On the set of Overhaulin with Chip Foose at SEMA 2012

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

On the set of Overhaulin with Chip Foose at SEMA 2012


Max and I were invited to the private cocktail party at the Overhaulin booth where they were shooting segments of the Overhaulin TV show.

Chip Foose
I've known Chip for going on 12 years and and have detailed a couple of his car creations. This year I had a chance to talk with him and also sign and give him a copy of my how-to book.

Jessi Combs
I also met Jessi Combs and autographed and gave her a copy of my how-to book...

Chris Jacobs
Met and talked shop with Chris Jacobs...

Wayne Carini
Met and spoke with Wayne Carini about cars and detailing classics. I told Wayne I have an article on how to restore antique and older original single stage paints like "Barn Finds" to preserve the originality of the car. Wayne was very interested in the article and gave me his business card with his e-mail and asked me to send him the link. I'm also sending him a signed copy of my how-to book.

Wayne Carini of Chasing Classic Cars

Tommy Thompson Jr.
Tommy was at the Overhaulin Cocktail party and it was fun to see him again and hear about his racing accomplishments since I saw him last. Tommy was one of my guests on Episode 6 of Season 2 of our TV show, What's in Autogeek's Garage.

Christina Davidson = Miss zMAX
Had a chance to meet and talk with Christina Davidson while attending the Overhaulin Cocktail Party, she was very nice and a great spokesperson for zMax.
(Sorry Matt and Bruno )

While the party was going on the were filming segments for a new episode of Overhaulin...

Chris, Jessi, Wayne and Chip...

It was a lot of fun meeting everyone. I only took two copies of my book with me and both Chris and Wayne asked me to send them copies and gave me their shipping information so I'm going to take care of that before the end of the day today.

 

[Yancy]

Cool, wish I was there for that! Cool that you got to meet them all, Jessie Combs fell in love with my parents dog, Lakota, when they meet her out in Moab Utah for a Jeep Crawl.

Yeah he is a rockstar, lol

 

[57BORNTORUN]

All work and no play makes Mike a DULL boy.Good to see you mixing it up with the HOLLYWOOD types.rops:

 

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

So thats where you went late Tuesday. I stopped by to see you then but Nick had said you went over to the Overhaulin set.

Looks like you had a great time Mike. Thanks for the Pictures.

 

[BobbyG]

Wow, talk about a star studded cast Mike!!

OverHaulin is my favorite restoration show period!rops:

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

All work and no play makes Mike a DULL boy.

Good to see you mixing it up with the HOLLYWOOD types.

Working a booth at any car show is a lot of work, the cool thing about the SEMA show is there's always something fun to do after the show closes at 5:00pm each day. Long hours for sure and lots of talking and demonstrating the entire day.

So thats where you went late Tuesday. I stopped by to see you then but Nick had said you went over to the Overhaulin set.

Looks like you had a great time Mike. Thanks for the Pictures.

It was a lot of fun! There was an open bar and really great food! Max couldn't make it so Jason from work went with me and took pictures.

(Thanks Jason! )

Wow, talk about a star studded cast Mike!!

Overhaulin is my favorite restoration show period!

One of my favorite shows too... Chip and crew are all down to earth guys and love to talk about their passion and that's... c-a-r-s....


After we left and were walking to the Monorail I ran into Barry Meguiar who I last saw at last year's SEMA Awards Banquet.


:xyxthumbs:

 

[Junebug]

I have the highest regard and respect for Overhaulin and their crew. And Jessi - OMG, on my list of people to meet and take out to lunch - as soon as I win the Powerball and can afford to do it "rock star style" as Vanilla Ice would say, come to think of it - he's on the list too!
Untill then, I can live my happy life through detailing masters like Mr Mike. I wish ya'll the best and thanks for sharing with us.

 

[Ray@Autogeek]

Too cool!!! :dblthumb2::dblthumb2::dblthumb2:

 

[RTexasF]

What a privilege to be invited and partake of their hospitality. I used to work boat shows from 9AM to 9PM so I have some idea of what you go through.....the big difference was if I didn't sell, I didn't eat! Thanks for sharing this with us.

 

[Shortspark]

What a great crew! Wayne Carini - my man!! But my favorite has to be the zMax girl, no question about it!

 

[Flash Gordon]

How cool! I'm watching the show right now!

 

[BillE]

I've ALWAYS gotten the impression that Chip is truly a nice guy. Not some sort of 'uppity' know it all with a bad attitude man.

Bill

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

I've ALWAYS gotten the impression that Chip is truly a nice guy. Not some sort of 'uppity' know it all with a bad attitude man.

Bill

In my experience talking with him at his shop in Huntington Beach after hours and watching him talk to others in public he's just like you depicted.

He's always been incredibly nice to me. He talked to me once about letting me do all this wetsanding, cutting and buffing at one time and I was game. At the time I was working for Meguiar's though...

I ended up having a guy come to both my Detailing 101 and 102 classes to learn how to machine buff plus wetsand to work on his cars about a year later. He didn't last however as I met this guy in the last year and he's moved to Florida since then and no longer details cars.

I've also trained guys to work on Jay Leno's cars. The normal story is a guy shows up letting me he doesn't know how to machine buff high-end cars and now needs to know everything.

Ive' seen the cars in Jay Leno's garage and well lets just say he's more interested in the motors. No big deal as most people don't know the difference between a squirrel and as swirl. Chip knows. All the cars I've seen that he's built have a true show car finish, at least when he's done with them. Down the road though it's up to the car owners to figure out how to "touch" paint without messing it up.


:xyxthumbs:

 

[bigmackmiller]

Very cool!

 

[57BORNTORUN]

My Daughter signed me up for the new season in hopes to finish one of my 57 Chevys that I have been working on and off for the last 20 years but I think they only take California cars.Oh well.

 

[SonOfOC]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

 

[RMM]

Chasing Classic Cars is one of my favourite car shows.
Mr. Carini seems to be a really nice man and, unfortunately, he seems to have a quite difficult personal life. Props to him for his great attitude!

 

[TheCougarGuy]

I met Chip and Chris several years back at Barrett-Jackson. He was there to sell a Hummer that he help build. They had to delay when it went across the block because he was late getting to the auction because he was with his son at his pinewood derby competition.

I asked Chris Jacobs if he was as down to earth as he seemed. He said even more so. I would have to agree seeing that he put his family before his job. Class act.