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Foose Coupe horsepower comes from a 392 cubic inch Hemi sporting custom made Hilborn Injection, or an available Ford GT powerplant mounted amidships. Gear rowing will be by way of a ZF 5-speed.
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The Foose Coupe rides on a suspension designed specifically for the coupe by John Hotchkis of Hotchkis Sport Suspension. Stopping power comes by way of a massive set of Foose-labeled Baer brakes.
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The hand-built car scales in at a mere 2,600 pounds thanks to a carbon fiber body on a composite aluminum and steel framework.
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A finished Foose Coupe sat between top- and not-so-secret concept cars in a far corner of the Metalcrafters world headquarters.
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Tucked into its own room at Metalcrafters was a Foose-designed 1966 Chrysler Imperial owned by Detroit Casino mogul Gregg Solomon. The full-size work-in-progress packs a modern Hemi along with updated Chrysler LX-platform running gear grafted in place of the original '60s-era suspension.
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Here's a Foose creation under construction with a Meyer-Drake DT160 engine in the middle of the chassis. Foose said as it turns out one of the few Meyer-Drake engine specialists in the country had a shop right around the corner in Huntington Beach, California.
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