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    Unhappy Boyd Coddington Dead

    Hot rod builder Boyd Coddington has died age 63.
    Boyd Coddington: Boyd Coddington, Hot Rod King, Dead At Age 63

    If you've watched his show "american hot rod" you may know of his ill-temper, but he's still built some incredible machines.
    Boyd Coddington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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    Is Chip Foose building his coffin?

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    That's not good, enjoyed the show and the cars, looks as if FOOSE is now the KING.

    Your too quick for me dobbo

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    Nice cars, but there is no way on Gods green Earth I would have worked for him.

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    sad thing to of happened but he was an idiot .... if he'd talked to me like he did his workers I would of knocked them teeth right out of his head . and it was his workers that made the cars not him . he was just a fat git who sat in his office cramming donuts

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    Thats not good at all, i enjoyed the show, and the cars he built. I reckon Boyd would have lost more staff to Foose had he of sacked that **** clown Dwayne, he was the problem, sure he worked hard and was reliable but he was the reason people didnt want to come to work all the time.

    A big loss to the car community.
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    Had some pretty amazing vehicles and some excellent tradesmen, but you would never want to work in that sort of environment - all night marathons, no weekends off and far to short project deadlines.

    The amount of angst in the place was through the roof, any wonder Chip Foose and Charlie* etc walked.

    Diana

    * Charlie seemed much happier in his cameo appearence working with Chip on "Overhaulin"

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    Quote Originally Posted by wannalandy View Post
    sad thing to of happened but he was an idiot .... if he'd talked to me like he did his workers I would of knocked them teeth right out of his head . and it was his workers that made the cars not him . he was just a fat git who sat in his office cramming donuts
    He didn't always have a large workshop and a troop of workers. He built that all himself, and a lot of fantastic cars by himself too. He did appear a bit of an ass on the show though.

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    That's a sad loss to the hot-rod community and custom car scene in general.

    I quite liked the bloke from what I saw of him on the show. As mentioned above, Dwayne was the biggest problem with regard to the mis-treatment of staff and the walk-outs by key team members.

    RIP Boyd.

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    Quote Originally Posted by moose View Post
    He didn't always have a large workshop and a troop of workers. He built that all himself, and a lot of fantastic cars by himself too. He did appear a bit of an ass on the show though.
    I never really saw an issue with Boyd himself, but he let Dwayne walk all over him, and the deadlines he set were stupid. For a family man after a while it would be the job or the family. If you worked there you would never see your family
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