By 2000, he had established Foose Design in Huntington Beach, California. He first set up in Orange, California, where, as his first project car, he rebuilt Boydster II for Chuck Svatos as the 0032 roadster, which went on to win the America's Most Beautiful Roadster (AMBR) trophy.
In 1998, with Hot Rods by Boyd facing bankruptcy (due to the failure of Boyds Wheels ), Foose left his position and with his wife Lynne started his own automotive and product design company. While working for Coddington, Foose designed many of Coddington's well known creations such as Boydster and Boydster II. Working for Coddington full-time, Foose eventually became the president of Coddington's company, Hot Rods by Boyd. In 1993, Foose resigned from Sterenberger to work for J Mays at Ford however, Coddington was able to convince Foose to work for him, instead. After working for four years at Clenet Coachworks, Foose returned to the Art Center to complete his education.Īfter graduating in 1990, Foose worked full-time for Sterenberger Design and part-time for Boyd Coddington.
Encouraged by Ford and Preston Tucker designer Alex Tremulis, Foose started to attend the Art Center College of Design in 1982 however, he dropped out after two years due to financial difficulties. The custom 1960 Ford Starliner at the Marconi Automotive Museum, customized by Chip Foose.įoose began working on automobiles at age seven for his father's company, Project Design, in Santa Barbara, California.
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