Who was the “King of Hot Rods” Boyd Coddington? RIP

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If you ever came across the TLC reality series entitled “American Hot Rod,” the chances are that you know who Body Coddington was. Even if you never watched an episode of his show, Boyd made a name for himself in the automotive industry, as one of the best hot rod designers. His innovational genius and particular approach to building hot rods, consistent quality of his work, set him apart from other designers, and paved the path for his long successful career.
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@joetallon4968 Жыл бұрын

He was the poster person for how not to treat your employees!

@karrpilot7092 Жыл бұрын

I worked for a few bosses like him. Some not for long. When a boss treats you like that and won't listen to you, it's time to go.

@gingernutpreacher Жыл бұрын

Was going to say that you can only burn the candle at both ends so many times people that work for foose speak the opposite

@autodidact537 Жыл бұрын

Enzo Ferrari was the same.

@michaeladamo6279 Жыл бұрын

@@autodidact537 really? I would have thought he would have been good to his people!

@gnm109 Жыл бұрын

@@michaeladamo6279 In case you are not kidding, Boyd treated his employees as enemies. He would alway berate them and Dwayne was the same.

@johngurney1069 Жыл бұрын

he may have designed the cars but the most talented people were the ones making the design come true, without them it would never have been built.

@graeme8800 Жыл бұрын

If Boyd and Dwayne watched their own show they would see what a couple of a......s they really were. Working there would suck the life out of you.

@Sam808Sch Жыл бұрын

Yikes. The show was painful to watch. The tension with his workers was very noticeable.

@robh3267 Жыл бұрын

Boyd was his own worst enemy, he never put himself in other people's shoes and in the end no one could stand to work for him, his biggest and worst problems were not complicated or hard to figure out, he just chose not to see them, when someone holds a grudge for life against someone else who has enough self respect to no longer take that person's abuse that grudge is a way of hiding from the truth about what kind of a person they really are, Boyd hated the fact that Chip didn't need to put up with his abuse and became more successful than Boyd was.

@ArtVandelayOfficial Жыл бұрын

Chip was a snake in the grass

@tommychicago1381 Жыл бұрын

I met Boyd @ Barrett-Jackson. He was there with his entire crew in the skybox adjacent to the one I was in. I was chattng with him a bit, then he signed my auction book on the full page of his car for salethat he had in the auction. Then he took a picture with me. A few months later, he passed. I still have the autograph & picture. What a cool guy, may he rest in peace.

@Johnmartins648 11 ай бұрын

How much did his car go for? Was he happy with the result?

@marcstephan7650 Жыл бұрын

He had questional business practices but I appreciate that back in the mid 1980's he outsourced work to my shop. That gave me reconation advancing my place in the click with in the custom car industry at that time. Many people ended up disliking him because of how he used up people.

@darwinxke2827 Жыл бұрын

It’s “recognition “ and “ clique”. I’m great at English. I cannot change my own oil, but I can spell (eh?). Who is this “Chip” dick?

@thomasschiller5197 Жыл бұрын

Towards the end , his help jumped ship ,not wanting to meet the crazy deadlines and lack of practical designs .who wants to work for a guy who didn't get his hands dirty and soak up all the glory at unveiling.even at the end the craftsmen who actually built them left without telling him ,just pulling their tools after dealing with the jerk of a shop supervisor

@rickarra1833 Жыл бұрын

While I agree with most everything you mention, at the time of the TV show, he was older, health failing, and running a business. However, his hands were dirty for years.

@rickarra1833 Жыл бұрын

The guy who lucked out, now works for Jay Leno. That's a great gig

@williambozynski1176 Жыл бұрын

You sure are right about that shop supervisor. I couldn't work for a guy like that and Boyd allowed that behavior to continue.

@norb0254 Жыл бұрын

He didn't have to get his hands dirty anymore ,he created a business and could employ highly skilled people to bring the projects to life ...I would imagine working with him would have been worse than working for him

@stevenmarcinkowski8577 Жыл бұрын

Yep. He was a prick

@lashawnthomas557 Жыл бұрын

RIH Boyd. He had high standards for his customers cars he built. You can’t argue with that!!

@digitalchaos1980 Жыл бұрын

Is that acronym for Rest In Heaven, or Rest In Hell? Lol

@619erify Жыл бұрын

Mine is BIH (Burn in Hell)

@gnm109 Жыл бұрын

Wow, talk about a hostile workplace. Boyd was a good designer but a terrible boss. Dwayne was just mean. Compare Boyd's relationship to his employees to Dave Kindig's on Bitchin' Rides.

@raymondtuckerjr1886 Жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this video, glad I found it. I've enjoyed Boyd forever, and miss his presence in "Car guy world" and he's irreplaceable. The "Boyd Look" endures everywhere you look. RIP 🙏

@gnm109 Жыл бұрын

But he was nasty.

@johnfellows2867 Жыл бұрын

@@gnm109 And thats putting it mildly !

@joelincoln3529 Жыл бұрын

I watched to the end... truly the best

@teraann8399 Жыл бұрын

I would nominate Gene Winfield as ten times the Hot-Rodder and ten times the man.

@lilorbielilorbie2496 Жыл бұрын

Tera Ann And at 90 something years old Mr. Winfield is still building/painting cars in the California desert.

@buzzedalldrink9131 Жыл бұрын

I second that, brother

@jimmyfleetwood1118 Жыл бұрын

I've met Gene. He is a good guy. We have remember, he's from a different generation...a better generation.

@buzzedalldrink9131 Жыл бұрын

@@jimmyfleetwood1118 I would live to meet him seems like a wonderful person Not many like him around thats for sure

@jimmyfleetwood1118 Жыл бұрын

@@buzzedalldrink9131 He treated me right. I met him at the debut of the (then) recently restored "jade Idol" at the Oakland Roadster Show. He kindly let me sit in the car (in the display) and wasn't short with his time.

@dashobie 6 ай бұрын

Love everyone of Boyd's creations.

@chassetterfield9559 Жыл бұрын

The programs were always interesting, but later series were marred by the absurd time schedules that were apparently applied to projects, to create 'jeopardy' for the benefit of the film makers ( no doubt like the frequent arguments & fights that broke out ). As someone committed to perfection as he clearly was, it is crazy that he should compromise something that is going out with his name on it, by skimping, or cutting corners, in order to meet an unrealistic schedule.

@roymartin4771 Жыл бұрын

Quite frankly i thought he and his shop manager were royal pricks.

@f1kwa399 Жыл бұрын

A lot of talented guys got their foot on the hot rod ladder through working for Boyd, personally I always looked forward to visiting the shop every first Saturday of the month, those were special times I’ll not forget. I’ve yet to wear a new black Boyd Coddington “shop - T” I bought myself, maybe one day there’ll be an occasion…

@sarahelhussein127 Жыл бұрын

My all time favorite channel

@lovett1200 Жыл бұрын

I think we watched every episode of American Hot Rod...it was very interesting...still miss those guys...

@billdouglas6561 Жыл бұрын

It's great to see his sons are carrying on the tradition !! Just don't happen much in this world today. No one wants to work anymore !!!

@atrem7942 Жыл бұрын

No Sir, no one wants or needs to get screamed at the all the live long day. It is fucking car shop not the army or prison. Create a positive environment, don't over ask your employees on a regular basis. Let them have their own free time a day of if needed.

@scottmeeker9971 Жыл бұрын

Sweat shop. I worked in sweat shops for 20 years. It sucks. Boyd cared more about making money than treating his employees like human beings. A good company can be lucrative AND treat it's employees fair.

@richardtrow2751 Жыл бұрын

Loved American hot rod 👌 watched every episode some amazing car's and characters .

@danieleaton1399 Жыл бұрын

Use to watch his program but when the crazy deadline's came in it's no surprise people had to leave

@craigmonteforte1478 Жыл бұрын

I never thought of Boyd being a great Automobile Designer , more of a smart business man Yes and as most Machinists are very good at attention to Details and high Quality Boyd was great at putting great talented people together and Promoting his Products and making Profits Boyd was one heck of a Awesome Promoter and Marketing. he stayed on top of Technolgy and wasn’t afraid to Invest large sums of money into it that he turned into Money-making ideas way after Boyd has beenGone all the Men and Women associated with Boyd Coddington will be Legends in the Automotive Industry

@rayanhellani3680 Жыл бұрын

Always on top as usual

@dandrake1372 Жыл бұрын

He built the 57 Chevy promotion car for Oreilly Auto Parts. The Chubster! Was given away at the Oreilly manager conference. I was there and got to meet Boyd and his wife. Great time.

@salimamahmoud9158 Жыл бұрын

Keep posting videos like this

@velvetjones1856 Жыл бұрын

In the beginning, Boyd was setting a new trend with clean designs having a throwback look with modern components. By the time Boyd was on TV, the designs were not really original with a lot of cookie cutter designs. Boyd didn't give credit to his employees like Foose, his painter and Mike. He drove them away with unrealistic deadlines and treated them like dirt. He always called Foose the enemy.

@peterbarber7613 Жыл бұрын

velvet Jones. In the beginning Boyd wasn't doing the designing Foose was

@velvetjones1856 Жыл бұрын

@@peterbarber7613 Very true.

@qmzlimlk5577 Жыл бұрын

It's admirable not just sublime!

@3_Gold_Coins Жыл бұрын

I was lucky enough to meet Boyd, and see the La Habra shop.

@jessyaoun7156 Жыл бұрын

Great video keep going

@alan8887 Жыл бұрын

I remember Boyd. Beautiful car fabrication but the worst boss ever. I wouldn't buy one of Boyd's cars because whoever built it was miserable working on it.

@jeffmessenger6294 Жыл бұрын

I watched till the end.

@townhall05446 Жыл бұрын

I remember that when that town brought a '58 (?) Plymouth Fury out of the underground vault where it had been for 50 years, Boyd was there to help get the car running and driving. I think it must have disgusted him to see what had been allowed to happen to it, with the whole car having spent a long time completely submerged.

@deanmarskell1518 Жыл бұрын

Rip Boyd I watched American hot rod on telly when I got home from work lots of great cars one that sticks in my memory was junkyard Dog 👍

@scubatrucker6806 Жыл бұрын

Great hot rod builder.😎

@lyleminyard2308 Жыл бұрын

I watch till the end

@farahmsharafieh4234 Жыл бұрын

This is so interesting

@thomashenniger2070 Жыл бұрын

I watched till the end

@iansaunders8694 Жыл бұрын

He was only a legend in his own mind.

@spooge33 Жыл бұрын

If you were introduced to Boyd via American Hot Rod like myself, you saw A-hole 1, and A-hole 2, running the shop. Unwatchable.

@THROTTLEPOWER Жыл бұрын

Always hooked up with Boyd every year in Indy at the Goodguys show, he was one heck of a Machinist and car builder!! 🙂 Always liked his wheels too, great vid, really enjoyed!!!!👍

@peterbarber7613 Жыл бұрын

THROTTLE POWER. Pitty he never actually worked on the cars.

@TommyRibs Жыл бұрын

Bottom Line, Boyd cared more about the cars then he did his own people. He had some amazing people that he was blessed to have there, and he let Dwayne chase them away.

@josephrogers9701 Жыл бұрын

His feud with Foose after Chip left was hateful. When Boyd was dying he tried to make amends. He realized how wrong he was.

@gingernutpreacher Жыл бұрын

Never knew that any think I can look at

@ArtVandelayOfficial Жыл бұрын

Foose backstabbed him and stole his employees

@glusnifr Жыл бұрын

i watched till the end

@tomlanore4283 Жыл бұрын

I watched maybe 6 or 7 episodes on his show. His staff did everything. He would give the artist an idea for a car. Then the artist would draw it up until it was approved. Then his other minions went to work building the car. He pretty much just walked around cracking the whip. So to say the cars built by him is a joke. The real craftsman never were included. But then again all car designers do the same thing.

@stevenmarcinkowski8577 Жыл бұрын

Lest we forget Duane the shop snitch

@donaldgarrison4313 Жыл бұрын

Love that !! What happened

@normanwyatt8761 Жыл бұрын

Boyd built some great cars but watching his show would stress me out with the constant bickering, arguing, firing employees, etc., etc.........It wasn't a happy show for sure.........

@tb-yz1ti Жыл бұрын

Good luck guys 🇦🇺🇺🇸✌️👍

@yensabi Жыл бұрын

Watched every episode back in the day and enjoyed them , later down the line Boyd gave his crew too many crazy deadlines probably due to TV sponsorship telling him what they wanted and sadly most of the top crew members left . The only one I despised was Dwayne , he was stuck up Boyds arse so far it was unreal and I think most of the guys hated him..... My favourite character was old Skool metal man Roy , he didn't give a shit and just turned up and did his job with a lot of pranks along the way , I remember the episode Boyd announced Roy's passing , I must admit I had tears in my eyes..

@regandunn4850 Жыл бұрын

His dwarf foreman would be thrown into the street if he pulled his crap around me

@johnbroomer3285 Жыл бұрын

I didn’t know anything about him until I started watching that show. I don’t know if he played the part for the show or not, but that basically meant that anyone who knew him only through it would think he was an a**hole. Not necessarily the legacy you want for yourself, especially when you exit this life early.

@crisestrada9964 Жыл бұрын

I met him at SEMA when "Junkyard Dog " was unvailed he was a Cool Dude but high strung ,there is a Sport truck magazine in which Chip Foose revals what realy happened, Met Chip Foose March 2015

@mc4492 Жыл бұрын

How is Foose as a person?..

@lasalleman6792 Жыл бұрын

I remember years ago he was working on a 57 Chevrolet station-wagon that he installed a corvette independent rear suspension on. I wonder whatever happened to that car.

@TarenGibson Жыл бұрын

TDG #1 FULLSUPPORT TLC BIG FAX

@michaelalan1270 Жыл бұрын

he was a horrible boss and his shop foreman was a real sob. He was vengeful to anyone who left him, especially the ones who went to work for his rivals like Chip Foose, a very nice guy.

@jimmac1953 Жыл бұрын

Chi[ designed and built Boyd's best cars.

@ArtVandelayOfficial Жыл бұрын

It was just a TV show, scripted

@joeseczulaica3053 Жыл бұрын

I hope that his sons will continue his legacy , Love his Show

@scottmeeker9971 Жыл бұрын

@trucker8084 Жыл бұрын

Boyd was the same type of designer that most of these shows have in common sits behind a desk draws a car and many other very skilled and talented Machinist and mechanics make the car he probably didn't know the difference between a socket wrench and a screwdriver. And after reading many articles and watching many stories on him he was well known for being quite an a******...

@norb0254 Жыл бұрын

It did say at the beginning he was a machinist ,and initally built cars by himself ,so probably know the difference between a screwdriver and socket wrench...

@stevenmarcinkowski8577 Жыл бұрын

Chip Foose had him faded

@lilorbielilorbie2496 Жыл бұрын

Trucker808! He used to be a machinist for Disney Land.

@dewightkey6975 Жыл бұрын

He had a good show

@glennnickerson8438 Жыл бұрын

Real life or Reality TV? The lure of stardom has ruined more than one career and tarnished the reputation of many more. The few episodes I watched were nauseating and portrayed Mr. Coddington and some others as intolerable. A sad epitaph for a talented individual...

@tomstiel7576 Жыл бұрын

reminds me of the Orange county chopper show out of new york

@vppnbrent Жыл бұрын

I was a big fan of Boyd and his TV show.RIP.

@THROTTLEPOWER Жыл бұрын

Me too!

@angel_9434 Жыл бұрын

'I watched till the end'

@rogerw3818 Жыл бұрын

If all one knew of him was from that ridiculous TV show, then the only impression was that he put his workers in unreasonable situations, never did any work himself, just coming in at the end and getting all the praise. I'm glad I was able to follow his career through the magazines of the time. That show was unwatchable.

@uhplumber5962 Жыл бұрын

Has anyone ever seen Boyd smile?

@prest9497 Жыл бұрын

Yes all the time his wife joe is my aunt he was a great person just good peson all together alot different than every body sees on the show

@kriscummins1684 Жыл бұрын

Great show he is a legend

@abh4850 Жыл бұрын

I remember one episode where he expected his employees to do work for him on their day off for free.

@TOBYH Жыл бұрын

THERE WAS MORE ARGUEING THAN WORKING ON THE CARS! I WANT TO SEE HOW THEY DO THINGS, NOT HEAR OFF PISSED OFF WORKERS YELLING AT EACH OTHER, WASTE OF TIME, I WENT TO THE SHOP ON OPEN HOUSES, IT WAS COOL, BUT THE SHOW GOT OUT OF HAND, MORE ABOUT FIRING PEOPLE THEN SHOWING YOU HOW TO CUSTOMIZE CARS, R.I.P BOYD.

@elenasadaka1619 Жыл бұрын

This is super dope

@bradmccoy7996 Жыл бұрын

A self absorbed man

@god_yt6414 Жыл бұрын

💛 ⚡⚡

@danielsmithwick5299 Жыл бұрын

I remember I couldn’t wait to get off work on Saturdays to see the show. The crew was great till it.broke up

@youmnaboutrous2810 Жыл бұрын

He had the best life ever

@darwinxke2827 Жыл бұрын

He died of a horribly painful condition. Good life, yep you are correct,sir. Not the best though my friend. Peace.

@TarenGibson Жыл бұрын

AMEN GOD BLESS RIP THIS MAN American hot Rod 1944-2008

@charleswilliams8137 Жыл бұрын

I watched tlll the end

@grantellis3046 Жыл бұрын

One of the nicest people I have ever met, as I used to deliver products to the shop. And I spent time reminiscing with his wife after his passing at the SEMA show RIP

@olderbutwiser4076 Жыл бұрын

He built beautiful cars that cost mountains of money. I loved the look of his cars but prefer the rat rods that are much closer to the original spirit of hot rods and can actually be built by your average gearhead.

@CJColvin Жыл бұрын

Same here mate

@michaelconroy8060 Жыл бұрын

The last thing I would want to buy car wise, is a car where the builder ran out of time to build because there is a performance curve associated with time left on a clock and both detail and craftsmanship suffer at the end of that curve.......doesn't matter which show or who the players are, it's just the way it is....

@guscarr7169 Жыл бұрын

When Boyd passed away we lost one of the greatest auto designers. I very much enjoyed his show.

@THROTTLEPOWER Жыл бұрын

I agree Gus

@rickijimenez2386 Жыл бұрын

Hey I know let’s make a TV show about not having fun working on cars ! And then we’ll turn the screws on the fabricators with crazy deadlines to finish the cars ! And to top it off we’ll have a shop supervisor that is disrespectful to everybody !

@raymondcampbell3095 Жыл бұрын

He was a good car builder

@WhiskeyTango68 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been digging into his past and documentaries, his “greatness” was always achieved by someone else’s labor and engineering/parts…so what exactly did he provide to this brand besides his name and a roof. Trying to figure that out still…

@rudeboz5486 Жыл бұрын

dwyne was a knob and had no supervisiory skills

@jerryb3243 Жыл бұрын

Loved the cars, hated the drama.

@05gtdriver Жыл бұрын

I used to live in Whittier CA about 20 years ago and I'd frequently see Mr. Coddington at the Marie Callenders restaurant in the Friendly Hills section of Whittier knocking a few back. I only spoke with him on a couple of occasions, once as he was exiting and I was entering. He seemed perfectly nice and not boorish or off-putting. Sad he left so young, 63 is still pretty young IMO. His shop was down the street from a close friend of mine. That was on Lambert Road in La Habra CA.

@kjtilka Жыл бұрын

Chip Foose was the one who designed all his cars and the reason for his success

@Dirtmodmaniac Жыл бұрын

Whatever happened to his guys ? Where are they working in 2022 ?

@chrisjarvis4449 Жыл бұрын

you can't do work with out being paid . no mater who it is , you got to get that up front money and installments as the job goes along . like this ol boy told me one time if any body ask you if you can do something you tell them [if we don't run out of money i think we can do it] so in god we trust all others pay cash.

@iniwr5814 Жыл бұрын

😱

@FrankTech Жыл бұрын

The prob with American hot rod and the way he ran his business was the deadlines. He made an 8wk deadline once and then afterwards every build thereafter was 6-8wks.. people can’t work like that.. and he didn’t care..