List of automotive customizers
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This is a list of automotive customizers effectively worldwide.
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- Reeves Callaway - Chevrolet Corvette tuner (CT)
- Bruce Canepa - exotics, SUVs, & race cars (CA)
- Bob Chandler - trucks, best known for creating the Bigfoot series of monster trucks. (MO)
- Pete Chapouris - hot rod builder (CA), best known for The California Kid 3-window coupe, featured in the movie, partner with Jim "Jake" Jacobs in Pete and Jake's Hot Rods.
- Sid Chavers - award winning automotive interior designer (CA)
- Ron Clark - paint & bodywork (MI), partnered with Bob Kaiser in Clarkaiser Customs[7]
- Boyd Coddington - hot rod builder (CA), creator of the Boydster
- Ron "Dr. Hammer" Covell - sheet metal fabricator and customizer (CA)
- Bill Cushenberry - paint & bodywork (KS)[8][9]
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- Hans Dahlbäck - VW and Audi, noted for his work on a 900 bhp Golf Mk. IV (SWE)
- Dick Dean - paint and body (CA)
- Steve Dinan - BMW tuner (CA)
- Rick Dobbertin - VW customizer
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- Vic Edelbrock, Sr. - pioneer manufacturer of aftermarket parts and speed equipment (CA)
- Vic Edelbrock, Jr. - continues the efforts and legacy started by his father in hot rod community and industry (CA)
- Neil Emory - co-creator of Polynesian with Clayton Jensen[10]
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- Dieter Inzenhofer - Porsche engines, part of a trio that is Andial (CA, originated from Germany)
- Ed "The Camfather" Iskenderian - an early pioneer in performance cam shafts for drag and dry lakes racing. (CA)
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- Jim "Jake" Jacobs - customs, partner with Pete Chapouris in Pete and Jake's Hot Rods (CA)
- Jesse James - hot rod builder, also known as a motorcycle builder and reality show star (CA)
- Dean Jeffries - movie & TV car builder and pinstiper, credited with the creation of the "crab claw" style flamed paint job[14] (CA)
- Clayton Jensen - co-creator of Polynesian with Neil Emory[15]
- Roman Johnson - hot rod builder (AL)
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- Bob Kaiser - paint & bodywork (MI), partnered with Ron Clark in Clarkaiser Customs[16]
- Willy Koenig - Italian and German exotics, most famous for his work on Ferraris (GER)
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- Kourosh Mansory - prestige car bodies (GER, originally from Czech Republic)
- Dick "Magoo" Megugorac - hot rod builder (CA)[17]
- Erhard Melcher - Mercedes-Benz engines, co-founder of Mercedes-AMG (GER)
- Steve Moal - hot rod builder
- Dean Moon - hot rod builder (CA)
- Gene Mooneyham - automotive supercharger manufacturer and engine performance pioneer, also builder of the famed "554 Mooneyham & Sharp coupe"[1] race car (CA)
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- Kazuhiko "Smokey" Nagata - Japanese car tuner (JPN)
- Arlen Ness - hot rod builder, also known as a motorcycle builder (CA)
- "Real Ralph" Newman - pinstriper (CA)
- Ken "Nomuken" Nomura - bodywork and drifting setup, better known outside his native country as a drifting driver (JPN)
- Simon Norris - Mitsubishi Lancer Evo engines (GBR)
- Bob Norwood - Ferrari engines (TX)
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- Kazuyoshi "Okachan" Okamura - Nissan Silvia/180SX (JPN) (Yashio Factory)
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- Andy Robinson - hot rod builder, better known for his involvement in drag racing (UK)
- Ed "Big Daddy" Roth - hot rod designer (CA)
- Alois Ruf - Porsche (GER)
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- Frank Schonig - hot rod builder (CA)
- Jamie Shaw - bodywork (UK)
- Carroll Shelby - builder, factory designer (TX)
- Alwin Springer - Porsche engines, part of a trio that is Andial (CA, originated from Germany)
- Darryl Starbird - hot rod builder (KS & OK)[18]
- Vittorio Strosek - European bodies (GER)
- Dave Stuckey - hot rod builder (KS)[19]
- Bill Summers - hot rod builder, famed for his work on Goldenrod, brother of Bob (CA)
- Bob Summers - hot rod builder, famed for his work on Goldenrod, brother of Bill (CA)
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- Hideki Tanabe - Japanese car modifications (JPN)
- Katsunori "Dandy" Tanaka - Japanese car modifications and engine mapper (JPN)[20]
- Troy Trepanier[21] - hot rod builder (IL)
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- Takahiro Ueno - bodywork, owner of Car Make T&E (JPN)
- Dave Uyehara - bodywork (CA)
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- Arnold Wagner - Porsche engines, part of a trio that is Andial (CA, originated from Germany)
- Larry Watson - custom paint[22]
- Harry Westergaard - bodywork[23]
- Joe Wilhelm - paint & bodywork (CA)
- Gene Winfield - paint & bodywork (CA)[24]
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See also
References
- ^ Rod & Custom, 8/89, p.60.
- ^ Ganahl, Pat, "The Candy Man", in Rod & Custom, 7/95, p.81; Street Rodder, 1/85, p.56.
- ^ Jalopy Journal.
- ^ Street Rodder, 1/85, p.111.
- ^ Jalopy Journal.
- ^ Street Rodder, 1/85, p.111.
- ^ Fetherston, David, "Detroit Dreams", in Rod & Custom, 7/95, p.58.
- ^ Worked on the Lincoln_Futura (basis of the Batmobile), and designed Hot Wheels cars.
- ^ [http://www.1966batmobile.com/spec.htm Batmobile site.
- ^ Hot Rod August 1954; Motor Trend Custom Car Annual 1954; Rod & Custom, 8/89, p.68.
- ^ Rod Action, 2/85, p.5.
- ^ Bishop, Mike, "The 45th Grand National Roadster Show", in American Rodder, 6/94, p.27.
- ^ Kowalke, Ron. Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975, 4th Edition (Krause Publications, 1997); Shaw, Wilbur. "Studebaker with a Cadillac Engine" in The Popular Science Monthly, July 1953 (New York, Popular Science Publishing Co.), pp.76, 80, 210, & 212.
- ^ Hot Rod, August 1998.
- ^ Hot Rod August 1954; Motor Trend Custom Car Annual 1954; Rod & Custom, 8/89, p.68.
- ^ Fetherston, David, "Detroit Dreams", in Rod & Custom, 7/95, p.58.
- ^ Street Rodder, 12/98, p.206.
- ^ Street Rodder, 1/85, p.56.
- ^ Street Rodder, 1/85, p.56.
- ^ http://speedhunters.com/archive/tags/Dandy+Tanaka/default.aspx
- ^ Genevieve Chappell
- ^ hotrod.com
- ^ Rod & Custom, 8/89, p.55.
- ^ Winfield worked with L. David Ash, Dick Dean, George Barris, Matt Jeffries (from "Star Trek"), & did work on Aluminum Model Toys & "RoboCop" Grant, David The Legendary Custom Cars and Hot Rods of Gene Winfield. Motorbooks, 2008.
- ^ Madigan, Tom. Edelbrock: Made in USA, Tehabi Books, 2005.
Sources
- DeWitt, John. Cool cars, high art: the rise of kustom kulture. University Press of Mississippi, 2001.
- Grant, David The Legendary Custom Cars and Hot Rods of Gene Winfield. Motorbooks, 2008. ISBN 978-0-7803-2778-4.