List of automotive customizers
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This is a list of automotive customizers effectively worldwide.
A
- Larry Alexander - paint & bodywork (MI), partner with brother Mike
- Mike Alexander - paint & bodywork (MI), partner with brother Larry
- Asami Amemiya - Mazda engines & 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), landspeed record holder and famous for his series of Green Monster racing vehicles
- Hans Werner Aufrecht - Mercedes-Benz, co-founder of Mercedes-AMG (GER)
- Gil Ayala - paint & bodywork (CA)[1]
B
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George Barris (left) with Blackie Gejeian at the 64th Grand National Roadster Show in Los Angeles, Jan 25, 2013
- Joe Bailon - paint & bodywork (CA), inventor of candy apple paint.[2]
- George Barris - movie & TV cars (CA), but also collaborated with brother Sam on the Hirohata Merc[3][4]
- Sam Barris - paint & bodywork (CA), collaborated with brother George on the Hirohata Merc[3][4]
- Gene Berg - Volkswagen Beetles (CA)
- Andy Brizio - hot rod builder (CA)
- Roy Brizio - hot rod builder (CA)
- Nick Butler - custom car builder (UK)
- John Buttera -nicknamed "Lil' John"; hot rod builder (WI)
C
- 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)
- Pete Chapouris - hot rod builder (CA), best known for The California Kid 3-window coupe, featured in the movie, partner with Jim "Jake" Jacobs in Pete and Jake's Hot Rods.
- Sid Chavers - award winning automotive interior designer (CA)
- Ron Clark - paint & bodywork (MI), partnered with Bob Kaiser in Clarkaiser Customs[5]
- 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[6]
- Ron "Professor Hammer" Covell - sheet metal fabricator and customizer (CA)
- Bill Cushenberry - paint & bodywork (KS)[7][8]
D
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John D'Agostino's The Caribbean
- John D'Agostino - paint and body (CA)
- Hans Dahlbäck - VW and Audi, noted for his work on a 900 bhp Golf Mk. IV (SWE)[9]
- Tom Daniel - designer of The Red Baron[10]
- Dick Dean - paint and body (CA)
- Bill DeCarr
- Steve Dinan - BMW tuner (CA)
- Rick Dobbertin - VW customizer[11]
- Brian Doyen - Hot Rod & Late Model suspension fabrication and electrical (CA)
E
- 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[12]
F
- Ken "Posie" Fenical - hot rod builder (PA)[13]
- Chip Foose - hot rod builder (CA)[14]
- Bill Frick - builder of Studillacs in the '50s[15]
- Brad Fanshaw - hot rod builder (CA)
- Ryan Friedlinghaus - owner, West Coast Customs (CA)
G
- Mike "Blackie" Gejeian - car customizer, racer, show promoter (CA)[16]
- 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
- 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[17]
- 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)[18]
- John Hennessey - originally famous for works on Dodge Vipers, founder of Hennessey Performance Engineering (TX)
- Art Himsl - pinstriping (CA)
- Mickey Himsl - pinstriping (CA)
- Bill "Leadslinger" Hines - metal shaper and car customizer (MI)
- Yasuji Hirano - Honda tuner, owner of Top Fuel (JPN)[19][20]
I
- Dieter Inzenhofer[1] - Porsche engine tuner, part of a trio that is ANDIAL (CA, originated from Germany)
- Ed "The Camfather" Iskenderian - an early pioneer in performance cam shafts for drag and dry lakes racing. (CA)
J
- Jim "Jake" Jacobs - customs, partner with Pete Chapouris in Pete and Jake's Hot Rods (CA)
- Jesse James - hot rod builder, also known as a motorcycle builder and reality show star (CA)
- Dean Jeffries - movie & TV car builder and pinstiper, credited with the creation of the "crab claw" style flamed paint job[21] (CA)
- Clayton Jensen - co-creator of Polynesian with Neil Emory[12]
- Robert "Jocko" Johnson - Jocko Liner
K
- Kikuo Kaira - founder of the Tommykaira company
- Bob Kaiser - paint & bodywork (MI), partnered with Ron Clark in Clarkaiser Customs[5]
- Bernt Karlsson (customizer) Custom paint & Bodywork (CA) originally from Sweden, featured on TV show American Hot Rod
- Edo Karabegovic - high end European exotics, owner of edo competition (GER)
- Wataru Kato - Japanese car tuner, owner of Liberty Walk, famous for modifications to Ferraris (JPN)
- Kousuke Kida - Japanese car tuner, owner of Signal Auto (JPN)
- Willy König - Italian and German exotics, founder of Koenig Specials, mostly famous for his work on Ferraris and the twin-turbo Testarossa (GER)
L
- Troy Ladd - Hot rod builder / car customizer, owner of Hollywood Hot Rods (CA)
- John Lingenfelter - GM engines (PA) (Lingenfelter Performance Engineering)
M
- Kourosh Mansory - prestige car bodies (GER, originally from Czech Republic)
- Jim Mederer - Mazda tuner, co-founder of Racing Beat (CA)
- Dick "Magoo" Megugorac - hot rod builder (CA)[22]
- Erhard Melcher - Mercedes-Benz engines, co-founder of Mercedes-AMG (GER)
- Chuck Miller—builder of The Red Baron at Styline Customs[10]
- Kei Miura - bodykit designer, founder of TRA Kyoto, famous for the Rocket Bunny wide body kits (JPN)[23]
- Steve Moal - hot rod builder
- 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
- Kazuhiko "Smokey" Nagata - Japanese car tuner, owner of ja (JPN)
- Akira Nakai - aircooled Porsche 911 tuner, owner of Rauh-Welt Begriff (JPN)
- Arlen Ness - hot rod builder, also known as a motorcycle builder (CA)
- "Real Ralph" Newman - pinstriper (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)
- Simon Norris - Mitsubishi Lancer Evo engines (GBR)
- Bob Norwood - Ferrari engines, best known amongst cars is John Carmack's turbocharged Ferrari F50 (TX)
O
- Jay Ohrberg - known for his work on creating custom vehicles for movie and TV productions
- ja - known for his work on Nissan Silvias and 180SXs and owner of ja (JPN)
P
- Ed Pink (CA) - engines
Q
R
- Andy Robinson - hot rod builder, better known for his involvement in drag racing (UK)
- Ed "Big Daddy" Roth - hot rod designer (CA)
- Alois Ruf - Porsche tuner (GER)
- Ring Brothers - custom hot rods and parts (WI)
S
- Frank Schonig - hot rod builder (CA)
- Bob Seawell - custom car builder, parts designer (CA)
- Jamie Shaw - bodywork, owner of Carisma Automotive and star of the British edition of Pimp My Ride (UK)
- Carroll Shelby - builder, factory designer (TX)
- Yannick Sire - Hot Rod and Off Road Fabrication (CA) Owner of Sire Custom Performance
- Alwin Springer - Porsche engines, part of a trio that is Andial (CA, originated from Germany)
- Darryl Starbird - hot rod builder (KS & OK)[24]
- Vittorio Strosek - Body kits, founder/owner of de and former collaborator of Koenig Specials (GER)
- Dave Stuckey - hot rod builder (KS)[24]
- Bill Summers - hot rod builder, famed for his work on Goldenrod, brother of Bob (CA)
- Bob Summers - hot rod builder, famed for his work on Goldenrod, brother of Bill (CA)
T
- Hideki Tanabe - Japanese car modifications, founder of Powerhouse Amuse (JPN)
- Katsunori "Dandy" Tanaka - Japanese car modifications and engine mapper (JPN)[25]
- Troy Trepanier[26] - hot rod builder (IL)
- de - Audi Quattro convertible conversions, founder of Treser (GER)[27]
U
- Takahiro Ueno - bodykit designer, owner of ja (JPN)
- Dave Uyehara - bodywork (CA)
V
- Ken "Von Dutch" Howard - pinstriper (CA)
W
- Arnold Wagner - Porsche engines, part of a trio that is Andial (CA, originated from Germany)
- Larry Watson - custom paint[28]
- Harry Westergaard - bodywork[29]
- Joe Wilhelm - paint & bodywork (CA)
- Gene Winfield - movie & TV cars, paint & bodywork (CA)[30]
X
- 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.[31]
Y
- Hiranao Yokomaku - bodykit designer, owner of Veilside, famous for the Combat and Fortune series of bodykits (JPN)
Z
See also
References
- ↑ Rod & Custom, 8/89, p.60.
- ↑ Ganahl, Pat, "The Candy Man", in Rod & Custom, 7/95, p.81; Street Rodder, 1/85, p.56.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Street Rodder, 1/85, p.111.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Jalopy Journal.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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.
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- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Hot Rod Show World, p.76. Peterson Publications/Hot Rod Magazine, 1976.
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- ↑ 12.0 12.1 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.
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- ↑ Hot Rod, August 1998.
- ↑ Street Rodder, 12/98, p.206.
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- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Street Rodder, 1/85, p.56.
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- ↑ Rod & Custom, 8/89, p.55.
- ↑ Winfield worked with L. David Ash, Dick Dean, George Barris, Matt Jeffries (from "Star Trek"), & 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
- 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.
