The funny thing is my father was supposed to leave. Were you in big trouble?ĬF: I hit the Rolls, and I shoved the Rolls into a Porsche. I have that grill sitting upstairs right over here. At twelve years old, that was my first accident also. There was a Rolls Royce sitting in front of the shop waiting to be picked up by the owner, and I smacked right into the grill and headlight of the Rolls. With my body weight pulling on the wheel, my foot slipped off the brake and I, standing, I stood on the throttle, lit the back tires up, truck lunges forward. I remember I’m pulling on the steering wheel with all my might trying to turn this thing because we’re just creeping along, and I had my foot on the brake. When he asked me to park in front of the shop, I was pulling in and the truck was just lowered with big wide tires and no power steering, and I’m using my body weight to try and turn the car, trying to pull that steering wheel. I drove all over the airport and didn’t miss a shift. He had his shop on the airport property up in Santa Barbara. I started getting in the passenger side and he said, “No, no. One day after work, he said, “Come on, we’re going for a ride”.
One day he had noticed that when I was sitting next to him I was pretending like I was pushing in the clutch and shifting it and letting the clutch out and working the throttle. When I was twelve years old, I used to ride to and from work with my father, and if I rode my bike to school then I’d ride to the shop after school I’d throw the bike in the back of the truck and we’d drive home. This was my first Speedshow and I was extremely impressed by the quality of the builds of the custom cars and the street cars and the owners and builders were justifiably proud of their achievement.Ted Gushue: Chip, what was the first car you remember driving?Ĭhip Foose: First car I ever drove? It was that black ’56 pickup that I just showed you out there. It was also a show to engage with the mums and dads and the crowd really did turn out on a rather fresh Auckland weekend – but hey, it’s the middle of winter. This was not a show about parts and accessories, this was a show about cars and all things fast! It was well supported by the numerous car clubs that had their race cars, bikes and karts on display. There were also some fantastic, if not altogether practical custom motorcycles, together with the 2019 range from Auckland Harley Davidson. There was a fantastic array of show cars, street cars, classic cars, vintage cars, wild, weird and wacky cars and even a reveal of the much-anticipated Toyota Supra. In addition, the 3M Print Wrap Film business, which is now part of Andrew King’s portfolio, demonstrated not only the application process but the outstanding results that can be achieved in the automotive space, by twice wrapping a Ford Ranger Raptor over the weekend. Fosse, as usual was extremely generous with his time.ģM was once again showing of their “latest and greatest” products for the collision repair sector, headed up by Anthony Borg, with several Australian’s making the journey across-the-ditch to support their cousins. The 3M Foose tour provided multiple opportunities for fans to meet Foose, get his autograph and have their photo taken – Carmine De Maria of CAD Custom was only too eager to be the “unofficial fan photographer”. Even Foose got caught up in the moment when he described the occasion as “sweet-as”!
The show included the Scoot Skate-Drift track which hosted, stunt bikes, karts, trikes, head-to-head racing, nitro funny cars, precision drifting and a cruise event that showed off some of the best cars at Speedshow.
I’ve always thought the Kiwis were a nation of petrolheads and over the weekend they came out in droves as if to prove it, which was fantastic to see. Foose also regaled the group with his journey from a young boy in his dad’s shop to become 3M’s global ambassador and international media personality.Īs the name suggests, Speedshow 2019 covered not only a huge range of all types of cars, but also motorbikes, jet skis, karts and a variety of motorsport from all over New Zealand. The tour kicked-off with a VIP function where Chris LeBlanc, 3M General Manager Safety & Industrial and Transport & Electronics (SITE) welcomed approximately 100 guests to mix and mingle with the team and have their photo taken with Chip Foose. Once again the 3M team excelled itself as the fans flocked to the ASB Showgrounds to meet the master. For the third consecutive year we followed the 3M-Foose Tour, which this time made its way to New Zealand and the CRC Speedshow in Auckland.
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