List of automotive customizers

This is a list of automotive customizers effectively worldwide.
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* 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)
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* 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.
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* 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.
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* 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
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* - 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)
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* - 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)
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* 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)
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*Dieter Inzenhofer - Porsche engine tuner, part of a trio that is ANDIAL (CA, originated from Germany)
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* 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)
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* 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)
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* Jay Ohrberg - known for his work on creating custom vehicles for movie and TV productions
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* - hot rod designer (CA)
* Alois Ruf - Porsche tuner (GER)
* Richard Rawlings-Hot Rod shop owner in Texas called Gas Monkey Garage.
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* 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)
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* - Japanese car modifications and engine mapper (JPN)
* - Audi Quattro convertible conversions, founder of Treser (GER)
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* Takahiro Ueno - bodykit designer, owner of (JPN)
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* - pinstriper (CA)
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* Larry Watson - custom paint
* Harry Westergaard - bodywork
* Joe Wilhelm - paint and bodywork (CA)
* Gene Winfield - movie and TV cars, paint and bodywork (CA)
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* 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.
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*Hiranao Yokomaku - bodykit designer, owner of Veilside, famous for the Combat and Fortune series of bodykits (JPN)
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