Chip Foose's "IMPOSTER" 2015 Ridler Award Winner

[RaskyR1]

Re: Chip Foose's "IMPOSTER" 2015 Ridler Award Winner

Thanks for the write up, Derek! What at awesome project to be a part of and that car is simply amazing!!! Great work guys!

[Detail Werks]

Re: Chip Foose's "IMPOSTER" 2015 Ridler Award Winner

Thanks for the compliment guys

[Jarhead0754]

I thought goose was associated with mothers so why weren't they included on his car. U think that what would of been what they wanted?

[The Guz]

Re: Chip Foose's "IMPOSTER" 2015 Ridler Award Winner

Beautiful work.

[MagicHands]

Re: Chip Foose's "IMPOSTER" 2015 Ridler Award Winner

Awesome, awesome pics and not to mention the opportunity to be involved in such a project. My hat is off to you Derek and that A team that helped you.

[Detail Werks]

Let me start by saying thank you to all the people that had a part in making this happen, Kevin Brown, Jason Rose, Mike Stoops, Jason Kilmer, and Mike Pennington, this wouldn't have been possible without all your support.

I had the amazing opportunity to be involved in the the sanding, polishing and finishing of the "Imposter" to compete for the 2015 Ridler Award, over 200 man hours start to finish with the help of some of the best there is. What an incredible experience it was to work on a project of this magnitude with these guys not to mention Chip Foose.

So here is the beginning, for me anyway. The two pieces you see behind me on the table are the cross members for the engine and the transmission. The objective was to remove all orange peal and sand marks from all the surfaces top and bottom. I spent about 10 hours on each piece.






Next Jason Rose and I did the same process to the engine compartment.









Just to give you perspective, the car was being assembled as were sanding and buffing.







Once we finished the engine compartment it was time for the undercarriage.














No project like this can be finished properly without some custom made toys from Kevin Brown "Buff Daddy"





And of course don't forget your hand made sanding blocks from Jason Kilmer.



Now on to the top surfaces with Jason in the foreground with the New Meguiars MT300 and Kevin with his world renowned "Popeye" forearms.











Notice the bottle Mike Stoops is holding, M105 if i recall correctly (another KBM), to remove scratches on those one off custom built Foose rims and finished with Meguiars Finish Metal Polish and the Dynacone





Chip giving the Imposter the once over.



All said and done this is one amazing piece of art.











Sanding:
Meguiars unigrit sanding sheets 2500.
Meguiars unigrit sanding discs 1500 sanding, 1500 foam finishing and 3000 foam finishing.
Compound:
Meguiars M101,M100 with Meguiars MF cutting discs.
Polish:
Meguiars M205 with Meguiars DA thin foam finishing disc.

Thanks for viewing.