Daily Dose of Foose

[FloridaBoy]

I am retired and like all retired people, I develop little routines and rituals which comprise of my daily regimen. I take a coffe break from building cars or working on my trains at 11am. I normally watch DVD's or listen to the news while I enjoy my coffee. While channel flipping I go past Discovery Channel and there are Chip Foose and Chris Jacobs working on a car, which was recognizable because it was a aged rerun of Overhaulin' before it switched to The Learning Channel.

So, get out your recorders and go for it!!!! Some of those early builds are incredible. This week featured the first Overhaulin' episode with Foose, which was a beautiful Chevelle, and later this week a '50 Ford Coupe for a guy with the Petersen Museum. These are quite novel because we have all evolved a little since the original airings, and it is quite interesting to watch with a newer perspective. It was interesting on the Chevelle and Ford builds the original engines were retained because of stated "Budget Reaons", but as the show gained in popularity, the cars became diverse, the sketches in color, but Chip and Chris to me remained the same great guys. The original girl has since moved to her own shows on Speed Channel and Spike TV.

Try it out.

Ken "FloridaBoy" Willaman

[lilsquirt]

Hi there Floridaboy

don't sound like you are a boy to me more like aa elder like me!

I really like overhauling also!

Its a great show in which we can dream that some one will overhaule ouy rides HA

I like the el-cameo eposode myself!

I am also retired and am disabled due to a heart condition and about to go into tje hospital for a bit of surgry~oddly enough not on my heartut to do somr repair work om my colon wich i blew out a year ago gonna remove my gallbladder and a giant sized hernia (as big as a basketball~~ thats what the doctors says anyway) I love build racers of past gone days all dirt ova machines which ran down here in the south

South Carolina here!!!!!!!!I worked with the newspaper for 42 years as a writer , reporter, pinter, plate maker, film sripper ad personel, until I was forced to retire when a new company bought out the paper

before then I also piolotoed a few of those new fandangled racers!!

lilsquirt

Larry

[lilsquirt]

Hi there Floridaboy

don't sound like you are a boy to me more like aa elder like me!

I really like overhauling also!

Its a great show in which we can dream that some one will overhaule ouy rides HA

I like the el-cameo eposode myself!

I am also retired and am disabled due to a heart condition and about to go into tje hospital for a bit of surgry~oddly enough not on my heartut to do somr repair work om my colon wich i blew out a year ago gonna remove my gallbladder and a giant sized hernia (as big as a basketball~~ thats what the doctors says anyway) I love build racers of past gone days all dirt ova machines which ran down here in the south

South Carolina here!!!!!!!!I worked with the newspaper for 42 years as a writer , reporter, pinter, plate maker, film sripper ad personel, until I was forced to retire when a new company bought out the paper

before then I also piolotoed a few of those new fandangled racers!!

lilsquirt

Larry

[Tom Kren]

Hey that reminds me i have about 6 shows to watch !

[FloridaBoy]

lilsquirt,

I think our chances of being offered up to have our cars "Overhauled" are two -- slim and none. First, I too, dreamed of Chip, Chris and team ganging up on my 97 Taurus SHO to make it a Foose masterpiece. But we are on the left coast of the US. I listen intently and tune in for endless reruns of both oriignals, and my tapes. They pretty much stick close to Huntington Beach area, as once they made a big deal about a car in Las Vegas and during nonSEMA times. They actually brought the vehicle back to SoCal, if I remember correctly. Second, Chip is a very busy man, and it would take a monumental effort to establish work points on foreign soil for a one-week build.

The other thing I noticed evolving throughout the series was at first, they concentrated on the practical joke, and really working up the "mark", and secondarily the work done on the car. Now so many people are aware of the joke potential, they only prank those who don't watch the show, and now concentrate on the design development, the marks life, and the finished product of the car, at least in my opinion.

A little joke I watched last Thursday night. The Learning Channel wanted to revive a custom car show, and in the absence of Coddington's Shop, evidently now out of business since his passing, West Coast Customs previously of "Pimp MY Ride" fame, hired Duane from American Hot Rodding to build a car commemorating Boyd Coddington. Thanks to Duane the Dysfunctional Arrogant Idiot, this car became the object of another Boyd-type feud within an otherwise placid Custom Car Shop. And they hired Duane full time, as they reported. Only difference is that if Duane crosses one of those guys, he just might end up in the Dumpster with a 40 Ford Bumper up his......er, nose. These guys at WCC are not the same as the Coddington crew.

Ken "FloridaBoy" Willaman

[lilsquirt]

Florida boy

I can dream can't I?

What else can an old foggy do?

Lilsquirt

[Helipilot16]

I am not a big fan of overhaulin'. The stupid human tricks are boring. Foose is an abviously talented designer and builder. I don't like the huge wheels he uses on the object cars. At least part of the reason for the show is to promote his wheel business.

What we need are more straight building shows without the soap opera part.

[FloridaBoy]

I am not a big fan of overhaulin'. The stupid human tricks are boring. Foose is an abviously talented designer and builder. I don't like the huge wheels he uses on the object cars. At least part of the reason for the show is to promote his wheel business.

What we need are more straight building shows without the soap opera part.

I have heard a similar rant about Extreme Trains too on the Model Railroad Forums. Regarding Overhaulin' sure maybe Chip pushes his wheels, and you can be sure that even Coddington pushed his wheels on his old show, and lo and behold, after a few years on the air, Orange County Choppes has a big bike dealer in Ft. Lauderdale. This world is about commercialism and making money, while keeping us occupied with entertainment. Personally, I have gained a ton of modeling knowledge from these shows, as now I mock up every model with a light gluing if my cars have major mods, which I never did beore and a million other things. Second, Overhaulin has also through commercialism given us exposure to Roush motors, parts sources, services and other valuable information. Third, to appeal to those who are not the purists we are, they have to have an angle, for there are not enough of us "purists" to make a rating, so they make it appealing to others, hence the pranks.

Overhaulin' is my favorite show. Anyone who disses it, should have lived when I was in my prime. There were absolutely zero car television shows, although the desire was there. Even as far back as 59, we all clamored to have the T bucket that Kookie drove on 77 Sunset Strip, the rods on Hollywood Knights, and American Graffiti. I am very thankful to have a show which features one of my favorite customizers of all time, and still watch my recorded tapes of Jesse James, Jimmy Hines, Barry White, Hot Rod TV as Overhaulin' was one of the oriignals that put the present shows on the map.

Without the soap operas, the shows would not last. Look at Barry White's show which appealed to the basic instinct rodder by advertising a complete build to get it to auction. No drama, no mamma, and it lasted barely the year. These shows are on cable, fight for every rating point and share, and live on squalid budgets. I say Yeah!!! to those who are inventive enough to be able to come up with shills and hypes and ads to make a build better. Just think of the overtime to pay guys who work 24/7 as well as the camera and production crews. Think of the end credits and every one of those people expect to be paid.

I for one, am very thankful and grateful.

You can state your opinion of this show all you want, but I hated American Hot Rod and Duane with a purple passion, but I watched it every week without fail, putting up with the drama but watching every weld of the build.

Ken "FloridaBoy" Willaman

[James Flowers]

I have learned a lot about metal work, panel replacement, paint prep and welding from those shows. I don't always like the subject they are building myself. I agree without the pranks and other drama the shows would be a little boring. I disliked Boyd and his puppet Duane.Two of the biggest idiots ever. Too bad Boyd's wife could not hold the business together but, that's what you get when you marry a trophy for your arm.