Hot-rod designer Chip Foose sits with his Hemisfear hot rod, with a 1968 Camaro in the background, at Foose Design in Huntington Beach. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Foose Design’s Kevin O’Flaherty levels out newly formed steel after shortening the rear end on a 1965 Impala that is being combined with much of the workings of a 2008 Corvette. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A 1949 Cadillac Eldorado is being customized for a client at Foose Design. Foose has used clay to shape part of the front end before doing the final modification in steel. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A view of hot-rod designer Chip Foose’s P-32 Lincoln Zephyr, based on the design of a 1932 Ford Roadster. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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Chip Foose’s Hemisfear hot rod. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A view of the engine powering Chip Foose’s Hemisfear hot rod. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
