Thread: Boyd Coddington
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Old 02-27-2008, 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by RedBarchetta View Post
His on-the-air persona sort of turned me off on all things Boyd related (including some of the OMG-I-can't-believe-they-are-that-stupid hatchet work his fabricators did to some of those mega buck one-off cars). But the guy could design a righteous looking hot rod and he had skills. RIP, Mr. Coddington.

-Dean
I agree,

Of course a lot of the "drama" is there to make the show interesting to people who don't give a flying fig about cars, but I saw them polish several turds on the show. One with a 57 Chevy they were rushing for the dealer owner comes to mind, they showed them bolting new chrome to a rusty bracket and that to a nasty looking underbody. why people spend big money with disfunctional people (Boyd, OCC, Hennessy, etc.) is beyond me other than the dick-waving ego of having your car done by the guy on TV?

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