![]() ![]() Its a gorgeous car and you’ll hear Steve talk all about it this week on PowerNation. It rolls on Foose Wheels and Pirelli Tires. Anything Chip builds are beautiful dream cars. The bumpers are handmade and fitted, it has a custom Magnaflow exhaust and the rear wheel wells were lifted 2” and pulled forward 7”. Should be rollin on 22 dubs down Crenshaw Blvd, flippin side to side. The project won the 2015 Ridler Award at the annual Autorama in Detroit, and Im not surprised it did. It’s powered by the Corvette 6.2 liter V-8 and Chip added a supercharger. The deck lid is 7” shorter and the windshield is laid back 2 1/2 inches. Then the cutting started! 14 inches of length came off the Impala body. It was a 6 year project and they bought a 2008 C-6 Corvette from a dealer than stripped it down and dropped the ’65 Impala body on top of the Corvette chassis and engine. Ron managed to hold on to the all steel, original 1934 Ford coupe for 5 decades until he sought out Chip Foose to build him the vehicle of his dreams. Owner Ron Whiteside and his brother actually used to drag race the vehicle at race tracks during their teenage years. Ironically Chip had in mind an Impala concept like this and owner Don Voth owned a 1965 Impala in high school so it was a perfect match. Stallion has a colorful history for an award winning show car. Joining Katie will be one of the team members who had a hand in the build, our good friend and former coworker Steve Mank. This year saw competition for the award narrowed down to eight finalistsbut it was a ’65 Chevrolet Impala modded by none other than Chip Foose that took home the prize. ![]() This week on PowerNation we’re honored to have the 2015 Ridler Award winning 1965 Impala nicknamed “The Imposter”, built by Chip Foose and his team at Foose Design. In 2015, the hot-rod designer whose cars have won eight AMBR awards and four Detroit Autorama Ridler awards finished his ninth and final season of Overhaulin. This marks the fourth Ridler for Chip Foose and t. Foose Ridler Winning Impala!- 2016 PowerNation Week #13 The 63rd Annual Detroit Autorama selected this 1965 Impala, named the Impostor as the 2015 Ridler Winner. ![]()
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