List of automotive customizers
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This is a list of automotive customizers effectively worldwide. A * 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 * Joe Bailon - paint and bodywork (CA), inventor of candy apple paint. * George Barris - movie and TV cars (CA), but also collaborated with brother Sam on the Hirohata Merc * Sam Barris - paint and bodywork (CA), collaborated with brother George on the Hirohata Merc * Boyd Coddington - hot rod builder (CA), creator of the Boydster * (Junior's House of Color) - collaborated on the 2008 restoration of * Bill Cushenberry - paint & bodywork (KS) * Dilip Chhabria - Founder of car customisation firm DC Design. D * Hans Dahlbäck - VW and Audi, noted for his work on a 900 bhp Golf Mk. IV (SWE) * Tom Daniel - designer of * Dick Dean - paint and body (CA) * Steve Dinan - BMW tuner (CA) * Rick Dobbertin - VW customizer * 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 * 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 F * - hot rod builder (PA) * Chip Foose - hot rod builder (CA) * Bill Frick - builder of Studillacs in the '50s * Brad Fanshaw - hot rod builder (CA) * Ryan Friedlinghaus - owner, West Coast Customs (CA) G * - car customizer, racer, show promoter (CA) * 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 (GER), famous for early example of fitting non-standard gullwing doors to 500 SECs * 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) * 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) I *Dieter Inzenhofer - Porsche engine tuner, part of a trio that is ANDIAL (CA, originated from Germany) J * 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 (CA) * Clayton Jensen - co-creator of Polynesian with Neil Emory * Erhard Melcher - Mercedes-Benz engines, co-founder of Mercedes-AMG (GER) * Chuck Miller—builder of at Styline Customs * Dean Moon - hot rod builder (CA) * Gene Mooneyham - automotive supercharger manufacturer and engine performance pioneer, also builder of the famed "554 Mooneyham & Sharp coupe" race car (CA) N * 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) * - bodywork and drifting setup, better known outside his native country as a drifting driver (JPN) O * Jay Ohrberg - known for his work on creating custom vehicles for movie and TV productions P Q R * - hot rod designer (CA) * Alois Ruf - Porsche tuner (GER) * Richard Rawlings-Hot Rod shop owner in Texas called Gas Monkey Garage. S * 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) * Bill Summers - hot rod builder, famed for his work on Goldenrod, brother of Bob (CA) T * - Japanese car modifications and engine mapper (JPN) * - Audi Quattro convertible conversions, founder of Treser (GER) U * Takahiro Ueno - bodykit designer, owner of (JPN) V * - pinstriper (CA) W * Larry Watson - custom paint * Harry Westergaard - bodywork * Joe Wilhelm - paint and bodywork (CA) * Gene Winfield - movie and TV cars, paint and bodywork (CA) 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. Y *Hiranao Yokomaku - bodykit designer, owner of Veilside, famous for the Combat and Fortune series of bodykits (JPN) Z
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