330 GTC Ferrari! Delivered to Foose's Shop!

Hopefully he doesn’t do anything irreversible, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see it at CEMA show all pimped up.

P.S. Full disclosure, I didn’t & won’t look at the video.

 

He is going to foos it up

 

A lot of people like Foose but I think he's a butcher. If he made cars from scratch I could appreciate his talent. But making a cartoon out of art is butchery. And I've felt this for years.

 

s/n 9671. He's going to fix a few things for the new owner. He doesn't specify what that means. Does he do regular maintenance and/or restoration work? He also mentions he has a 330 GTC himself.

 

I visited his shop. OK for hot-rods. But a Ferrari is best kept away from this kind of guy. I fear the worst for this GTC.

 

Why change what is perfect ?

https://www.motorious.com/articles/news/chip-foose-detomaso-mangusta/

 

I worked on a couple of his dad's (Sam) projects long ago.
Never met Chip.

 

Conspiracy to commit vandalism?

 

It’s a good thing Foose never went into painting and sculpture restoration.

For some reason if art rolls on wheels you can cut it up and destroy it and no one cares.
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And IIRC, according to his dad he graduated from Art Center College of Design.
Irony ?

 

I've got that "horror movie" vibe, screaming to the car "DON'T GO IN THERE!!!"

 

"Christine" in reverse ?

 

That is my old GTC! What a horrible end for a great car. We sold it in 1977, and it resurfaced at the Monterey Broad Arrow auction in August. I thought about buying it back, as it appeared to have been well taken care of over the years. Now all hope for the car is probably lost.

 

I certainly hope you're wrong, but having seen first hand many of the superbly nice, original cars many of these "custom hero's(?)" started their creations with, I wouldn't be surprised if this too becomes difficult restore back to original configuration.
OTOH, having myself been associated/involved with several "custom creations"(?) I can also understand starting with a complete & solid car is always easier/preferable, just like any restoration, but I've also wondered why can't they sacrifice rough & rusty examples, especially since most will end up as "display only" sculptures anyway and never see any real driving/use.

 

I just realized (again) and often point out, this ^^ sadly can be said of vast majority of antique/classic/exotic/etc cars, regardless of make, model or vintage, so in that vain, it really doesn’t matter how they are customized, repaired or restored.

My eternal hope is all cool/interesting/worthy (= not in financial sense) cars would end up in the hands/ownership of real/true car guys who will treat them as cars, regardless how the they are rebuilt/restored or their perceived "market/investment/speculation value".