The Rise and Fall of American Hot Rod... What REALLY Happened!? Where Are They Now!?

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10 ай бұрын

In this video, we go through what REALLY happened to the car TV show that started it all: "American Hot Rod." The show ran 5 seasons and probably could've gone longer if shop owner Boyd Coddington hadn't passed away unexpectedly in 2008. We will explain what happened to cast members
Mike Curtis, Mike Rowe, Duane Mayer, Chip Foose, and MORE! Watch til' the end to see where they are today!
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@georgekelly5338 9 ай бұрын

Working long, unplanned hours + back to back impossible deadlines = Toxic work environment.

@ethanedwards7557 5 ай бұрын

And an unprofessional manager who verbally abused the staff.

@alain99v6 9 ай бұрын

Chip Foose and Jesse James were not on American Hot Rods, they are EX employees of Boyd Coddington shop and were already having their own shops and tv shows when American Hot Rods started

@billybowbob2071 10 ай бұрын

It's not worth the money to bust your butt every day only to be dumped on and treated like crap. Never considering the personal lives of your employees is a common failure of the business owner. In the end, what did the dedication and abuse get them? The guy died and their jobs were lost. Look after your own life first!

@muskokamike127 9 ай бұрын

100%....the "owners" don't realize that the people are the business, without them you have nothing. I've worked with teamsters in NYC and Mormons in SLC, all over North America. I always thanked people for working for me (as long as they weren't F'ing me) and treated them with respect, and in turn, got respect back. I was the site manager of a construction site and had a crew of 8 working directly for me. When it turned out the paychecks were going to be late on a friday and not ready until monday, many of the guys were freaking out because some had child support to pay, some had rent etc. So I covered those guy's pay out of my own pocket. Word got back to the office and the president called me up "why'd you do that"? Me: why should they suffer for the office failing? The very least you can do is make sure they got paid when they were supposed to. "yeah, you're right, how much did you put out"? Me: about 5K. Word got out throughout the company (they had 4 diff sites going at the time) EVERYONE wanted to work for me lol. "damn, he takes care of his guys".

@chrishart8548 9 ай бұрын

@muskokamike127 wow lucky you had the money to do that. a lot of our managers get less take home pay after deductions. We the workers do standby and overtime. The managers don't they are taken off the standby. And they're consolidated pay so no overtime.

@muskokamike127 9 ай бұрын

@@chrishart8548 yeah I had MANY a managerial job that was like that.....waiting for a truck to show up on a saturday night while my workers were making time and a half and I was making zero. This one though, I made sure I was hourly, and I was putting in over 100 hrs a week.

@G_Machine_Joe 9 ай бұрын

The chassis builder with the huge mustache was the best...he did his job, didn't take crap from anyone and didn't mingle with the other guys. Stayed to himself and was MATURE.

@thesausage351 9 ай бұрын

Al. Yeah I liked Al a lot, and Roy, but I think everyone liked Roy. Roy was actually an old school guy that showed you how to do stuff. He tried teaching a lot of people but I liked him teaching Tomas the most, I think because Tomas spoke limited English and Roy was deaf, so rather than talk they just kinda motioned out stuff.

@ButterfatFarms 7 ай бұрын

Charlie Hutton was the best. Al was a decent guy you'd be lucky to work with him too.

@ArtVandelayOfficial 6 ай бұрын

He may have been experienced but he was a sulky b*tch, always crying about something

@7s29 10 ай бұрын

Dwayne treated a lot of the guys poorly on that show. PS: I thought this video was about the staff, you touched on a couple of people, some that weren't on the actual show, the rest of this was about Boyd.

@regandunn4850 3 ай бұрын

Dwayne was a little dwarf who would be on the floor crying at any other shop begging for mercy

@tedbiernacki376 9 ай бұрын

I used to watch this show with the ole mighty Boyd Coddington! I used to think to myself ..... this should be shown at business school ... and students should be told this isnt how you run your business and treat your employees ! 😮😮😮

@ducky1496 9 ай бұрын

A lot of great craftspeople got treated like crap on that show!!! Glad to see most went on to success!!!

@andrewwinch474 9 ай бұрын

The best guys got treated the worst.

@virtualscouser 8 ай бұрын

Dwayne was the behind most of the drama with the other employees and went running to Boyd hoping to score more brownie points by narc'ing on the other guys for any small infringment. I don't recall him doing anything on that show of value except give the network their drama clips for the, "On the next episode of American Hot Rod..." (cue yelling). Watch the clip of when Brad Quits, that says everything to Dwayne and his attitude to everyone.

@rogerw3818 9 ай бұрын

By the time the show introduced Boyd Coddington to the general public, he was no longer capable of doing the builds that had made him famous. It was the staff that carried the show. That show was all conflict, all the time. It was a perfect example of a toxic and antagonistic work environment. Like 'American Chopper', it was a show that became unwatchable rather quickly if you were more into the cars than the needless drama.

@chuckm6592 9 ай бұрын

Between Boyd's ego, Dwayne being an ass, the unrealistic builddeadlines, the drama etc, it all leads to unhappy employees. I still think there was something going on between Charley and Boyd's wife, since she was so upset when Charley left Boyd.

@richardmessenger9474 9 ай бұрын

Beat me to it..Charley was definitely giving her the good news....she was distraught when he left...👍👍

@NemesisRTCW 9 ай бұрын

He worked on her chassis rails, and paint n body.😅

@richardmessenger9474 9 ай бұрын

@@NemesisRTCW bet he gave her a good lube whilst he was sorting out her chassis...🤣🤣🤣

@geoff1971 9 ай бұрын

I loved all the cars they built but I hated the drama. Dwyane was an A grade bully and a a- hole. The only thing Boyd did was put his name on the completed car, nothing else. It was the crew that kept that place together.

@ButterfatFarms 7 ай бұрын

The crew wouldn't exist if it wasn't for Boyd. Funny how that works.

@geoff1971 7 ай бұрын

@@ButterfatFarms" It was the crew that kept that place together" Funny how I put that in my comment

@jailbird1133 6 ай бұрын

@@geoff1971he picked them, that's what a boss does

@mcats8 9 ай бұрын

Really could not stand Boyd. Making his employees work weekends and holidays just so some rich a-hole could debut the car at some show or event!

@knight2425 9 ай бұрын

Dwayne was the biggest a-hole on the show

@jkherd63 9 ай бұрын

Foose was the true talent, after he left nothing new came out of Cottingtons shop, it was just reusing the same old ideas

@diysecuritygear9594 9 ай бұрын

A boss that thinks it's funny to promise the impossible EVERY job gets old quick. Employees realize they're just getting usedto the detriment of their own happiness.

@mrazt3ca1 9 ай бұрын

Foose Signed all his creative rights to Boyd. Anything he designed became Boyed intellectual copyright. So he decided to leave AND take his designs with him. I think Foose was sued but ended up winning. Which is why Boyd didn't like him anymore, he felt the designs were his because Foose was his employee.

@Scrapla1 9 ай бұрын

Even Jesse James worked for Boyd for a short time.

@scythe5944 6 ай бұрын

That isn't what happened at all. When you work for a company anything you make on the their time they own, even new ideas. Foose also didn't decide to leave he was laid off after Boyd went bankrupt. Foose then made his own shop and hired most of the unemployed staff he worked with Boyd which lead to Boyd hating him on the show.

@jailbird1133 6 ай бұрын

That is generally the rule. If you design something for a company, they own it.

@ArtVandelayOfficial 6 ай бұрын

Foose is a snake in the grass

@williamduhamel7726 9 ай бұрын

If you’ve watched Wheeler Dealers when they filmed in California there is an episode where Mike Brewer goes to a shop and Mike Curtis helps him. I just don’t remember what episode.

@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391 9 ай бұрын

Was he machining spacers for leaf spring mounts? I can remember watching it and wondering why he had popped up.

@Hackett1066 9 ай бұрын

I still can’t fathom what the very pretty jo ever saw in millionaire Boyd😂

@richardmessenger9474 9 ай бұрын

His wallet..😂😂

@thesausage351 9 ай бұрын

Look at the guy, he must have had a slug like an elephant trunk.

@ArtVandelayOfficial 6 ай бұрын

Pretty? I think Jo was previously a Joe....🤐

@ethanedwards7557 5 ай бұрын

@@richardmessenger9474it was so startling when you would see her next to his first wife.

@richardmessenger9474 5 ай бұрын

@@ethanedwards7557 strangely she was still working for him doing the invoices and books.. 👍👍

@mauricecanney7472 9 ай бұрын

Met Boyd shortly after he realized he lost the rights to his name. He was always very impressed with his own "talent".

@mikethemechanic7395 9 ай бұрын

Was a green mechanic when this show was going on. I hated the way the mechanics were treated. My first 10 years wrenching was managers just like Boyd. Nothing but babies who would Scream and run around like a baby. These Baby boomers retired around 2009 on. It’s a 180 now.

@lauramildon-clews7850 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this and the ride down memory lane ❤️

@66kprdwd 9 ай бұрын

Boyd was a jerk to work for. I’m surprised he wanted to expose his dysfunctional shop to the public.

@chrishart8548 9 ай бұрын

I think he just thought he looked like a real tough guy. Truth is every one should have just walked out.

@scythe5944 6 ай бұрын

The shops that did these shows used them to prop up their small businesses. Both American Chopper/Hotrod made more money from the tv shows then their business dealings. Paul Sr had to fire almost the entire staff between the last season and Sr vs Jr while Boyd's wife had to shut down the shop within 6 months of his passing.

@JessieTheBeagle 9 ай бұрын

Unless the show was shot this way intentionally. Leaving out the lead up to the friction. It felt very heavy and saddening to see people treated poorly. People work to live. Not live to work .. The guy who wanted to drop his child to school be a touch late in the morning. But work excessive hours, weekends and more got talked down to. Shows the true character of a person. Sad on so many levels.

@thesausage351 9 ай бұрын

I have to say I would have loved the experience of working for Boyd, but I would have put Dwayne’s teeth down his throat after a month. He was a short man syndrome abusive prick.

@vincentsubmarinismo774 9 ай бұрын

Its a testament to Boyd Coddington, that he is disrespected even in death.

@nubreed13 9 ай бұрын

Yeah that shop was more toxic than a sewage plant. Even 15 year old me knew this

@hermangroenewald8751 8 ай бұрын

I think we can all agree , we all loved Charlie. He was a really sincere person

@hermangroenewald8751 8 ай бұрын

And Beetle Bailey

@ArtVandelayOfficial 6 ай бұрын

Beetle was a smart Alec punk

@nessie42786 9 ай бұрын

He had the cleanest hands in hot rodding.

@thesausage351 9 ай бұрын

You think Richard Rawlings builds anything?

@ArtVandelayOfficial 6 ай бұрын

Why would the founder and CEO be getting his hands dirty? Get a clue guy

@thenameiwantedwastaken 9 ай бұрын

I remember when this show first aired. I was so excited as I loved all of Boyd’s builds. Seeing what he was like as a person really took the wind out of my sails. His crew was great, but he was a bit of a dick

@taylorh3930 4 ай бұрын

I love American Hot Rod I still go back and rewatch episodes

@rickuyeda4818 9 ай бұрын

I couldn't stand Boyle, Dwayne and Blue Bear.

@triforcewielder8500 10 ай бұрын

Hola from Colorado Tuna No Crust!

@THROTTLEPOWER 9 ай бұрын

👍Great vid!!!!!!!!👍

@xeong5 5 ай бұрын

I only watched this show back in the day because it was on discovery HD and surprised they never kept the old high definition footage same with mythbusters.

@stephenmazak7028 6 ай бұрын

Great cars and great show

@crisestrada9964 9 ай бұрын

Loved the show for the Builds not the Drama ,I did get to meet Boyd at SEMA 2005

@Mike-ur1dj 9 ай бұрын

It was a great show I watched every season

@richardhaag3959 9 ай бұрын

Boyd was a prick be restless in peace

@connergallagher1815 5 ай бұрын

This show is very rare to find its not on sny streaming services

@woofaero 11 күн бұрын

What always piss me off is when the owner of the shop is credited as the builder, not the employees. This is the main one. The employees deserves the credit!

@jonbroden5035 9 ай бұрын

Im suprised people actually wanted to work there, their quality was garbage compared to kindig and some of the other shops. Boyd and dwayne were hateful to their employees. Although some big names came out of their shop, foose, jesse james, charlie it was painful to watch the show. The fact boyd wouldnt let charlie paint a riddler tells us everything we needed to know.

@charleswilliams8197 Ай бұрын

😂 Boyd cottington passed away from a accident st his home and was put In the hospital and then he died it was really hard to believe because he really was good at what he did with these cars for real now.

@careful__Icarus 9 ай бұрын

Well Boyd died right?

@user-uy4gr3bd3j 29 күн бұрын

I don't know why Boyd got credit when he never did any work and only drove his workers into the ground

@tommahnke 9 ай бұрын

Had a hard time watching the show. I get no enjoyment out of watching people being treated badly.

@bobmitchell8012 9 ай бұрын

Boyd was a Flog.

@knight2425 9 ай бұрын

Dwayne was the bigger flog though

@ArtVandelayOfficial 6 ай бұрын

A design icon

@adamberndt4190 9 ай бұрын

What ever happened to Blue Bear?

@ArtVandelayOfficial 6 ай бұрын

Apparently he's a grill cook at burger stand

@tylerstaudt4929 15 күн бұрын

One. Of my dad's friends, his best buddy bought a car there and he was looking at it before he bought it and that Dwayne came in and said what the f*** are you doing and my dad's friend's friend goes? I'm buying this car. I'm looking at it well. You're not allowed to do that and he said look at the sales guy. Told him give me my money back. I'm going somewhere else and. And and the sales guy had to have a meeting with Boyd. And said we just lost a good customer. So yeah, that Dwayne was an a******

@jay-jose9952 9 ай бұрын

Boyd had zero management skills.

@davidfisher3273 9 ай бұрын

Why use 20 words when 100 can be used

@chriskappert1365 8 ай бұрын

Boyd was a lousy planner , thats why his personel allways had to do overtime again and again , in the end this wrecks people , enough is enough ! 😡

@sicks6six 9 ай бұрын

Other good businesses ruined by a TV company promising heaven and delivering hell, American chopper, West Coast motorcycles, fantom works, counting cars, vegas rat rods, big easy motors, leepu & pitbull, carfellas, God-Guns & Automobiles, Jesse James Outlaw Garage and so on and on and on the list never seems to end there have been so many car businesses the tTV companies ruined through turning them into a TV show instead of a restoration and repair business, you can't be both,

@stuartloggins3691 8 ай бұрын

They didnt have any fun. I wouldn't want to be there.

@jackedwards7420 9 ай бұрын

How do you have 5-6 seasons when it was only on the air 3yrs!

@CraigGrant-sh3in 9 ай бұрын

Most of these shows do two season a year .

@jackedwards7420 9 ай бұрын

@CraigGrant-sh3in , yeah, I know, but to me 1 year= 1season, always has always will September - June ! They can call it what they want, but one season is still one season!!

@sputnikalgrim 9 ай бұрын

Boyd is what happened. That shop was toxic before the show ever aired. He stood on the backs of his employees and claimed greatness. He was a narcissist if ever there was one.

@jayrodriguez8927 9 ай бұрын

He died the end

@jason2533 9 ай бұрын

Boyd worked his guys into the ground and Dwayne was a workshop bully and asshole, all this amounts to a toxic working environment, many of the guys there moved on to bigger and better things.

@JessieTheBeagle 9 ай бұрын

Blue bear was right in wanting it keep original to the era of the frame. But safety is where b is correct on boxing the frame. Should have worked together on project management. Outline the car stages and needs, work out their differences. Educated instead of being kicked out but hey drama makes a show.....

@thesausage351 9 ай бұрын

Hey Boyd was paying for his car and his labour to build it! It was coming out of Boyd’s shop, and if Boyd said it’s unsafe and it needs to change, well I guess you either listen or lose your job and don’t have a free car built by a fucking legend.

@ArtVandelayOfficial 6 ай бұрын

No no no Even the most experienced guys agreed you have to box them..... If I was Boyd, Blue Bear wouldn't have lasted one day working there Arrogant little punk

@gunnarthompson4482 10 ай бұрын

RIP Boyd you show the world how hard it is to start and run a business, as well as how classic a custom vehicle can be as well as his wheels

@Devin-O 9 ай бұрын

Only thing he showed is lead by fear and be brutal to people dude was a grade A jerk.

@nubreed13 9 ай бұрын

Only thing he did was overpromise cars to people and work his employees into the ground

@tonysmith5112 3 ай бұрын

SOOO many inaccurate statements here. I was in the shop weekly, and this is not accurate at all.

@adriangarnham6084 9 ай бұрын

9:24 Jesse James had his own shop and show before American hot rod I think you're confusing him with Jessi Combs RIP who was on the show for a few episodes. Had he known that this would be his legacy and how he'd be remembered I think he'd have either refused to be part of it or had it edited differently, he was actually influential at his peak but was totally washed by the time this show was made and just using his name to milk people into paying stupid money for bog (automotive body filler) filled junk.

@thesausage351 9 ай бұрын

Jesse James worked for Boyd also

@TanDawg58 7 ай бұрын

If it wasn't for Duane, that show would have been so much better, but the double trouble Combo of Boyd and Duane made them laughing stocks of the car world. Id rather deal with ASSMONKEY over those guys

@budbundy5021 5 ай бұрын

Who cares where blue balls is today

@jamesanderson4592 9 ай бұрын

That show sucked

@kurtisstutzman7056 9 ай бұрын

RIP Boyd... He was one of the best...! Thanks, keep up your awesomeness and go enjoy some nature today...

@ronbelanger4113 9 ай бұрын

Like all the others, flash television. Crap places to work at.

@Devin-O 9 ай бұрын

In it's timeline that was top of the line customization almost 20 years later it may of aged well.

@NormanSilver Ай бұрын

Boyd Coddington super ego.

@Chopski64 8 ай бұрын

Garbage show is why. Too much stupid drama.

@jimthomas1989 6 ай бұрын

Dead Cottington , I never liked him ! Just the Cars

@user-kq4hf8se5b 9 ай бұрын

I didn't care for Boyd's face.

@jasonguthrie6153 9 ай бұрын

Couldn't stand Boyde

@dennismorgan3589 2 ай бұрын

Who cares horrible series period

@robertdavis5714 9 ай бұрын

Drama Drama Drama, Dwayne, lack of Restraint and Intelligence. Foose and Charlie made that company what it was. Boyd was so pissed-off when Charlie quit, and every right, he knew he was destine to failure losing his last Good employee.

@thesausage351 9 ай бұрын

And Mike Curtis. He was treated well by Boyd but he couldn’t deal with Dwayne either.