And with a modern chassis, open top, and Ford Coyote V8 power, it should be pretty fun to drive, too. Other classic Foose touches include a billet grille and large wheels, as well as a Mustang-like scoop and stripes to give it more of a hot rod look.įoose’s hot rodded 1966 Ford Bronco won’t exactly please the purists, but it is undoubtedly unique. After laying down the basic lines of the vehicle, Foose starts to add his modifications, which include an aggressive rake and stance. Thus, the idea here is to stick a Mustang chassis underneath the SUV, get rid of the top, restyle the windshield, and make a fun street machine. I’d like to build one for the street and put some performance under it.” At the same time, though, Foose wants to retain the timeless and elegant design that makes the 1966 Ford Bronco such a legend in the first place. This was an off-road, kind of a mountain vehicle. But I’d like to take an approach that’s a 180 from what its original intent was. “I’ve always wanted to build one for myself. For a bit of background information, Chip Foose has been around for decades with his business, Foose.
To be honest, this hot rod has us wanting to race. There is an automotive designer and artist known as Chip Foose who is helping the Ford Maverick Shelby transform from an idea into a concept. “I’ve always like these vehicles,” Foose said. 2022 Ford Maverick Shelby drawing Chip Foose. But like most of Foose’s creations, his intentions with this one are to make it his own. Armed with nothing more than a drawing pad, some ink, and a few pictures of different 1966 Ford Bronco examples, he gets to work like the experienced artist that he is. The process is much like what we’re used to seeing Foose go through when he imagines what his team will do to a vehicle on Overhaulin’. So we thought it was pretty cool to see the classic car mavens at Hagerty document Foose’s efforts to give a first-gen 1966 Ford Bronco a modern redesign in this slick video.
Over that time, Foose has designed a number of movie cars, starred in the long-running TV series Overhaulin’, and helped create hundreds of amazing high-profile builds. In the movie Cars it could’ve fit into the group of tuners who were harassing Lightning McQueen’s semi on the highway, especially with a nice underglow kit.Īnyway, if you want to check out the sketch process you can watch the video for yourself.Chip Foose is a legendary name in the automotive world, having spent virtually his entire life designing some of the coolest rides of the last three-plus decades. It was bugging me what this hotrod mail truck reminds me of, and then I remembered. Oh Foose, what have you done? And what is he going to do next time? image credit: YouTube It has a nice raked stance, exposed blower, wheel bar, and huge roof-mounted wing hinting at extreme performance. Yep, he’s really got some great ideas here.įor the final result, he does keep the USPS logo and stripes down the sides, because it’s important advertising when you’re using your one-off vehicle at the drag strip. In other words, this build in real life would be inspired by mail trucks but wouldn’t be one. Also, the body wouldn’t even be used, he says, so it would be a one-off fabrication like the chassis. The chassis, which was borrowed from the Chevy S10, couldn’t handle the kind of power he’s dreaming of. But no, giving them a cool-looking truck with flame-spewing headers should be a top priority.įoose admits once he gets the line drawing done that his USPS mail truck wouldn’t actually be a mail truck. I say that because Foose seems to think the mail should be delivered quicker, and there I was just concerned with my Amazon package not showing as “In Transit” for 3 weeks with zero answers from USPS. How Foose came up with this idea is unclear, but it might have been the Pony Express. This year joining Chip judging is 3x Glasurit Best Paint Award winner Jonathan Goolsby of Goolsby Customs. The show is officially closed so you know what that means, its time to judge some cars. 5th 2021 as CHIP FOOSE DAY It's Tuesday night of the 2021 SEMA Show.
That’s right, that boxy Grumman LLV which delivers and sometimes loses your mail forever is getting the high-performance makeover from the California-based artist, and boy is it wild! See how Chip Foose tweaked the first-gen Ford Bronco here. Watch the Mayor of Las Vegas present Nov. To keep things “fresh” or “relevant” or whatever for the Chip Foose Draws a Car series, the man seems to have decided hot rodding a USPS mail truck is the way to go. That’s it, he’s finally jumped the shark!