Chip Foose Receives 2015 NACE | CARS Top Custom Car Award

Chip Foose Receives 2015 NACE | CARS Top Custom Car Award

The award was presented to Foose and members of the BASF Automotive Refinish team at the recent 2015 NACE | CARS show in Detroit.

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Members of the BASF Automotive Refinish team accepting the Top Custom Car Award with Chip Foose.
Members of the BASF Automotive Refinish team accepting the Top Custom Car Award with Chip Foose. From left to right: Justin Griffin, BASF sales development intern; Marcus Grant, BASF sales development intern; Steve Shemanski, BASF customer care representative; Chip Foose; Tina Nelles, BASF marketing services manager; and Kate Kalahar, BASF customer care representative.

Chip Foose of Foose Design won the Top Custom Car Award from the Automotive Service Association (ASA) for his restyled 1965 Chevy Impala “Impostor.” The award was presented to Foose and members of the BASF Automotive Refinish team at the recent 2015 NACE | CARS show in Detroit.

The Impostor features custom paint from BASF’s Glasurit 90-Line in Impostor Pearl Dark and Impostor Pearl Light. This vehicle also won the 2015 Ridler Award at the Detroit Autorama in March. The Ridler is one of the custom car industry’s most prestigious awards.

For more information on the BASF Glasurit paint system and Chip Foose, visit basfrefinish.com/foose.

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