Profession: | Artists / Designers |
Date of birth: | October 13, 1963 |
Age: | 56 |
Net assets: | 18.5 million |
Birth place: | Santa Barbara, California |
Height (m): | 1.80 |
Religion: | Christianity |
Relationship status: | Married |
Have you ever seen the American reality car show ‘Overhaulin’, so you need to know the show star, Chip Foose and Chris Jacobs? Well, we’ll be discussing an American automotive designer and artist, Chip Foose, who has worked on all of the show’s series.
Although he gained fame from the ‘Overhaulin’ series, before that he has already started getting noticed by the TLC reality show ‘Speedbird’. Let us know more about the personality who has always been passionate about cars and related things.
CHIP FOOSE: BIO, FAMILY, EDUCATION
The automotive designer was born on October 13, 1963 in Santa Barbara, California, in the United States . He was born as a son to parents Sam and Terry Foose. Her father worked in a company called Project Design and passionate about cars and mother, a housewife. He also didn’t reveal much information about his early childhood and siblings. But he once revealed that he had been interested in automobile design and engineering from an early age.
For his education, he attended the Art College of Design in 1982. But due to financial hardship, he dropped out of college in the middle. However, after working for four years, he returned to the Art Center to complete his education.
CHIP FOOSE: CAREER AND ACHIEVEMENTS IN LIFE
He began his career at the age of seven, working on automobiles for his father’s company, Project Design, in Santa Barbara, California. He worked for four years at Clenet Coachworks, returned to complete his degree at Art Center College. Upon graduation, he worked full-time for Sternberger Design and part-time for Boyd Coddington. Then, in 1993, he left Sternberger to work for J Mays at Ford, instead he started working for Coddington. While working full-time, he was gradually promoted to president of Coddington’s company, Boyd’s ‘Hot Rods’. During that time, he had designed many of Coddington’s famous creations such as ‘Boydster’ and ‘Boydster II’.
He later left the position after Boyd’s Hot Rods faced bankruptcy. Then, in 1998, he and his wife Lynne started his automotive design and design company ‘Foose Design’ in Huntington Beach, California. Additionally, he began gaining exposure as a reality TV star in 2003 after appearing in the TLC documentary ‘Speedbird’.
Subsequently, he gained widespread popularity when he starred in the TLC program ‘Overhaulin’ in 2004. In addition, he launched a line of die-cast replicas of many of his famous designs in collaboration with the producers of Johnny Lightning in the creation of JL Full Accelerator in 2006. Foose also went on to manage Foose Design and provide design consultancy to the Big Three automakers.
For his awards and accolades, he was inducted into the Darryl Starbird Rod & Custom Car Museum Hall of Fame in 2002. Subsequently, he also received the Grand National Roadster Show Hall of Fame in 2003. In addition, he received other awards such as the ‘Ridler Award ‘,’ Most Beautiful Roadster Award ‘and’ The Goodguys Street Rod of the Year Award ‘.
CHIP FOOSE: PERSONAL LIFE AND WIFE
If you’re wondering is Foose, 56, married or not? So he is happily married to his longtime girlfriend Lynne. However, she did not disclose the date of her marital or past dating history. Together, the couple had welcomed two children: Brock and Katie Foose. He currently lives in Southern California, United States, with his family.
Additionally, he has been involved in some controversy or rumor in his life. Previously, he had outlawed police action against UP after breaking ties with Unique Performance in November 2007. Also, he was accused of a rumor for cheating his wife with another girl, but there was nothing to prove.
CHIP FOOSE: BODY MEASUREMENTS
The reality television star has an athletic body that stands 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 78kg. Other than that, there is no information on his body measurements of his chest, biceps and waist. Additionally, she has brown hair and brown eye color.