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I just watched this episode and for the most part I love the car. There are three minor gripes.
Wheels don't look right for the car.
White Hockey Stripe looks a little out of place on that beautiful paint.
WTF is with the door handles??? The other two things are trivial. But this one, I couldn't believe they did that.
Chip Foose is very talented and I really like a lot of his cars. But those door handles on that Cuda are just killing me.
The reveal.
https://youtu.be/pr1huS5Azuc
The young lady co-host, Arianny Celeste, is a stunner.
I remember that EP and the cuda looked better before the build
agreed on the rims and door handles.... :stop:
On the bright side, he didn't pimp out the interior.
Quote from: Cuda70-74 on May 15, 2018, 01:53:37 AM
I remember that EP and the cuda looked better before the build
And Chip went against everything the guy said she wanted. If you watch her face in the reveal, she's almost faking her smile and excitement for the camera.
They took A near perfect big block gran coupe and ruined it :foul:
ya, it was better before the "makeover" , should have restored it, not modified it.... :barf:
I guess on the bright side the co-host is gorgeous.
Quote from: Jay Bee on May 15, 2018, 05:28:53 AM
On the bright side, he didn't pimp out the interior.
That's for sure.
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Chip has to realize his visions sometimes with his wheel choices. Very rarely to vintage muscle cars look good with shallow dish wheels. That's why late model wheels don't look right on these classics.
Blingy paint, PCpurple, should be matched with subdued wheels.
I don't know about "ruined it"
If you removed the hockey stick, changed the wheels and didn't eff-up the door handles I'd say overall the car looks very good.
I probably would have left it triple black and used a hotchkis TVS instead of coil overs myself, but all things considered that car is night and day different than when it arrived.
They also shaved the front and rear side marker lights. So they cut up cherry fenders, doors and quarter panels. How can anyone watch that and not :(' I know I did. the car had NO rust and needed NO body work. :alan2cents:
You have a point on the shaving, on my '73 I would like to. 70-71 is no real point with flush side marker lights. They look nice as it is.
Quote from: JS29 on May 15, 2018, 12:08:04 PM
They also shaved the front and rear side marker lights. So they cut up cherry fenders, doors and quarter panels. How can anyone watch that and not :(' I know I did. the car had NO rust and needed NO body work. :alan2cents:
Haven't seen it but sounds like I'd be pissed.... I don't hate everything Foose does like some folks.. But there are cars that really don't need his "Touch" & a Black/Black Cuda is certainly one of them....
Didn't even finish watching the video. :thumbdown: I see no talent there. This is not how you " Make-over "these cars. A little taller wheel and you could call them Wagon Wheels. Changing the door handle, :o shaving the side lights, :crying: silly stripe.... I would be turning red in the face by now. :verymad: I wouldn't let Foose touch my cars.
definitely don't like that door handle.
I do agree that taking a tx9 and making it any other color is a crime.
Especially when the guy said to leave it black. I can see putting a bright hockey strip on it or something to make the car pop a little but the more I think about it... I wonder if anybody knows the owners of the car, I believe they're in California.
Chip ruined another one. :crying:
From a purist perspective I get what you guys are saying about this particular Cuda. The main thing that bothers me about it is the stupid door handle... The wheels are easy enough to fix and I could live with the white hockey stripe and the cheesy GMA Cuda / sunglasses.. The rest of the car isn't so far off from a stock appearance.. I agree that black looks great on these cars, but the paint job isn't all that terrible..
Now the "TerraCuda" is a whole different story. This car makes me want to barf, no matter how much attention to detail / fit / finish there is...
I do like the car he did for Joe Rogan, Sick Fish, I think it looks very sharp.
Looks like a pretty cool car . . I'd own it! :clapping:
Quote from: ledphoot on May 15, 2018, 03:38:27 PM
From a purist perspective I get what you guys are saying about this particular Cuda. The main thing that bothers me about it is the stupid door handle... The wheels are easy enough to fix and I could live with the white hockey stripe and the cheesy GMA Cuda / sunglasses.. The rest of the car isn't so far off from a stock appearance.. I agree that black looks great on these cars, but the paint job isn't all that terrible..
Now the "TerraCuda" is a whole different story. This car makes me want to barf, no matter how much attention to detail / fit / finish there is...
Agreed!
That car looks bad now. It will really look bad 5 or 10 years from now when it is really out of style.
There is simply no excuse for those door handles. :bricks: :Thud: