CUSTOM

[Crossbreed]

Board warning issued

Sent: Thu Sep 09, 2010 10:50 pm
From: GP403
To: Crossbreed
The following is a warning which has been issued to you by an administrator or moderator of this site.

This is a warning regarding the following post made by you: viewtopic.php?f=41&p=164659#p164659 .

Yeah, I edited your post. Stop being a troll, I'm getting kind of tired of it. I have limits, and that crossed the line.

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GP403
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Well, fellers... looks like I'm about to hit the old... dusty trail...
I think the head honcho is mad at me.
So remember guys... DO NOT say what is on your mind. That is not allowed here.
Party on. The cool... stay cool... and the rest of you... eh, whatever.
See, boss... you can't ban me... I quit.!!
Peace, I'm outta here.

 

[GP403]

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For the record, that warning had nothing at all to do with -this- thread, but the post he made to the long-running "Customs Picture Gallery" one. Like I told him, I have limits, and when they get crossed thats it.

Now then, back on topic.

http://www.darrylstarbird.com/index.html

 

[kuruption109]

i know this my el camino is custom i have a unique front bumper that was custom made in steel.

thats point blank one SWEET @$$ ride...

 

[pontiacgp]

i know this my el camino is custom i have a unique front bumper that was custom made in steel.

thats point blank one SWEET @$$ ride...

I took a look at his web site and the car is friggen amazing. All the custom work fits the car and blends right in if you know what I mean.

 

[custom442]

Yall don't know who chip foose is. He is an artist, he makes computer models and has other people do the work. He does know how to work some metal and I'm sure hes an excellent painter (though he just hires people to paint for him). But you can't say he's an ed roth or von dutch. Those guys worked and built with their hands. Thats custom. Any 8 year old can learn autocad and design a car to have someone build it for him. I still stand by my opinion.



About the first 'custom' car in those pictures
"Unlike the original Deora-made from a Dodge A-100 pickup-the D-II body bore no resemblance to any modern car or truck. The body, therefore, had to be hand-crafted or formed, so Foose employed the talents of the Five Axis crew. Using digital data, a female mold was made to lay up the body in fiberglass. The body was then dropped over the chassis to determine the positions of the mounting points, the functional components and the accessories. As the body was being prepared for finishing, Foose's team of builders and the Five Axis team went about the task of constructing the D-II in the same way as they had built dozens of street rods and wild customs. Meticulous attention to detail was taken to ensure that the now grown-up die-cast could actually be driven. "
http://chipfoose.blogspot.com/2006/11/m ... ra-ii.html


And the second 'custom' car:
"Chip talked to Metalcrafters about digitizing his model and making a fullsize foam buck out of it, and by the time they were done Metalcrafters had agreed to build the car, as well as another 49 that it would sell to anyone who wanted one."
http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicles/ ... index.html



And about the last 4 in those pictures, I can build those myself if you give me the time and money. I wouldnt call that custom cuz I don't even have skills like that guy


I still stand by the orange regal early in this thread, is way more than foose has ever worked a car over

crossbreed- "HE SHOOTS HE SCORES"? what are you?

 

[pontiacgp]

442...I guess then it's not Foose's fault if the all the cars look alike as you said since it's not Foose who's building the cars... 😛

you may not like Foose or his "work" but he didn't get to where he is by getting other people to build his designs. Now that he has his name it's impossible for him to personally build what he sells for the time it would take him. Plus he makes far more money promoting products like Mother's than he could ever make selling custom cars he could personally build.

 

[jae]

After reading all the posts, I'm in agreement with some, disagree with others on certain points, and laughed my arse off at some of the comments.

Hope I'm not stirring up the sh*t-storm again but have a question regarding drivetrains & suspensions. Let's say we go by the definition that a "custom" car is one that the body, frame, interior, everything on it was designed, fabbed and built by the same person or for said person. But then the person puts in a 572 crate motor, 4L80E or Tremec manual trans, backed up by a Ford 9", GM 12 bolt, Dana 60 whatever rear-end. Is the vehicle still custom? Since the drivetrain pieces were / are available in a mass-produced manner, does this strip the car of being "custom". Also, what of the suspension pieces? If the person uses a Mustang II front-end, a GM Short/Long A-Arm, Mopar torsion bar, whatever, along with a 4-link, leaf-springs, or whatever, does the car lose its "custom" status? Tires? Seats, i.e. frames, brackets. Lights? The lists goes on and on.

And along with Foose, Troy, Coddington (RIP), they do / did the same thing. With Chip and the Boydster, is that a "custom" car or a "modified" copy? Chicane, is that a "custom", "customized" or "modified" Chevy Biscayne? When the Aluma-tub was designed, fabbed & built, a mass-produced LS-motor was dropped in it, is it not "custom" anymore.

My point of going on is, if only going by the "everything has to be one-off, non-mass produced, only spec'd & used by the individual who came up with it, idea not copied from someone else..." definition, dictionaries, scholars, everything and body else be damned, then NOTHING can ever truly be "custom".

How about we just use "customized" or "modified"?

 

[TURNA]

I think that azz in custom442's avitar was custom built !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


MMMMMMMMMMMM DELICIOUS

 

[Oldsmoletick]

Nah that was sculpted by mass produced gym equipment, You're thinking of the "custom tailored" (probably by her) mini shorts :lol: (Sorry couldn't resist)

 

[TURNA]

Either way still DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!