ZACH MASKELL: Scattered tools… freshly sanded dust in the air… the buzz of a welder. Our over the edge reporter Zach Maskell hung out at Foose’s shop… and checked out the set of his hit TV show. Hailed as a hot-rod god, his work has been featuring in many popular films, and he even helped design a casino. Working with his father at an early age… it was evident that designer/fabricator Chip Foose had a gift. But a man who needs no introduction… did just that. For me, the journey really is about exploring what’s on the way.You know, not too many people can say they painted a car before their 13th birthday. If I’m driving around the world, best believe I’m going to be liking out the window at the scenery. The Camrys reliability combined with the all wheel drive of the All-trac would make it a great car to drive around the world. Does anyone know how fast a Camry can go? People shouldn’t hate on it until they’ve taken it up to the top speed. Nothing has ever gone wrong aside for a relay issue causing the ac to cut out, and it burns oil because the engine wansnt broken in correctly by the people who had it before us, but it’s an amazing car, and I love it. My mom has had her Camry since I was 8, and almost 300,000 miles later still runs like a champ. I learned to drive in my moms Camry, learned to be irresponsible in my grandparents Camry on solo cruises, and just really learned to appreciate them for what they are, what they can do, and how reliable they are. I love Camrys despite how everyone rags on them. ![]() I’d have a overlanding tent on the roof as well and I’m really really bad weather, I could stretch out in the back of the car. I would paint the exterior with dark green bed-liner, and mount a light bar on the roof rack and rally lights on the front because I can and because no one can stop me. I would take a Toyota Camry All-trac wagon with a manual transmission and a few inches of lift. Six years ago, he was at a Toyota-sponsored event in Peru and drew a similar FJ40, rear fender flares and all. This isn’t the first time Foose has drawn an FJ40, either. He also adds some flare to the rear wheel arch to bring it in-line with the front fenders. He doesn’t change much, only deleting the fender-mounted turn signals and adding driving lights to the bumper. In any case, Foose is a superbly talented artist, and sketches his version of an FJ40. While there are similarities between the FJ40 and Jeep, we think it’s inaccurate to say the design of the FJ40 was copied from the Bantam. That vehicle became the BJ-series, which eventually evolved in to the FJ20, FJ30, and finally, in 1960, the FJ40. It had to be built in Japan, so it could be quickly shipped to the front lines. It never reached full-scale mass production.įunnily enough, enemies eventually become allies, and when the Korean War broke out in 1950 the US Army quickly needed an off-road vehicle. ![]() However, that vehicle was the Toyota AK10 (pictured above). Sources vary on whether it was in the Philippines or Malaysia, but they ordered Toyota to build a vehicle like it, modifying the look so that it wouldn’t be confused for an enemy vehicle on the battlefield. ![]() The Japanese military did discover a US Army Bantam Reconnaissance Car, an early Jeep made by the Bantam Car Company. ![]() However, that story isn’t quite accurate. Foose says that the FJ40 was created when the Japanese military found a US Army Jeep in the Phillippines, sent it back to Japan and asked Toyota to build a vehicle like it, but change the appearance. He’s not typically drawing Japanese cars, but in a series produced for Hagerty, Foose takes his pen to one of the blue chip classics that’s transcended enthusiast scenes and generations, the FJ40 Land Cruiser.īefore we get into the drawing, we have to make a correction to Foose’s FJ40 history at the start of the video. Custom car designer Chip Foose is famous for his amazing takes on American cars from Detroit’s the golden age.
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