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[Dag]

This one was not a family car. It was a car donated to Wyo-tech and then overhauled and presented to the main teacher to show appreciation by his students. The episode was a couple of years ago, so my memory is a bit faded. I don't know if the car was given to the teacher by the school or if the school retained ownership. So I don't think that auctioning it off to create a scholarship program is in poor taste. The people who do have their family do it out of a gesture of love and then sell it on ebay need a reality check...

I remember that one now, you are right Ken in this case its not such a bad thing. I should have read the details of the auction

[Ken]

Not really a big deal, I do believe like you, that these people should either keep the cars or give them back to Foose. Let him decide the fate... and not in a Jesse James/Monster Garage fashion either...

[James Flowers]

what i should have said. did the rust magically turn into new metal. the cars may not meet some picky peoples taste so be it

[Darin Bastedo]

For those of you who still don't believe that these are quality builds, check out this site http://www.mopar5150.../overhaulin.htm this cronicals the contant improvements made by foose after the show, and the awards this car has won. and it still is in the original owmers possession.

[Mark C.]

I'm not goin' with anybody on this, but I liked the "before" car better. :roll:

[Scale-Master]

I have seen some of these cars when they were fresh, still smelled like wet paint, and they looked good. But months later when I saw them again and the paint and filler materials had cured, they looked sad.
Shrinkage, orange peel, ghosting, waves, you name it, all the things that would get a model dismissed from a serious model contest had manifested themselves since the chemical products did not have a chance to cure in the short time the cars were built.

[Zoom Zoom]

I have seen some of these cars when they were fresh, still smelled like wet paint, and they looked good. But months later when I saw them again and the paint and filler materials had cured, they looked sad.
Shrinkage, orange peel, ghosting, waves, you name it, all the things that would get a model dismissed from a serious model contest had manifested themselves since the chemical products did not have a chance to cure in the short time the cars were built.

That's what I expected, the extent of the bodywork restoration combined w/the rush-job aspect left me wondering if they deteriorated badly once everything had a chance to cure fully. I'd rather see these shows without the contrived rush-factor.

[gasman]

I wonder how this one looks today, they went into overtime with this one (Its called overtime). spent alot of time on the paint. this is prohibably the nicest Overaulin car the've done yet

[Terry Love]

A lot of different opinions and no real fighting which is nice. For me, I like Foose's stuff. He take cars that will never be finished by the owner and make a good $25,000/$30,000 car out of them. If they had to pay everyone for all the time and all the free stuff, I'm sure it would be well over 50K. So the owner gets a much better car than they had or ever would build themselves, the viewers get an entertaining hour and the workers get their 15 minutes of fame. I think it's a win win situation for all. My questions is about the paint scheme on this one. I like it except for the break line on the hood. It just doesn't look right to me going across the center of the emblem. I think the whole hood should be blue with the bread point in the middle of the light going down to the grill. That is my buck 75 worth.

[Kustommerc]

A lot of different opinions and no real fighting which is nice. For me, I like Foose's stuff. He take cars that will never be finished by the owner and make a good $25,000/$30,000 car out of them. If they had to pay everyone for all the time and all the free stuff, I'm sure it would be well over 50K. So the owner gets a much better car than they had or ever would build themselves, the viewers get an entertaining hour and the workers get their 15 minutes of fame. I think it's a win win situation for all. My questions is about the paint scheme on this one. I like it except for the break line on the hood. It just doesn't look right to me going across the center of the emblem. I think the whole hood should be blue with the bread point in the middle of the light going down to the grill. That is my buck 75 worth.

I agree Terry, That paint Break just looks out of place to me,The painted Bumpers and the Rake don't look right to me but I like the Car overall and I'm a Foose fan too! Just wish it was a little lower.