List of automotive customizers
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This is a list of automotive customizers effectively worldwide.
A[edit]
- Asami Amemiya - Mazda engines and bodywork (JP), primarily associated for his work on Mazda rotary engines
- Dennis Anderson - monster trucks, best known for his work on Grave Digger (CA)
- Art Arfons - car builder (KS), land speed record holder and famous for his series of Green Monster racing vehicles
- Hans Werner Aufrecht - Mercedes-Benz, co-founder of Mercedes-AMG (GER)
B[edit]
- Joe Bailon - paint and bodywork (CA), inventor of candy apple paint.[1]
- George Barris - movie and TV cars (CA), but also collaborated with brother Sam on the Hirohata Merc[2][3]
- Sam Barris - paint and bodywork (CA), collaborated with brother George on the Hirohata Merc[2][3]
- John Buttera - nicknamed "Lil' John"; hot rod builder (WI)
C[edit]
- Reeves Callaway - Chevrolet Corvette tuner (CT)
- Bruce Canepa - exotics and SUVs, best known for making alteration to the Porsche 959 to enable legal street use in the US. (CA)
- Bill Carr
- Bob Chandler - trucks, best known for creating the Bigfoot series of monster trucks. (MO)
- Ron Clark - paint & bodywork (MI), partnered with Bob Kaiser in Clarkaiser Customs[4]
- Boyd Coddington - hot rod builder (CA), creator of the Boydster
- Herschel "Junior" Conway (Junior's House of Color) - collaborated on the 2008 restoration of Ala Kart[5]
- Bill Cushenberry - paint & bodywork (KS)[6][7]
- Dilip Chhabria - Founder of car customisation firm DC Design.
D[edit]
- Hans Dahlbäck - VW and Audi, noted for his work on a 900 bhp Golf Mk. IV (SWE)[8]
- Tom Daniel - designer of The Red Baron[9]
- Dick Dean - paint and body (CA)
- Steve Dinan - BMW tuner (CA)
- Rick Dobbertin - VW customizer[10]
- Rick Dore - Famous American custom car builder and owns custom car shops Rick Dore Kustoms and Slam Garage.Also appeared in tv shows like Lord of the hoards and Extreme car hoarders.
E[edit]
- 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[11]
F[edit]
- Ken "Posie" Fenical - hot rod builder (PA)[12]
- Chip Foose - hot rod builder (CA)[13]
- Bill Frick - builder of Studillacs in the '50s[14]
- Brad Fanshaw - hot rod builder (CA)
- Ryan Friedlinghaus - owner, West Coast Customs (CA)
G[edit]
- Mike "Blackie" Gejeian - car customizer, racer, show promoter (CA)[15]
- Uwe Gemballa - Porsche tuner (GER)
- Gene Winfield - fade paint and customs and racing cars
- Burt Greenwood - Corvette tuner, brother of John (FL)
- John Greenwood - Corvette tuner, brother of Burt (FL)
H[edit]
- Wolfgang Hagedorn - Italian exotics, founder and owner of Novitec Group (GER)
- Christian Hahn - Mercedes-Benz, founder-owner of de (GER), famous for early example of fitting non-standard gullwing doors to 500 SECs[16]
- Hiroyuki Hasegawa - Japanese cars, co-owner and co-founder of tuning parts company, HKS (JPN)
- Narutoshi Hayashi - Japanese cars, founder and owner of Garage Saurus (JPN)[17]
- John Hennessey - originally famous for works on Dodge Vipers, founder of Hennessey Performance Engineering (TX)
- Art Himsl - pinstriping (CA)
- Yasuji Hirano - Honda tuner, owner of Top Fuel (JPN)[18][19]
I[edit]
- Dieter Inzenhofer[1] - Porsche engine tuner, part of a trio that is ANDIAL (CA, originated from Germany)
J[edit]
- Jesse James - hot rod builder, also known as a motorcycle builder and reality show star (CA)
- Dean Jeffries - movie and TV car builder and pinstriper, credited with the creation of the "crab claw" style flamed paint job[20] (CA)
- Clayton Jensen - co-creator of Polynesian with Neil Emory[11]
K[edit]
- Kikuo Kaira - founder of the Tommykaira company
- Bob Kaiser - paint & bodywork (MI), partnered with Ron Clark in Clarkaiser Customs[4]
- Willy König - Italian and German exotics, founder of Koenig Specials, mostly famous for his work on Ferraris and the twin-turbo Testarossa (GER)
L[edit]
- Troy Ladd - hot rod builder / car customizer, owner of Hollywood Hot Rods (CA)
- John Lingenfelter - GM engines (PA) (Lingenfelter Performance Engineering)
M[edit]
- Kourosh Mansory - prestige car bodies (GER, originally from Czech Republic)
- Dick "Magoo" Megugorac - hot rod builder (CA)[21]
- Erhard Melcher - Mercedes-Benz engines, co-founder of Mercedes-AMG (GER)
- Chuck Miller—builder of The Red Baron at Styline Customs[9]
- Kei Miura - bodykit designer, founder of TRA Kyoto, famous for the Rocket Bunny wide body kits (JPN)[22]
- Dean Moon - hot rod builder (CA)
- Gene Mooneyham - automotive supercharger manufacturer and engine performance pioneer, also builder of the famed "554 Mooneyham & Sharp coupe"[2] race car (CA)
N[edit]
- Arlen Ness - hot rod builder, also known as a motorcycle builder (CA)
- Richard Noble - builder and designer of Thrust1, subsequently famous for his "Thrust" land speed record projects (GBR)
- Ken "Nomuken" Nomura - bodywork and drifting setup, better known outside his native country as a drifting driver (JPN)
O[edit]
- Jay Ohrberg - known for his work on creating custom vehicles for movie and TV productions
P[edit]
Q[edit]
R[edit]
- Ed "Big Daddy" Roth - hot rod designer (CA)
- Alois Ruf - Porsche tuner (GER)
- Richard Rawlings-Hot Rod shop owner in Texas called Gas Monkey Garage.
S[edit]
- Jamie Shaw - bodywork, owner of Carisma Automotive and star of the British edition of Pimp My Ride (UK)
- Carroll Shelby - builder, factory designer (TX)
- Darryl Starbird - hot rod builder (KS & OK)[23]
- Bill Summers - hot rod builder, famed for his work on Goldenrod, brother of Bob (CA)
T[edit]
- Katsunori "Dandy" Tanaka - Japanese car modifications and engine mapper (JPN)[24]
- de - Audi Quattro convertible conversions, founder of Treser (GER)[25]
U[edit]
- Takahiro Ueno - bodykit designer, owner of ja (JPN)
V[edit]
- Ken "Von Dutch" Howard - pinstriper (CA)
W[edit]
- Larry Watson - custom paint[26]
- Harry Westergaard - bodywork[27]
- Joe Wilhelm - paint and bodywork (CA)
- Gene Winfield - movie and TV cars, paint and bodywork (CA)[28]
X[edit]
- Alex Xydias - hot rod builder and engine tuner (CA), founder of the legendary So-Cal Speed Shop and the first driver to achieve 200 mph in a Ford Flathead powered streamliner.[29]
Y[edit]
- Hiranao Yokomaku - bodykit designer, owner of Veilside, famous for the Combat and Fortune series of bodykits (JPN)
Z[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Ganahl, Pat, "The Candy Man", in Rod & Custom, 7/95, p.81; Street Rodder, 1/85, p.56.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Street Rodder, 1/85, p.111.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jalopy Journal.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Fetherston, David, "Detroit Dreams", in Rod & Custom, 7/95, p.58.
- ↑ Hot Rod Magazine online (retrieved 23 June 2015)
- ↑ Worked on the Lincoln Futura (basis of the Batmobile), and designed Hot Wheels cars.
- ↑ "1966 Batmobile Specifications". Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ↑ "The workshop". Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Hot Rod Show World, p.76. Peterson Publications/Hot Rod Magazine, 1976.
- ↑ "HydroCar". Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 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.
- ↑ Martin, Dick (February 2009). "Blackie Gejeian - The Story". Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ↑ Super User. "An introduction to Mercedes 500SEC Gullwings". Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ↑ "Dinos Saurus: Our man in Japan finds a fabulous 550". Autoweek. Retrieved 8 February 2016. C1 control character in
|title=at position 5 (help) - ↑ "Top Fuel of Japan - The Top Of Their Game". SuperStreetOnline. 27 January 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ↑ "Team Top Fuel with Voltex confirm entry". World Time Attack Challenge. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ↑ Hot Rod, August 1998.
- ↑ Street Rodder, 12/98, p.206.
- ↑ "Inside The Mind Of Mr. Miura - Speedhunters". Speedhunters. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ↑ Street Rodder, 1/85, p.56.
- ↑ "Car Feature>> The Dandy Tanaka Bonneville Rocket - Speedhunters". Speedhunters. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ↑ "All hail the mighty quattro – star of stage and screen". Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ↑ "Hot Rod Magazine's Top 100 Most Influencial Hot Rods of All Time". Hot Rod. 29 January 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ↑ Rod & Custom, 8/89, p.55.
- ↑ Winfield worked with L. David Ash, Dick Dean, George Barris, Matt Jeffries (from "Star Trek"), and 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[edit]
- 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 978-0-7603-2778-4.
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