At least it’s not horrible and it’s not looking at its own rear quarters, so there’s that. In other words, I think it’s too vanilla for such a machine. 2019) C8 (dal 2020 ) La Corvette un automobile sportiva prodotta dalla. As for the end result, it really lacks the in-your-face, exotic nature so many people seem to absolutely love about the C8. Built and signed by Chip Foose, this 71 Chevelle was the first car built for. If you want to hear all the philosophies of Foose you can watch the video, which is included. Perhaps there was a reason why they didn’t ultimately go down that path? image credit: YouTube I think it’s a noble effort and I can’t fault him for attempting it, but I also can’t believe nobody within the design team thought of such a thing. But Foose believes more could've been done to preserve Corvette's legacy in the new model. Part of that is certainly due to the mid-engine architecture, which requires less real estate at the front for more at the back.
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He showed him how to draw an ellipse and he introduced Foose to ArtCenter. A long nose with a short rear deck and organic curves were Corvette signatures that essentially went missing in the C8. At the age of seven, he met Alex Tremulis who designed the Tucker and Duesenberg. He watched his father design cars at Project Design. He knew from the time he was a child that he wanted to design cars. What Foose does with his redrawing of the C8 Corvette is to try bringing some of the lineage of America’s sports car back into the design. Chip Foose is the host of the show ‘Overhaulin’. What’s with sticking the engine mid-ship on the car? Why when Foose was a youngling he could buy a hamburger for $0.90 and Corvettes had long, luxurious hoods to spread out on for watching the stars at night (fact checkers: I made that part up, it's what humans call a joke). He thinks GM made too far of a leap in design for the C8. Already he’s not winning over ‘Vette fans with that statement, but what he says next is even more of a gem. Import Wheels just finished up a clean 55 Bel Air on Foose Legends and the result was nothing short of awesome Read More. See Chip Foose hot rod a Volkswagen Beetle here.įoose really admired the fact the Chevrolet Corvette has had an evolutionary design he says is second only to the Porsche 911. And he makes some big changes to the C8 Corvette. I’ve offended people with hot takes on the man’s interesting gambles, however sometimes he’s done a good job, although that’s usually been when he doesn’t change much of anything. Most of his drawings have honestly been pretty whacky, like when he made a DeLorean DMC-12 look like a dog trying to stare at its own tail or when he made the Lamborghini Countach unironically boring. When it comes to the Chip Foose Draws A Car series, it’s been a real struggle. Chip Foose is not a fan of the C8 Corvette’s design, although he kind of dances around saying just that in his latest video.
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