Body Style / Material: 1965 Chevy Impala / Steel.Shifter: Reworked C6 Six speed automatic.
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He brought the rear 1/4 windows down to a length that made the cab seem more muscle car like. He killed many birds with one stone by moving the places on the body that he did. Hold your hands up to the picture and mimic the slant of both and you will see they are the same. The windshield and the rear sails now match in angle. He shortened the long back of the car to give it a more forward "leaning" look.
He raised the rear wheel wells an inch and a half to match the position of the fronts. To make it all fit, the chassis of the Corvette was stretched over 7 and the Impala body was shortened a total of 14. A 2009 Corvette was purchased brand-new from a Chevy dealership mere blocks away from Foose HQ. Beyond the color and the interior, stock C6 Corvette by the way, the best part of the car is the many small, and big, changes they made. This 1965 Chevy Impala is not what it appears, it is a C6 Corvette in Impala wears. Custom car guru Chip Foose talks shop on his legendary 30 year career. The new scale models will add to a Foose collection that also includes Foose 19 Chevy Impala, 1967 Dodge Charger 426 HEMI, 1967 Dodge Coronet, 1969 Camaro Z/ Pontiac Firebird.
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And also, a star of Velocity’s reality television series Overhaulin’. Chip Foose is an American automobile designer as well as an artist. Online PresenceFacebook, Twitter, Instagram. It is a spectacular color for that body style because the belt line crease gives a natural break for a two tone so it shortens it vertically to your eye. Height5 feet 11 inches (1.80m) Weight78 Kg. He also did his trademark "Foose Fade" on the lower panels. The 1956 Ford F100 Pickup a Foose family heirloom that was completely rebuilt and restyled in 2005 as part of Foose’s Overhaulin television show took top honors with 33 of the.
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The color on the car is called "Imposter Cream" I think. Both vehicles will be released by Revell as all new model kits in late 2016, providing the market’s first authentic scale replicas of the two winners. Chip Fooses 1965 ImpalaChip Foose, Impala, Corvette, v8Say what you will about Chip Foose and the scandals hes been involved in, but the guy knows how to m. He had several different ones on the car as they worked on it for the past 4-5 years. I agree that the "style" of the rims is off. For what? Your allowed to have an opinion.