Chip Foose Bio, Family, Career, Wife, Net Worth, Metrics

Have you ever watched the American car reality show ‘Overhaulin’ then you must know the star-show, Chip Foose and Chris Jacobs? Well, we are going to discuss an American automotive designer and artist, Chip Foose, who has worked in all series of the show.

Although he rose to fame through the series ‘Overhaulin’, he has already started to get noticed on the TLC reality show ‘Speedbird’. Let us know more about the personality who has always been passionate about automobiles and related things

CHIP FOOSE: BIO, FAMILY, EDUCATION

The automotive designer was born on October 13, 1963, in Santa Barbara, California, USA . He was born as the son of parents Sam and Terry Foose. Her father worked at a company called Project Design and was a car enthusiast and mother a housewife. Also, he did not reveal much information about his early childhood as well as his siblings. But once he revealed that he developed an interest in drawing and designing cars from a young age.

For his education, he attended the Art College of Design in 1982. But due to financial difficulties, he had dropped out of the university in the middle. However, after working for four years, he returned to the Art Center to complete his studies.

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, he returned to complete his studies at Art Center College. After 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 the Coddington Company, “Hot Rods” by Boyd. During this time he had designed many well-known Coddington creations like ‘Boydster’ and ‘Boydster II’.

He later left the post after Hot Rods by Boyd went bankrupt. Then, in 1998, with his wife, Lynne, he started his own automotive design and product company “Foose Design” in Huntington Beach, California. Additionally, he began to rise to prominence as a reality TV star in 2003 after appearing in a TLC documentary ‘Speedbird’.

After that, he gained widespread popularity when he starred on the TLC program ‘Overhaulin’ in 2004. He also launched a line of die-cast replicas of many of his famous designs in partnership with the creators of Johnny Lightning in the creation of JL Full. Throttling in 2006. Foose also continued to operate Foose Design and provide design consultation 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 was also awarded the Grand National Roadster Show Hall of Fame in 2003. In addition, he was awarded other awards like 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 if 56-year-old Foose is married or not? Then he is happily married to his longtime girlfriend Lynne. However, he did not reveal the date of his married or past history. Together, the couple had welcomed two children: Brock and Katie Foose. Currently, he lives in Southern California, USA with his family.

Moreover, he has been involved in a few controversies or rumors in his life. He previously alleged illegal by police action against UP after he severed ties with Unique Performancein November 2007. Also, he was charged with rumor for cheating on his wife with another girl, but there was nothing to prove.

CHIP FOOSE: FORTUNE AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

After turning his passion into a career, he not only gained fame but also made a huge income. He seized millions of dollars from his business and also appeared on television. Hence, he has an estimated net worth of $18.5 million which he got through his hard work.

He is not only active on TV but also on different social media platforms like Instagram and Twitter. Chip has personal and verified accounts on these platforms where he shared photos of his work and family. He has a @chipfoose Facebook account with over 757,000 followers. On Twitter, he goes through the account @chipfoose with 159k followers and 1.2 million followers on Instagram .

CHIP FOOSE: BODY MEASUREMENTS

The reality TV star has an athletic body that stands 5ft 11in tall and weighs 78kg. Other than that, there is no information about his body measurements of chest, biceps, and height. Additionally, he has brown hair and brown eye color.