None of this is a surprise. No matter how good you are, 8 days to restore a basket case to perfection is just unrealistic. Chip is a class act and humble as hell.
In addition to cars, Chip Foose was into vintage American cruiser bicycles. He used to come into our bike shop in Fountain Valley pretty regularly because we had a lot of old, obscure parts and a lot of knowledge. We were the only shop that could rebuild an old Bendix 2 speed "kickback" hub. Chip is one of the nicest, genuine and humble human beings I have ever met. And all the commenters are right. You simply can't do a custom rebuild on a car, often in just crap condition, in 8 days. Good paint jobs take longer than that!
One thing that I loved was that Chip was always alongside his crew cranking wrenches and swinging hammers. Most of the other hosts rarely ever got their hands dirty except for Jessie James on Monster Garage, whenever his welding skills were needed he jumped right in.
I was approached once, to rebuild my car, by one of the shows (not Overhaulin’). They wanted me to pay between 20 and $25k, to supplement the income the show would get from sponsors. I wish it would have been Foose, because I really enjoyed the shows, and to this day, I believe his heart was in it. I never understood the 8 day limit on the builds. I think expanding that to a month, and getting into details of the build, would have been awesome. 12 rides a year, real people with real stories, or maybe just someone Chip spotted rolling down the street, or in a garage somewhere. I have to give kudos to the build crew, they really are the A-Team, and loose screws or not, they rocked every single build. I’m a fan forever. Thanks, Chip.
Yep 👍. Great show awesome morals to those that truly tried their best with family income and our little holy projects.. which we sometimes age faster then we could enjoy the time and energy to build such awesome vehicles. Bless are those with disposable income. Some were blessed just hoping the doors stayed open for another check for the week .
Is it a winning? When lawyers work pro-bono its viewed more like community service or charity - a defendant does not get a $300k tax bill for a lawyers time equivalence of $1M, do they? The poor would be permantly screwed, just like India. In that light, if time and materials get DONATED to a car build [with the idea of product exposure producing cash elsewhere at a separate time with different parties] then... the notion of value changing for the featured car gets proven how? Like Wapner used to say week in, week out: show me the papers.
Geez, these situations aren't like your grandmother giving you $20 for your birthday. These are business deals, folks. Ain't nothing "free" happening. That's why governments extract taxes.
You dont pay taxes on a appraised value after a restoration.... Who ever told you that doesnt know what they're talking about. I retire cars all the time, I buy parts, pay sales taxes, have the car painted, but I NEVER have the car appraised after and pay a tax on that new value.
It's the sales tax on the parts and materials that were purchased/donated for the build. So if the parts and materials added up to $10,000, you paid the California (where the show was based) sales tax on that amount.
@@gouryg4774 Nope, it's the value of the car after the build. These cars are worth 50 to 75K after they're done, that amount gets added to their annual income... Imagine making 40K a year and then a capital gain (tax) of 60K is added to your income...
Dispite the show's approval ratings, Chip Foose will always have my respect and admiration! The late Boyd Coddington was one of Hot Rod magazine's show car masters! I had a great admiration for the finish product but when the reality show aired that took the shine off of Boyd! If I worked for him and he chastised me like he does with most of his employees, I would've walked!
This was good, but it could have been 12.75 percent better without that Chucky Cheesy kid's birthday party mall arcade music in the background. We're adults here. Pass on the stupid music.
I was a fan of the show. Then I found out a high school buddy had his car "Overhauled". It was the black Mustang fastback. My friend is a quad and was during the overhaul. He had been working on the car for years but being a quad made for a long haul. He still has the car and it breaks my heart to hear of his disappointment of how a lot of things weren't done right and when I saw it there were some paint defects and signs of rust on what would have been a gorgeous car. He's been in failing health for a while and when we talk, it still eats at him at how the car was not done well. I think Foose does fine work, but that show was not representative of good quality.
Chip Foose is awesome. The only issue I had with the show was when he would ask for input from family members and friends on what the owner would like, he would often end up doing something different than what these people would tell him.
I was always impressed with Chip's humility on this series. Talk about putting yourself between a rock and a hard place though. These shows and the advertisers really screw everybody over don't they? Another one I liked was FantomWorks. I read somewhere that after all the madness was over Dan and the team managed to keep going. I hope so.
Kindig does some clean, integrated designs. One of the best I’ve seen. And the projects take from several months to 2yrs to complete his way. That’s reality. A decent restomod is 50k minimum in costs. A world class restomod is 3x that in costs. People have know idea what a v-8 producing 1000 rear wheel horsepower costs. That’s 30-50k alone when properly wired. plumbed, and fitted.
I remember one episode where they did the reveal and the guy didn't look surprised at all. He just walked around the car eagerly looking for specific things like he had a checklist that he gave his girlfriend, who was the one that supposedly submitted an entry to the show. I wanted to beat the hell out of the guy because it was obvious he swindled the show.
The majority of the cars that got restored on that show did not deserve to get restored most of the people I've seen on the show had very nice houses already drove very nice cars and looked like they had plenty of money if you want to restore a car for somebody do it for somebody who actually deserves it that doesn't have a whole lot of money that doesn't have the time that doesn't have the ability to do it that would make for a good show that's one of the reasons why I quit watching overhauling after like the second season because they were cheating decent people out of getting a restoration and giving it to people who already had the means to get it done theirselved.
You had to have money in order to keep an overhauled car. The IRS charged a gift tax with a fairly high rate. Many sold theirs because they simply couldn’t afford to keep it. Plus then overhauled cars were not practical enough to use as daily drivers. If you don’t have money, you’re only going to be able to afford an economical daily driver.
I’ll never forgive Foose for ruining that bus. You could see the owners utter disappointment when they did the reveal. That was the worst thing they could ever have done to a VW bus guy.
@@Scrapla1 you’ll have to watch the episode for the owners reaction. Essentially they took a nice bus that deserved a stock restoration and completely “customized “ it. Us VW bus guys are not too accepting of alterations to the body of a bus. We can deal with lowering but cutting up a bus or non-stock paint colors are unacceptable
I live on the other side of the pond and did have family involved in motor vehicle body repairs etc so I had some idea in what it takes to strip and rebuild a car. No one in his right mind can do it in 8 days. I failed to understand the 8 day rule from the start. It can take more than that just to do a decent paint job and it has to be left to cure and harden before completing the build otherwise the paintwork would be ruined. As for $50 in costs to do a quality rebuild it's got to be at least twice that. Just look at the man hours involved and those workmen have to be paid a decent wage.
@@killerdinamo08 You do know how silly your statement actually is? Its the same anywhere in the world. However newly sprayed automotive paint needs to breathe and some components of the paint need to evaporate and let it harden.
I am from the Caribbean and met Chip in the store I worked, he is such a kind down to earth guy, very pleasant and level headed. All around nice guy, oh and he is a bit shorter in person 😏
Chip has a RUclips video where he decides to sketch the perfect SUV and he draws a basically factory looking lifted XJ Cherokee. He's been my hero ever since.
I'm confident Chip Foose is a decent and talented guy but the "Overhaulin" show I couldn't stomach. Way, way too much drama plus the stupid "deadlines". It also annoys me only one show (Phantom Works) gives you any idea of what a quality build costs. There are still quite a few of these rebuild/custom car shows on TV so it must work financially on some level. The perfect car rebuild show has not been made yet in my eyes but then again it probably would fail miserably if it was done the way I would like to see it.
@@kimmorrison9169 I agree completely about all the stupid drama in all the different shows and so called deadlines that I’ve never seen anyone actually fail to meet. And personally I don’t care for the way many of these outfits alter the look of these classic cars , rarely do I think their changes are eye appealing especially when it comes to the oversized wheels. But that may be because I’m old and grumpy. Personally I think just changing wheels without going oversized and altering the stance is a very clean look without changing body lines. I did see a 41 Willy’s that had the lines of the rear end altered and I thought it looked great but that’s the only one I can ever remember that I liked.
@@GeorgeMcKinley. I'm sort of a purist my self. One episode they took a beautiful. All original 66 ford fairlane GTA. WELL , They narrowed the bumpers, the factory stickers for jack instructions still in the trunk, stripped em off and painted under neath the decklid, myself , i would have nutted up. I'm weird about the OEM stuff and to top it off , the narrowed "custom" bumpers were outfitted with parking lites, which were side marker lites for a trailer, bought at autozone. A survivor car , should be left as it was.restored as an original. I turned down a job on a 1969 olds cutlass convertible. Absolutley unmolested under hood, numbers matching car. He wanted to do the LS swap. I couldn't do it. Told him once thats done , its just another resto mod, restore to original , 350 rocket engine.
Always knew that there was a hitch in free! Got to admit that Foose really can come up with some cool stuff. But I also knew full restoration paint work if not step by step allowed cure time it's going to fall big down the road 8 day projects were really a bad idea for the show. And really wasn't a good thing for those of us who were in the business sufford for the fantasy land building
I remember an episode where chip modified a 1965 409 Chevrolet. I thought he ruined the car. All it needed was restoration as it was already special, it was the final model a 409 V-8 was available in. Chip turned it into a low-rider custom that I thought was horrible compared to the original Impala. If it had been my car I would have been furious!
@@billw8476 ...only part of a car i've seen Boyd put his hands on, was the steering wheel after all the work was done & only credit was left to take. pos personality too.
@@billw8476 ..."*WAS*". keyword. things change. by all accounts Boyd acted like an asinine child since before he found fame, & the fame just made him worse. taste/skill in car customization MIGHT be debatable (i don't think so), but Foose is by far the better human being.
If I won the lottery, I would take my car to Chip and his crew, to be overhauled !! I have watched the show and I think they do the best job on the build, over any other show that does the same thing !! Just my opinion !!
I have a 77 Datsun 280z sitting in my garage. The first Z Car to have fuel injection. It is fast and has a 7,500 redline. I was contacted by this show on the Velocity or Motortrend channel. They asked me a few specifics about the car, rust, drivability, current condition of suspension and stuff. They said that they would get back to me. A week or so later, they did contact me and asked if they could make modifications to the car as the car as it sits is bone stock. I said the only thing that I would agree to a modification is a LS3 with a turbo 400 as there are kits to make that a drop in replacement for the inline 6. Never heard back from them.
Wow! SO sad, it's all about money! Chip is the most class act out there. Modern day George Barris, or Ed Roth. That's why I cannot believe people were so mercenary, as to sell a car he did for them. I wanted my car on Overhauling SO bad! But that tax deal was the stickler, I'm a po boy, always have been. That's why in spite of 50 plus years of hot rodding, always been primered rods. I'm a mechanic, NOT a bodyman. Very few honest bodymen out there, even when you're in the trade. Almost every one I ever dealt with ripped me off, another reason for primer! To have Chip do a car? Now that IS a dream!
8 days to restore a car... lol I have been in the biz since the 70's.... good luck with that... all the same, Foose is one of the best designers in the biz.. Boyd was a PITA to deal with... RIP..
I stopped watching when they started doing celebreties cars....like they needed to get wealth people on to save the show...Johnny Depp's girlfriends car did it...
I had never heard of the show until the 1967 Dodge Coronet episode. Selfish? Possibly. But. I have a 67 Coronet 2dr hardtop that I bought from my older brother just before the 1st Gulf War.He was a new soldier in the army.He saved it from the crusher and rebuilt it. This was done at the auto craft center on post. It had a 318 that was swapped out for a 340.The body damage and paint was all repaired or replaced. I joined the army immediately afterwards and was shipped off to Iraq. While there,The block cracked and the hail beat it up pretty bad. I followed my brothers footsteps and "OVERHAULED" it again with the addition of a modded 440/727 setup at the same auto craft shop. A privates pay didn't allow for much more than I was able to put into it. My younger brother told me about the episode and I drooled so bad. This would have been a dream come true. I sat down and tallied up the cost of parts that we were shown and that was so far out of my budget. I use to joke with everyone about a possible "VERSION 2" and having my older brother write the show and present the idea. I knew there wasn't a chance in hell but, one could dream. I still have the car up on blocks taking up 1/2 of my garage with a stack of NOS parts to clone the R/T (ie. Speedo cluster,seats,emblems,gauges,etc). My 100%disabled vet butt will never sell the car but, doubt I will ever get it back on the road/track like I wish . Selfish to wish that lucky person was me, Absolutely yes. To sell it like others did their gifts would be ridiculous. I now have the money to pay the taxes,It's the physical ability that I lack. Don't get it twisted. I would spend every moment that I could in pain to be a part of it's rebirth. I see why women go through hell to bring children into this world. I know it's not the same but, I do love this car.
I never believe these shows are real when they restore cars quickly, and they aren't real because the restorations aren't good quality. Restoring vehicles is a moving target of challenges.
My 70 Buick GS455 convertible would've taken them more than 8 days to rebuilt. I bought that basket case around 1997. The GSx was my dream car but, reality dictates that I'll never own one so, the GS fell on my radar. Being a convertible, made it more interesting so, the Hemi killer MIGHT one day, see the roads again. I'm not getting younger so, let's be realist and try not to hold my breath about it. Thumb's-up to the show and to the crew.
8 days is not enough time to do anything. Shops ive worked at took a minimum of 6 months to restore a car if it was a popular model and easy to get parts for but could take 2 years if it was something really special and rare. Custom builds usually take a long time since so much of the car has to be custom made. They are right about the fabricated tension. I was on a few episodes of a reality tv show on the discovery channel. When i saw it on tv for the first time, i was surprised at the completely fabricated storyline. I have to admit that it did make the show more interesting. A shop where everyone works together well is boring to watch I did meet Chip Foose once when he came into the shop i worked at. Very nice guy, very down to earth and quite likeable.
I couldn't stand that annoying man/child Chris dude. An extremely talented and intelligent man who was nothing more than a carnival barker. Cut away the crap, put in some interesting and educational bits, 12 shows a year and we'd all be glued to the TV.
Several of the recipients of the work were unable to pay the taxes and had to sell their vehicles to pay them! Heartbreaking to have your dream taken right after seeing it fulfilled. Some states only tax the "book" value of the year model but MANY, ESPECIALLY California, tax the APPRAISED value AFTER restoration or major modification or the INSURED value...whichever is HIGHER. My state, Washington is beginning the same practice!😡
Part of the contract was, Chip had the option of keeping the car and it could only been driven to car shows, plus chip could use it for display. Me? I'm old school and believe you should build/restore your own car or you ain't a car guy. I built a '65 Chevy Biscayne with a 550hp 454, 6 speed and Hotckis suspension.
Right on , built at home , not bought. I've got an 81 malibu wagon. Built at home , QA1 suspension, 427 dart block small block, 4in stroke crank, wiseco pistons, all forged bottom end, AFR 220 CNC race ready heads, Howards 650 lift hyd roller cam , Howards lifters, Super victor intake. 850 HP holley . Daily driver , drive to track 7.50 eighth , 10.76. Qtr. Back yard built .
Monster Garage built their cars in 5 days and when they successfully succeeded, each member received a tool box full of high quality tools! Awesome shows!
@@glennoropeza3545 They just released 2 additional episodes recently where they brought back a group that failed to build a jet engine build originally but on the second chance they completed their work properly.
The Monster Garage cars were sketchy as hell. Probably couldn't be insured, and you would be taking your life in your hands if you were to drive one. Entertaining to watch, but the cars were "bottom drawer" junk with some shiny parts.....No....just...NO
I hope the show gets another chance with a different spin. Number one, 30 days to do the build. The drama other than the surprise to the owner that their car has been chosen is all I need.
That's more like it 30 days and that's hard to do in 30 days that's almost 24/7 for a whole month that's Tuff I really would like to see it back on TV Foose is a unbelievable Talent
What proved to me they were a bunch of knucle heads , is the episode thet involved a 66 Ford GTA. ORIGINAL. they redid the inside of the trunk, removed the factory jack instruction stickers. And topped the custom narrowed front bumper with trailer marker lites for the park lites . As an automotive purist , i would have been pissed. A friend in L.A. had his car done. Had extensive milding and filler work done , after a year ,and the paint curing, you could see every place the the filler had been applied. It started falling apart.
Nothing like the drive for greed. I asked them to do my 1965 Impala SS. Was turned down. Used my own megger means and did my car in my garage. Still have that car and wouldn't think of selling it. Lost faith in Overhauling and Gas Monkey. It's all about cash
They would do overhauls on cars that people could have done it them self because they were well off they should have done it for people who really couldn’t really afford to do it and love there cars. That wasn’t right. ,but that’s life .
I really appreciate Chips talent and compassion (he feels the same way about his dad as I do mine, RIP.) The deal breaker for me was that ass clown Chris and all his stupid stunts. (He picks up a part and talks into it like a phone.) I know he was a money man producer, with a stupid sense of humor. But Chip will always be the master of car building. Miss the show. Wish it would resurface.
They built the cars and then charged the customer up to $100k to get them back, if they didn’t pay they would have to relinquish the vehicles over to chip’s business so they could sell and make their money back. Seen a biography years ago on what happened to the cars they restored.
I really tried to reach out to this guy, Kounts Kustums, and Pimp My Ride about a 1974 Chevy Nova that I had. I was even willing to throw $24,000 of my own money into the project, they never even gave me a second thought. Boo. 👎
I watch the show quite a bit and enjoyed it but I always got a little upset when they had celebrities getting their car overhauled. I even told my son I think those people are making enough money to pay to have their cars overhauled. At the time I had a classic 61 Mercury commuter wagon that I would have liked you got overhauled so I was always interested to see what they were doing to other cars for ideas
Be a man un marked response and post like a man ,not some basement troll just trying to cause problems. I posted i do not like Johnny Depp at all. I aint scared to say it hes an idiot , if you dont like that , well tough shit
That 8 day crap is not right 'things go wrong 'i learn to work on my classic car watching chips crew ' and its such a gem i refused to drive it to nationals and let people copy my ideas '
I caught on after a few episodes. Show was geared towards rich people instead of those that couldn't ever restore their cars but just dream. Besides, there should have been contract signed to avoid people selling those cars for profit.
I have this recurring dream where I open my garage and my car is gone. After six days of worried calls to local law enforcement, tow lots and scrap yards, I get a call saying that it has been taken to Chip Foose for an overhaul. "OH GOD WHY COULDN'T IT HAVE JUST BEEN STOLEN?" I scream. This is usually the part where I wake up, and lay bleary-eyed, until I have to go down to my garage, and check that my car is still there.
Back when they we're asking people to submit a request to have someone's car overhauled, my sister signed me up and my 1986 Trans Am which I still have to this day.... I prayed to God that my car got chosen... It would be a dream come true to have chip foose work his magic on my car.... But unfortunately I never got accepted for the show!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭
I liked Overhaulin and Chip Foose but i also liked Boyds show… my favourite was Barry White though… yeah yeah!!!! Drama aside he still put out some beautiful cars that were basically on death row
None of this is a surprise. No matter how good you are, 8 days to restore a basket case to perfection is just unrealistic. Chip is a class act and humble as hell.
In addition to cars, Chip Foose was into vintage American cruiser bicycles. He used to come into our bike shop in Fountain Valley pretty regularly because we had a lot of old, obscure parts and a lot of knowledge. We were the only shop that could rebuild an old Bendix 2 speed "kickback" hub. Chip is one of the nicest, genuine and humble human beings I have ever met. And all the commenters are right. You simply can't do a custom rebuild on a car, often in just crap condition, in 8 days. Good paint jobs take longer than that!
One thing that I loved was that Chip was always alongside his crew cranking wrenches and swinging hammers. Most of the other hosts rarely ever got their hands dirty except for Jessie James on Monster Garage, whenever his welding skills were needed he jumped right in.
RIP Jessi Combs.
I was approached once, to rebuild my car, by one of the shows (not Overhaulin’). They wanted me to pay between 20 and $25k, to supplement the income the show would get from sponsors. I wish it would have been Foose, because I really enjoyed the shows, and to this day, I believe his heart was in it. I never understood the 8 day limit on the builds. I think expanding that to a month, and getting into details of the build, would have been awesome. 12 rides a year, real people with real stories, or maybe just someone Chip spotted rolling down the street, or in a garage somewhere. I have to give kudos to the build crew, they really are the A-Team, and loose screws or not, they rocked every single build. I’m a fan forever. Thanks, Chip.
Chip is a legit good person. Who you see on the show is EXACTLY who he really is. Absolutely wonderful dude.
Chip Foose is first class.
Yep 👍. Great show awesome morals to those that truly tried their best with family income and our little holy projects.. which we sometimes age faster then we could enjoy the time and energy to build such awesome vehicles.
Bless are those with disposable income. Some were blessed just hoping the doors stayed open for another check for the week .
he is the best l have a 63 rampside to do
Other shows like Bitchin Rides, they take months to restore a car not 8 days.
The government should keep their corrupt hands off of free and winnings.
Right.Go Brandon.
Is it a winning? When lawyers work pro-bono its viewed more like community service or charity - a defendant does not get a $300k tax bill for a lawyers time equivalence of $1M, do they? The poor would be permantly screwed, just like India. In that light, if time and materials get DONATED to a car build [with the idea of product exposure producing cash elsewhere at a separate time with different parties] then... the notion of value changing for the featured car gets proven how? Like Wapner used to say week in, week out: show me the papers.
Dream on
cant even get term limits let alone real change.
Geez, these situations aren't like your grandmother giving you $20 for your birthday. These are business deals, folks. Ain't nothing "free" happening. That's why governments extract taxes.
A lot of people sold the cars because they couldn't afford the taxes...
That's depressing as hell. You get your dream car but then you have to sell it because you can't afford the taxes.
You dont pay taxes on a appraised value after a restoration.... Who ever told you that doesnt know what they're talking about. I retire cars all the time, I buy parts, pay sales taxes, have the car painted, but I NEVER have the car appraised after and pay a tax on that new value.
@@northwestmechanic8991
The show should've covered the taxes...
Then to do the cars for millionaire celebrities was the death nail...
It's the sales tax on the parts and materials that were purchased/donated for the build. So if the parts and materials added up to $10,000, you paid the California (where the show was based) sales tax on that amount.
@@gouryg4774
Nope, it's the value of the car after the build. These cars are worth 50 to 75K after they're done, that amount gets added to their annual income...
Imagine making 40K a year and then a capital gain (tax) of 60K is added to your income...
Dispite the show's approval ratings, Chip Foose will always have my respect and admiration! The late Boyd Coddington was one of Hot Rod magazine's show car masters! I had a great admiration for the finish product but when the reality show aired that took the shine off of Boyd! If I worked for him and he chastised me like he does with most of his employees, I would've walked!
yeah, I couldn’t stomach Boyd C. myself. He seemed to be never in a good mood
@@kimmorrison9169 did not boyd try and cheat the tax man by claiming a full custom was just a old car by using the date on the title ??
That wasn't the real Boyd. That was the made for TV version. The producers thought needed that drama. It would've been a better show without drama
I have a sneaking feeling that that was all scripted to add drama. All these BS shows are scripted.
Chip is very gifted,but quality work can't be done in production time.
This was good, but it could have been 12.75 percent better without that Chucky Cheesy kid's birthday party mall arcade music in the background. We're adults here. Pass on the stupid music.
I am very proud of the fact I have never seen a single episode and never will.
I was a fan of the show. Then I found out a high school buddy had his car "Overhauled". It was the black Mustang fastback. My friend is a quad and was during the overhaul. He had been working on the car for years but being a quad made for a long haul. He still has the car and it breaks my heart to hear of his disappointment of how a lot of things weren't done right and when I saw it there were some paint defects and signs of rust on what would have been a gorgeous car. He's been in failing health for a while and when we talk, it still eats at him at how the car was not done well. I think Foose does fine work, but that show was not representative of good quality.
Sorry to hear and I wonder if that's why so many cars ended up on Ebay?
Garage Squad doesn't charge for their service, it's all paid for by the parts suppliers.
Yea they figured out a way around it because there working on your vehicle with you in your garage, vs for you at there garage.
Chip Foose is awesome. The only issue I had with the show was when he would ask for input from family members and friends on what the owner would like, he would often end up doing something different than what these people would tell him.
I was always impressed with Chip's humility on this series. Talk about putting yourself between a rock and a hard place though. These shows and the advertisers really screw everybody over don't they?
Another one I liked was FantomWorks. I read somewhere that after all the madness was over Dan and the team managed to keep going. I hope so.
The 2 best car building shows to ever be on TV was Overhaulin and Bitchin' Rides
I might have to add Iron Restoration also.They get a little stupid sometimes,but they sure put out some nice stuff.
@@dochlldy - Yes I agree. Wasn't even thinking of Joe at that time. I do like them as well.
Kindig does some clean, integrated designs. One of the best I’ve seen. And the projects take from several months to 2yrs to complete his way. That’s reality. A decent restomod is 50k minimum in costs. A world
class restomod is 3x that in costs. People have know idea what a v-8 producing 1000 rear wheel horsepower costs. That’s 30-50k alone when properly wired. plumbed, and fitted.
They should have built one maybe two cars during the year with extensive / detailed videos on the cars. That would work a lot easier.
I remember one episode where they did the reveal and the guy didn't look surprised at all. He just walked around the car eagerly looking for specific things like he had a checklist that he gave his girlfriend, who was the one that supposedly submitted an entry to the show. I wanted to beat the hell out of the guy because it was obvious he swindled the show.
The majority of the cars that got restored on that show did not deserve to get restored most of the people I've seen on the show had very nice houses already drove very nice cars and looked like they had plenty of money if you want to restore a car for somebody do it for somebody who actually deserves it that doesn't have a whole lot of money that doesn't have the time that doesn't have the ability to do it that would make for a good show that's one of the reasons why I quit watching overhauling after like the second season because they were cheating decent people out of getting a restoration and giving it to people who already had the means to get it done theirselved.
I AGREE COMPLETELY
You had to have money in order to keep an overhauled car. The IRS charged a gift tax with a fairly high rate. Many sold theirs because they simply couldn’t afford to keep it. Plus then overhauled cars were not practical enough to use as daily drivers. If you don’t have money, you’re only going to be able to afford an economical daily driver.
The background music isn't really necessary. Distracts from the narrative.
I agree, I'm hearing impaired.
I’ll never forgive Foose for ruining that bus. You could see the owners utter disappointment when they did the reveal. That was the worst thing they could ever have done to a VW bus guy.
What did they do?
@@Scrapla1 you’ll have to watch the episode for the owners reaction. Essentially they took a nice bus that deserved a stock restoration and completely “customized “ it. Us VW bus guys are not too accepting of alterations to the body of a bus. We can deal with lowering but cutting up a bus or non-stock paint colors are unacceptable
I live on the other side of the pond and did have family involved in motor vehicle body repairs etc so I had some idea in what it takes to strip and rebuild a car. No one in his right mind can do it in 8 days. I failed to understand the 8 day rule from the start. It can take more than that just to do a decent paint job and it has to be left to cure and harden before completing the build otherwise the paintwork would be ruined. As for $50 in costs to do a quality rebuild it's got to be at least twice that. Just look at the man hours involved and those workmen have to be paid a decent wage.
In America they spray cars overnight 😆...
Hell, it can take 8 days just to draw up the _concept_ (not for Foose, obviously; that man is a design genius).
@@killerdinamo08 You do know how silly your statement actually is? Its the same anywhere in the world. However newly sprayed automotive paint needs to breathe and some components of the paint need to evaporate and let it harden.
@@stuart8663 You understood it completely different and literal, so to you I have to say spray paint 😅.
I am from the Caribbean and met Chip in the store I worked, he is such a kind down to earth guy, very pleasant and level headed. All around nice guy, oh and he is a bit shorter in person 😏
Chip has a RUclips video where he decides to sketch the perfect SUV and he draws a basically factory looking lifted XJ Cherokee. He's been my hero ever since.
I'm confident Chip Foose is a decent and talented guy but the "Overhaulin" show I couldn't stomach. Way, way too much drama plus the stupid "deadlines". It also annoys me only one show (Phantom Works) gives you any idea of what a quality build costs. There are still quite a few of these rebuild/custom car shows on TV so it must work financially on some level.
The perfect car rebuild show has not been made yet in my eyes but then again it probably would fail miserably if it was done the way I would like to see it.
You need to do a little research on Dan Short , and Fanthomworks.
@@ronniecox109 how bout filling me in instead?
The first episodes of Roadkill, but then money got in the way.
@@kimmorrison9169 I agree completely about all the stupid drama in all the different shows and so called deadlines that I’ve never seen anyone actually fail to meet. And personally I don’t care for the way many of these outfits alter the look of these classic cars , rarely do I think their changes are eye appealing especially when it comes to the oversized wheels. But that may be because I’m old and grumpy. Personally I think just changing wheels without going oversized and altering the stance is a very clean look without changing body lines. I did see a 41 Willy’s that had the lines of the rear end altered and I thought it looked great but that’s the only one I can ever remember that I liked.
@@GeorgeMcKinley. I'm sort of a purist my self. One episode they took a beautiful. All original 66 ford fairlane GTA. WELL , They narrowed the bumpers, the factory stickers for jack instructions still in the trunk, stripped em off and painted under neath the decklid, myself , i would have nutted up. I'm weird about the OEM stuff and to top it off , the narrowed "custom" bumpers were outfitted with parking lites, which were side marker lites for a trailer, bought at autozone. A survivor car , should be left as it was.restored as an original. I turned down a job on a 1969 olds cutlass convertible. Absolutley unmolested under hood, numbers matching car. He wanted to do the LS swap. I couldn't do it. Told him once thats done , its just another resto mod, restore to original , 350 rocket engine.
Still miss that show, no-one has a better eye for RIGHT! Find myself always going back just for the old ones! very pleasing on the eye!
Chip Foose is the best.
I watched til the end...I loved it. I always hoped chipcould overhaul my 73 challenger
That Depp/Heard episode was hard to watch because Heard showed her true colors, and those colors were not pretty.
Always knew that there was a hitch in free! Got to admit that Foose really can come up with some cool stuff. But I also knew full restoration paint work if not step by step allowed cure time it's going to fall big down the road 8 day projects were really a bad idea for the show. And really wasn't a good thing for those of us who were in the business sufford for the fantasy land building
I remember an episode where chip modified a 1965 409 Chevrolet. I thought he ruined the car. All it needed was restoration as it was already special, it was the final model a 409 V-8 was available in. Chip turned it into a low-rider custom that I thought was horrible compared to the original Impala. If it had been my car I would have been furious!
You’ll never satisfy everyone . Chip is still the most talented and artistic hands on car custom man in the world .
boyd covington was the master..........chip is a wannabee. but he tries, which is good
@@billw8476 ...only part of a car i've seen Boyd put his hands on, was the steering wheel after all the work was done & only credit was left to take. pos personality too.
@@Krazie-Ivan chip couldn't be a pimple on boyds ass. you didn't know him in the early days, he was the master, chip was just a student.
@@billw8476 ..."*WAS*". keyword. things change. by all accounts Boyd acted like an asinine child since before he found fame, & the fame just made him worse. taste/skill in car customization MIGHT be debatable (i don't think so), but Foose is by far the better human being.
That electronic voice drives me nuts.
If I won the lottery, I would take my car to Chip and his crew, to be overhauled !! I have watched the show and I think they do the best job on the build, over any other show that does the same thing !! Just my opinion !!
It’s discovery garbage. It’s so false and scripted. If you won the lottery go to a real builder bit a TV builder.
@@ayycee5303 ...look at *any* car Chip has brought to SEMA & tell us again he's not a "real builder". gtfo, lol
I HATE the set-up with Chris & just Stopped watching.
Kindig is really good too.
I have a 77 Datsun 280z sitting in my garage. The first Z Car to have fuel injection. It is fast and has a 7,500 redline. I was contacted by this show on the Velocity or Motortrend channel. They asked me a few specifics about the car, rust, drivability, current condition of suspension and stuff. They said that they would get back to me. A week or so later, they did contact me and asked if they could make modifications to the car as the car as it sits is bone stock. I said the only thing that I would agree to a modification is a LS3 with a turbo 400 as there are kits to make that a drop in replacement for the inline 6. Never heard back from them.
Really? I put a jet engine in my Mustang last spring, and the chicks really dig me.
LS swaps are overrated. Build the stock engine in that Z car back to factory specs. That’s worth doing.
@@vincedibona4687 sure, if you like slow cars...
@@vincedibona4687 _"Build the stock engine in that Z car back to factory specs. That’s worth doing."_ If you can find new parts for it.
The show "Rides" was really good...
Overhaullin" an American Classic!....thanks Foose you're the best!
I loved that show. I would be honored to have Chip and Team work on a car for me. It’s not about money, it’s about Pride.
Wow! SO sad, it's all about money! Chip is the most class act out there. Modern day George Barris, or Ed Roth. That's why I cannot believe people were so mercenary, as to sell a car he did for them. I wanted my car on Overhauling SO bad! But that tax deal was the stickler, I'm a po boy, always have been. That's why in spite of 50 plus years of hot rodding, always been primered rods. I'm a mechanic, NOT a bodyman. Very few honest bodymen out there, even when you're in the trade. Almost every one I ever dealt with ripped me off, another reason for primer! To have Chip do a car? Now that IS a dream!
Let me think for a moment, a show designed to make money was canceled because it didn't make enough money. Go figure, I would never have guessed.
I personally hated the premise. I also notice they restored cars from their own buddies.
There's no such thing as a free meal 😂. And yeah, watched till end...
Owners of cars couldn't afford the taxes.
8 days to restore a car... lol I have been in the biz since the 70's.... good luck with that... all the same, Foose is one of the best designers in the biz.. Boyd was a PITA to deal with... RIP..
I stopped watching when they started doing celebreties cars....like they needed to get wealth people on to save the show...Johnny Depp's girlfriends car did it...
I never liked foose's ridiculously large wheels.
It's still better than GMG air bagging almost every vehicle they work on.
At 7:55 "In the end it was all about the money..." LOL! World's oldest story. Nothing changes.
I had never heard of the show until the 1967 Dodge Coronet episode. Selfish? Possibly. But. I have a 67 Coronet 2dr hardtop that I bought from my older brother just before the 1st Gulf War.He was a new soldier in the army.He saved it from the crusher and rebuilt it. This was done at the auto craft center on post. It had a 318 that was swapped out for a 340.The body damage and paint was all repaired or replaced. I joined the army immediately afterwards and was shipped off to Iraq. While there,The block cracked and the hail beat it up pretty bad. I followed my brothers footsteps and "OVERHAULED" it again with the addition of a modded 440/727 setup at the same auto craft shop. A privates pay didn't allow for much more than I was able to put into it. My younger brother told me about the episode and I drooled so bad. This would have been a dream come true. I sat down and tallied up the cost of parts that we were shown and that was so far out of my budget. I use to joke with everyone about a possible "VERSION 2" and having my older brother write the show and present the idea. I knew there wasn't a chance in hell but, one could dream. I still have the car up on blocks taking up 1/2 of my garage with a stack of NOS parts to clone the R/T (ie. Speedo cluster,seats,emblems,gauges,etc). My 100%disabled vet butt will never sell the car but, doubt I will ever get it back on the road/track like I wish . Selfish to wish that lucky person was me, Absolutely yes. To sell it like others did their gifts would be ridiculous. I now have the money to pay the taxes,It's the physical ability that I lack. Don't get it twisted. I would spend every moment that I could in pain to be a part of it's rebirth. I see why women go through hell to bring children into this world. I know it's not the same but, I do love this car.
The car was just sitting, and the block cracked? Suuure…….
@@vincedibona4687 Yep, winter. Outside in open air subjected to all of the bad weather while I was overseas. I learned a serious and expensive lesson.
I never believe these shows are real when they restore cars quickly, and they aren't real because the restorations aren't good quality. Restoring vehicles is a moving target of challenges.
My 70 Buick GS455 convertible would've taken them more than 8 days to rebuilt. I bought that basket case around 1997. The GSx was my dream car but, reality dictates that I'll never own one so, the GS fell on my radar. Being a convertible, made it more interesting so, the Hemi killer MIGHT one day, see the roads again. I'm not getting younger so, let's be realist and try not to hold my breath about it. Thumb's-up to the show and to the crew.
8 days is not enough time to do anything. Shops ive worked at took a minimum of 6 months to restore a car if it was a popular model and easy to get parts for but could take 2 years if it was something really special and rare.
Custom builds usually take a long time since so much of the car has to be custom made.
They are right about the fabricated tension. I was on a few episodes of a reality tv show on the discovery channel. When i saw it on tv for the first time, i was surprised at the completely fabricated storyline. I have to admit that it did make the show more interesting. A shop where everyone works together well is boring to watch
I did meet Chip Foose once when he came into the shop i worked at. Very nice guy, very down to earth and quite likeable.
I bet Johnny Depp has second thoughts about having Amber Heards car redone.😁 Always hated the huge subwoofer stero systems.
FOOSE YOU WILL ALWAYS BE THE BEST, WE LOVE YOU DUDE FOR EVERYTHING Y'ALL DO... THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR AWESOME VIDEOS...
Rebooted once and canceled twice. If it was rebooted twice it would still be on!!!
I couldn't stand that annoying man/child Chris dude. An extremely talented and intelligent man who was nothing more than a carnival barker. Cut away the crap, put in some interesting and educational bits, 12 shows a year and we'd all be glued to the TV.
R.I.P Jessi Combs.
Several of the recipients of the work were unable to pay the taxes and had to sell their vehicles to pay them! Heartbreaking to have your dream taken right after seeing it fulfilled. Some states only tax the "book" value of the year model but MANY, ESPECIALLY California, tax the APPRAISED value AFTER restoration or major modification or the INSURED value...whichever is HIGHER. My state, Washington is beginning the same practice!😡
RIP Jessi Combs, you are missed 💔🏁
Part of the contract was, Chip had the option of keeping the car and it could only been driven to car shows, plus chip could use it for display. Me? I'm old school and believe you should build/restore your own car or you ain't a car guy. I built a '65 Chevy Biscayne with a 550hp 454, 6 speed and Hotckis suspension.
Right on , built at home , not bought. I've got an 81 malibu wagon. Built at home , QA1 suspension, 427 dart block small block, 4in stroke crank, wiseco pistons, all forged bottom end, AFR 220 CNC race ready heads, Howards 650 lift hyd roller cam , Howards lifters, Super victor intake. 850 HP holley . Daily driver , drive to track 7.50 eighth , 10.76. Qtr. Back yard built .
@@ronniecox109 If that's true, that's one rowdy dd. Nice.
Chip needs to start a RUclips channel!
Psst...we do.
@@FooseDesignInc I meant more of a show where he restores and customizes cars.
So in Cali the taxes on a $50k classic car is probably $50k because it still burns gas.
I watched till the end .. Watched every episode of the show
Chip, stay strong, God bless, God is good
Chip is real, .......
Monster Garage built their cars in 5 days and when they successfully succeeded, each member received a tool box full of high quality tools! Awesome shows!
Monster garage didn't last but 2 seasons! Interesting creations! I watched it even though I thought Jesse was too egocentric!
@@glennoropeza3545 They just released 2 additional episodes recently where they brought back a group that failed to build a jet engine build originally but on the second chance they completed their work properly.
The Monster Garage cars were sketchy as hell. Probably couldn't be insured, and you would be taking your life in your hands if you were to drive one. Entertaining to watch, but the cars were "bottom drawer" junk with some shiny parts.....No....just...NO
Legit builders, awful show format.
I watched 'til the end. Loved the show. Sorry to see him (and Velocity) go.
I hope the show gets another chance with a different spin. Number one, 30 days to do the build. The drama other than the surprise to the owner that their car has been chosen is all I need.
That's more like it 30 days and that's hard to do in 30 days that's almost 24/7 for a whole month that's Tuff I really would like to see it back on TV Foose is a unbelievable Talent
What proved to me they were a bunch of knucle heads , is the episode thet involved a 66 Ford GTA. ORIGINAL. they redid the inside of the trunk, removed the factory jack instruction stickers. And topped the custom narrowed front bumper with trailer marker lites for the park lites . As an automotive purist , i would have been pissed. A friend in L.A. had his car done. Had extensive milding and filler work done , after a year ,and the paint curing, you could see every place the the filler had been applied. It started falling apart.
Nothing like the drive for greed. I asked them to do my 1965 Impala SS. Was turned down. Used my own megger means and did my car in my garage. Still have that car and wouldn't think of selling it. Lost faith in Overhauling and Gas Monkey. It's all about cash
They would do overhauls on cars that people could have done it them self because they were well off they should have done it for people who really couldn’t really afford to do it and love there cars. That wasn’t right. ,but that’s life .
Good ole Chip likes to draw concept cars that will never exist!
I really appreciate Chips talent and compassion (he feels the same way about his dad as I do mine, RIP.) The deal breaker for me was that ass clown Chris and all his stupid stunts. (He picks up a part and talks into it like a phone.) I know he was a money man producer, with a stupid sense of humor. But Chip will always be the master of car building. Miss the show. Wish it would resurface.
@11:29 A custom car guy from the Canadian north
it was a good show !
i watched to the end and thoroughly enjoyed it.
They built the cars and then charged the customer up to $100k to get them back, if they didn’t pay they would have to relinquish the vehicles over to chip’s business so they could sell and make their money back. Seen a biography years ago on what happened to the cars they restored.
I have a 1970 Superbee that needs restoration. What would ball park numbers on restoring it ?
I really tried to reach out to this guy, Kounts Kustums, and Pimp My Ride about a 1974 Chevy Nova that I had. I was even willing to throw $24,000 of my own money into the project, they never even gave me a second thought. Boo. 👎
I don't care what the big shots say Chip Foose show rocks that's all I got to say.
thanks for sharing
I like overhauling , but it's bullshit building a car in 7 days , it takes longer to get parts
Danny the count koker his crew very good also like Chip foose and his crew as well but I'm partial to counting cars
Stupidity run amok!
I liked this show when they overhauled real people’s car’s. Then they started doing celebrity’s cars that’s when I stopped watching.
They charged you, what they called “fair market value” Some cars went for 50,000 and up
Foose makes fantastic cars, but you know it's super expensive...SUPER.
Great show 👍
I watched until the end!
Chip Foose also work for Boyd Coddington at one time they were partners
I watch the show quite a bit and enjoyed it but I always got a little upset when they had celebrities getting their car overhauled. I even told my son I think those people are making enough money to pay to have their cars overhauled. At the time I had a classic 61 Mercury commuter wagon that I would have liked you got overhauled so I was always interested to see what they were doing to other cars for ideas
FOOSE is Da Man.
Johnny depp standing there would end it for me , I have no good things to say so I'll just leave that alone
Be a man un marked response and post like a man ,not some basement troll just trying to cause problems. I posted i do not like Johnny Depp at all. I aint scared to say it hes an idiot , if you dont like that , well tough shit
That 8 day crap is not right 'things go wrong 'i learn to work on my classic car watching chips crew ' and its such a gem i refused to drive it to nationals and let people copy my ideas '
I caught on after a few episodes. Show was geared towards rich people instead of those that couldn't ever restore their cars but just dream. Besides, there should have been contract signed to avoid people selling those cars for profit.
I have this recurring dream where I open my garage and my car is gone. After six days of worried calls to local law enforcement, tow lots and scrap yards, I get a call saying that it has been taken to Chip Foose for an overhaul. "OH GOD WHY COULDN'T IT HAVE JUST BEEN STOLEN?" I scream. This is usually the part where I wake up, and lay bleary-eyed, until I have to go down to my garage, and check that my car is still there.
I watched it to the end very interesting
I know someone that had one and the quality up close wasn't that good
RIP Jessi Combs 😔
Chip was a class act. Nice guy all around. Boyd was a huge POS.
8 days is not enough time to do a good job. The concept was interesting but the car itself is all that matters.
Back when they we're asking people to submit a request to have someone's car overhauled, my sister signed me up and my 1986 Trans Am which I still have to this day.... I prayed to God that my car got chosen... It would be a dream come true to have chip foose work his magic on my car.... But unfortunately I never got accepted for the show!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭
I liked Overhaulin and Chip Foose but i also liked Boyds show… my favourite was Barry White though… yeah yeah!!!! Drama aside he still put out some beautiful cars that were basically on death row