Chip Foose Stallion
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Ron Whiteside of Huntington Beach, California took home the coveted Ridler award at this year's Detroit Autorama for his '34 Ford coupe designed and built under the direction of Chip Foose. The small-block powered street rod started its car life as a drag machine and is now one of the most prestigious award winning rods.
A stunning 1934 Ford three-window coupe, called Stallion, with over 700 hand-shaped modifications, was transformed from a scruffy drag racer to the winner of the custom car world's most prestigious honor, the Ridler Award, at the 2003 Murray's Discount Auto Stores Detroit Autorama, in Detroit's Cobo Center, February 23.
This was the first time the Ridler Award has been presented to the same builder two years in a row. Chip Foose of Huntington Beach, California, built the car for owners Ron and Karen Whiteside of Scottsdale, Ariz. Foose also built Bob Rydell's '35 Chevrolet, which took last year's Ridler.
Whiteside purchased the stripped-down coupe in 1965, when he was just 15 years old, to share with his 17-year-old brother.
"We got it running after 10 days of work," Whiteside said. Whiteside retired the car after drag racing it from 1972 to 1975, and It sat untouched for more than 30 years until Whiteside contacted Foose to give the car new life. The project took six years and assured the coupe a place in custom car history
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