Boyd Coddington before American Hot Rod
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- Опубліковано 24 гру 2021
- We visited custom car designer and hot rodding legend Boyd Coddington in 1995 before his hit reality TV show "American Hot Rod" became a household name. We caught a glimpse of a '33 Ford roadster being built for Michael Anothony of Van Halen. Boyd also showed us the DuPont Smoothster which won the Oakland Roadster Show.
RIP Boyd Coddington 1944-2008
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I appreciate the oppertunity Boyd gave me back in 1982 when he then had his shop in a garage behind his house. It alowed many of us then to exspand our own shops and good customers.
I agree with Boyd being a self centered ego prick but most people who make it to the top step on people to get there. High skilled craftsmen have a differnt type personality than money freak bossy types
What a throw back, Boyd had all the right people at the right time..timeless rods still today,
So true Kyle!
Until he fired them or ran them off.
@@troynov1965 Yeah that was a boss that nobody wanted to work for!
@@rockettcustoms6266 it was a TV show.
This was my hot rod hero when I was a kid. My parents went to the NSRA nats in Louisville and met him at his booth. My dad bought me a shirt and had him sign it for me. He said that even tho Boyd was busy and completely swamped, he still took the time to make a kid happy by signing a shirt for me and that he was one of the most humble and kind “superstars” of the hot rod community. I miss him.
R.I.P. Boyd Coddington....
The whole process from the sketches, clay models and actual fabrication of these cars is so amazing and is an art form from start to finish. I grew up watching people like Boyd on TV and was glued to the set when they were on.
I only watched because there was nothing on TV. Fk me... American Hot Rod was such a drama show. Would've been better if they just showed the cars and the build processes and left the faces and voices out of the show.
@@Anonymous-es4jo Agreed, the second people started getting angry or flustered I would turn it off or watch something else.
I met him at Barrett-Jackson, his entire TV show crew was in the skybox next to me. He signed my program and took a pic with me. Cool guy!
I thinks I saw old Roy (RIP) in the background there!! Damn he has a good head of hair!! RIP Boyd, you Legend
What a legend in the hobby, great stuff Dennis, thanks for sharing! I met him in Rockwall, Texas. He was good friends with Scotty Gray at the time, maybe 20 years ago. The car that comes to my mind when you mention Boyd is "Whatthehaye" 1936 Delahaye. He had just finished it and they had it displayed at the regular car auction. A Car God! Long live Boyds creations (RIP)
Built for “rocky ?” As well as the red and black 55 Chevy which was forever breaking down
@@vinnieomahoney6359 Um no. The Whatthehaye was built for Scotty Gray
As a young adult I stayed with my brother out in California for a few months back in 2000 and we went to a couple of car show during that time & one we were going to, I was in a pissy mood about going to a show that was all convertibles and I thought it was going to be stupid. Turns out it was the Oakland roadster show and out of the hundreds of carshows I’ve been to it had the most beautiful cars.
I think everyone remembers him from the tv show which was really good
And you look at how many of the guys that were on the show have moved on and have there own shops doing
Specialty work now
Those were good times watching his crew build cars 👍👍
Wow - from the archives! When Dennis was just a high-pitched pup and Boyd had some extra pounds ha. He was a visionary, even saw an old Jag sedan in the background. Thanks for pulling this out! 🌲
Thanks Dennis, I always respected Boyd and his vision to create wonderful things. I remember reading about him and Lil John Buttera with all the neat things they were doing from the pics and pages of magazines.
Merry Christmas Dennis.
Some great ones got their start at Boyd’s. Foose being one of the most famous. I think he was the one that actually designed a good amount of Boyd’s most ground breaking cars.
From somewhere about 1988-90 on, I'm thinking. BTW, Chip learned his craft and trade working for Sam Foose- his dad was "in the mix" with Cushenberry, the Barris Bros., and so many more. I hope I live long enough to see what Chip's son turns out to be- I expect awesome. Boyd had some deeper problems- dig around, there are some interviews with his ex, Diane, and the bizz about his bankruptcy. He also went out of his way to damage others careers when they didn't swing his way. Boyd had a great drive to bring his vision to the game. FR
I hate billet and dechroming of cars, don't get me started on pastel colors
He worked part time for Boyd in the 90's. He didn't get his start working for Boyd. Lol. He got his start working for his (Foose's) dad's hot rod shop. He worked for Boyd redesigning/refining his garbage designs. Boyd would describe a car to him and chip would put it to paper.
Great vid, he was a true master of the art!
I remember he did a build for a charity, kids with life limited illness. Incredible guy that got the job done. I hope his wife and everyone involved is doing ok? Very sadly missed. Greetings from the UK 🇬🇧
Boyd was a true Hotrod legend. I loved watching American hotrod.
But at what cost? Was a terrible person IRL and one of the worst bosses, controlling and manipulative.
The most interesting part for me, is when he said he went to California in 1967 in search of hot rods but didnt find many. All the while he was probably daily driving a car we all dream of today in 2021. Just imagine the muscle car scene in SoCal in the late 60s? what a life.
They were everywhere and normal.
Great job Dennis and crew. Merry Christmas to you all
Awesome video!!!!
Wow! Work of art!
Boyd was very frendly in this video.
Great clip Dennis.
Amazing, one of my TV-Heroes back in the days (in the Netherlands)
Amazing how many people glorify this man that didn't TRULY know him....
Agree
Do tell
Reverence: portion of persona that seeks worship of something, anything... So long as it doesn't judge me.
Did you do business with him?
@@jamessimpson2674 no but I did know him. Guy was a total Dbag
Wow. Another great clip Dennis. Wish Boyd had taken better care of himself. What a talent.
Bitterness eats people from the inside out.
Car building is an overlooked art form and should be treated as such. Many of Coddingtons's cars should be in a fine art display.
Young Roy working crazy
Always watched 'American Hotrod',some amazing creations by some real talented Engineers
Also,the show was far more believable than "some" that are shown now.
Car Art
I’ve always enjoyed watching you Dennis , and did watch American hot rod , miss both of you guys on the tube , but we still have UA-cam
I'm still on the tube and in my 26th year!
Motor Trend - Saturday mornings at 8:30 ET.
MAVTV - several times per week.
PlutoTV - most all the time.
And of course everything's on UA-cam!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
I sorely miss his show and his personality. He was a true uncomprimising leader
Same here.
One day Boyd ran the dream job and next week his scheduling says you can't attend your sister's wedding. There are ways to achieve "uncompromising" than running over your employees. Others, notably Chip Foose, tend to bring on more talent rather than overwork the house talent. At one point Boyd hired a guy from Idaho who had a near mystical ablity to paint cars. Look into how that ended up. I'm not going to do the homework for you.
FR
@@fredericrike5974 Ok Karen. The choice is this: Work for a legend, or cry over your sister's wedding - Chippy Foose is just a copier of Boyd -
Merry Christmas Dennis!!!!!!
*LOOKS LIKE A PERSON DRESSED UP TO LOOK LIKE BOYD*
Jesse James worked for Boyd before launching West Coast Choppers. He worked for Boyd Coddington in the late-80s, where he further refined his welding and fabrication skills. It's during this time, he says in an interview, that he started to make his own fenders after work. He tells about how he made $700 in salary per week from working at Boyd's shop compared to making $15,000 a week, “Welding in my garage at night.” This was the last job he had before fully diving into just custom motorcycle work.
He did? I know Chip Foose did for a short time before they had a bad break-up and Chip went out on his own.
Crazy seeing a young Jesse James in this video.👍🏻
Merry Christmas - 👍 👍 🔧 -
I liked Boyd's creation and his TV show. I was saddened when he died suddenly and miss him and the show.Ummm Dennis you looked like you were about 21 in that 1995 video! Haha!
I will never forget that a bunch of us, mostly his friends played a trick on him at the O.C. Hot Rod show one night years ago. It involved his golf cart and alcohol was involved. We were laughing so hard that we had tears rolling down our legs.
Where did the Smoothster end up? Beautiful car, I'm envisioning it when the opti-spark takes a dump at a show. I hope they repowered it.
Super like,,, 😃👍
RIP Boyd! 😔
Not seeing an LS in any of that stuff made me feel old.
Was that Jesse James (WCC) working at the table in the bike area?
Bad ass cars
The T.V. show was the deal breaker. People throwing chairs, screaming at each other. Shop foreman Dewaine the knitt witt didn't know 2 cents about cars. Always high.
Right before the end, they build a red "57 Chevrolet for O'Reilly's auto parts. A friend had that car for a while and it was crap. NO fit and finish, things just randomly screwed together. Rattled when you drove it.
Imagine the viewer base that would follow a good car builder than was on for an hour without drama now. Duane Mayer was the common denominator of employees in that shop. He pushed more employees out and ruined more moral than anyone in the history of manufacturing. I can't believe how long some of them stayed.
Yet his car won multiple awards and some owner owned 2 or more of his builds. Today a Boyd car still sell for top dollar . That the quality of his builds
@@jcerullo5015 Provide verification of above stated post. .......waiting........
Looks like he did not miss a meal.
*AMAZING STORY, THIS OLD YELLOW CAR, CAME BACK TO DUANE IN 2021 OR 2022. DUANE HAS IT AND SAYS HE PUT IT BACK TO BOYDS ORIGINAL DESIGN. CHECK OUT THE UA-cam VIDEO. AMAZING TURN AROUND IN TIME*
Isn't it a little difficult to build all those cars in one room and worry about getting the floor dirty, or dust on the cars?
Was that a young jesse james working on the motorcycle?
HOT ROD'S BY BOYD =
SET THE BAR ~ Z - BEST
2:07 - Roy Schmidt on the left, the other guy with the dark blue shirt might be Al Simon, minus the beard.
Definitely Roy. I think it's Al, too. Al had the wicked walrus stache & goatee...
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Roy in the background
More like thank you Chip Foose
Hot Dogs by Boyd😆
Hot dogs by Floyd. His brother. I still have a t shirt
Videos en castellano tienes
Some of his staff / tv show acted like he was too harsh but he only got on them if they tried to circumvent his wishes - just like how it was meant to be - the boss was the boss - no room for mutiny to tske place or your fired
*LAST CAR WITH NO PAINT, AWESOME CUSTOM DESIGN. TOO BAD BOYD WASNT COOLER. DIDNT SEEM VERY FRIENDLY ON HIS SHOW*
I grew up thinking he was my dad. Lol
Great builder designer but a very narcissistic personality. Tried to screw so many people over, foose included, didn’t like it if his workers went elsewhere to further there own interests. I think he’d have gone bankrupt again as other builders like Dave kindig etc have come up big time
Lots of smart people who ended up leaving that shop and went on to much better shops and better builders. Coddington had a big ego and was a hack too.
@@rockettcustoms6266 foose, hutton, Curtis doing very well. As for the poison dwarf Duane, no idea. Big Jimmy works with Leno now, Jo, I heard rumours she remarried and the two kids are still doing Boyd wheels
Im more interested in the fact that Dennis looks the same now as he did then
I know, it’s kinda weird! I figure one of these days I’m going to age like 30 years all at once to catch up. 🙂
A young no tats Jesse James @4:22
If only American Hotrod focused on the craftsmanship and teaching of building the hotrods to us the viewers the show would have been much better without the manufactured drama of ridiculous deadlines.
It is decent of you to try and provide some additional perspective of Coddington. I will credit him for managing to pull together a group of talented people (which allowed him to take credit for all of their ideas and work). Look at the names on the drawings. Look at the design and style. That design eye belongs to Chip Foose, not Coddington. The modeling and process was taught and learned in automotive engineering school. Some people have actual artistic talent and spacial visualization skills. I saw him as a terrible leader because of how he treated people and went about 'running' his business. American Hot Rod only made him more outrageous. Of all the custom car people he was the opposite personality of the group who were all talented and nice guys. I did watch his tv show a few times but could not deal with his attitude and treatment of others. I do not miss him, at all.
The voice doesn't match his looks, on the show he was older, skinnier and smaller. The voice matches that Boyd in my head.
Man he was overweight, led to his demise.
This was shot 20 years ago. He slimmed down a lot in his later years.
The producers of American Hot rod did nothing for his compony. That show made Coddington look like a bunch of incompetent fools.
Hmm dont forget his son quit hated him as well as many of his workers
*LOL CALLED HOT RODS BY BOYD. YET BOYD NEVER WORKED ON THE CARS*
However Boyd may have started on his way to hot rod fame - he sure became a donkey along the way. I worked at Nicholas Chevrolet in Garden Grove and one Sunday he came in with a couple of his associates wanting to buy a commercial truck. He was not friendly at all and demanded that we sell it to him for a significant loss “because he was Boyd - and we would get great advertising because he would leave our license frames on the truck.
He built more of street rods and not a real hot rod. The cars he built just look dated. Kind of like the Easter egg bikes.
Shame he dumped his ageing wife for a gold digger !
Not a nice man .
Never really cared for Boyd's work, I read so much negative stuff about over the year's. Chip Foose is a much better designer & builder along with Dave Kindig.
Chip Foose made Body Coddington famous. Before Body hired Chip, he (Coddington) was just a average builder.
Then with Coddington hogging all the credit and not giving Foose his due, Chip Foose quit and started his own business.
@@josephmartinez8803 Verne Luce coupe and Jammie Muslemans car were both before Foose and they won multiple awards Cadzilla also.
@@josephmartinez8803 You should take a look at the hot rods built before Chip. Lots of people can put stuff on paper, It's the entire team at Hot Rods By Boyd that built and made the brand what it is.