield is also a Ford item, cut down and slanted rearward for a lower, racier silhouette. Just about every interior and exterior panel on this car was massaged and not-so-subtly reshaped the dash, console, the Cobra seats and interior fittings are all custom-built, and the original ’56 Chevy steering wheel was cut down and received a snappy new hub. Those unique 20-inch custom five-spoke alloy polished rims (eight-inch in the front and 10-inch in the rear) were of course a Foose creation, (Chip calls them “Knight” wheels), and the Chevy’s wheelwells had to be hollowed out substantially to accept them. The running gear includes a T56 6-speed manual gearbox, enormous Baer ventilated disc brakes, Aldan coilover shocks and a Dutchman rear end. ![]() The ’56’s stock 265-ci small block was yanked in favor of a GM Performance Parts fuel-injected RamJet 350-ci V8, with a custom intake manifold cover that artfully conceals the induction system. The Fooses, father and son, had Darryl Schroeder fabricate a custom tubular chassis with independent suspension from a C5 Corvette. ![]() That’s when he commissioned Chip Foose to build it into his dream car. He’d updated and customized the car, but the old Chevy project really hit the big-time when Titus got his own TV show. The 210 began life as a two-door Chevy 210 coupe that Titus acquired when he was 19 years old. The client was Christopher Titus, who starred in his own TV sitcom of the same name. That’s certainly the case with this 1956 Chevy roadster. Versatile, quick, and blessed with great taste, Foose’s designs repeatedly launch the commonplace into a new realm of modern sophistication. In 1997, Foose became the youngest person ever inducted into the Hot Rod Hall of Fame. ![]() Chip then attended Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, and became a full-fledged automobile designer and consultant.Ĭhip Foose’s résumé includes a stint with the late Boyd Coddington, where he was responsible for numerous game-changing designs. He’s an immensely talented, hands-on professional designer and builder, and his popular Velocity Channel TV show, “Overhaulin’,” which returned in late 2012, is a must-watch for a legion of enthusiasts.Ĭhip’s dad, Sam Foose, is an acknowledged custom-car craftsman, and he taught Chip the arts of welding, painting and metal finishing and mechanical work. When you commission Ridler Award and multiple Grand National Roadster Show AMBR trophy-winning builder and television personality Chip Foose to build your personal custom creation, you’d better have a blank check ready to go.įoose is one of the hot-rod world’s genuinely nice guys. But it probably represents about one-third of the cost of building this one-off custom. This 1956 Chevrolet 210 Custom Foose Roadster, Lot 659.1, sold for $165,000, including buyer’s premium, at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Las Vegas on September 20–22, 2012.Īt first glance, $165,000 seems like a lot of money for a ’56 Chevrolet convertible. Pad on front of the block under the passenger’s side headīoyd Coddington-built custom, John D’Agostino-built custom, Rick Dore-built customī (But you’ll have to wait a few decades) ![]() Chevrolet did not make a Model 210 convertible in 1956 but a ’56 Bel Air convertible with standard shift was $2,344
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