tfeverfred said:
Me, I don't watch either show anymore. It's entertainment for people who have no idea what goes into building a car. The highschool drama proves my point. I like Fooses cars. They show a lot of detail and imagination. As for Boyd, how many times is he going to redo the Boydster and call it something else? I also found this little excerpt on the net:
"Most people know it was less than a decade ago when Boyd Coddington Hot Rods declared chapter 11. In doing so, they stiffed small mom and pop hot rod shops to the sum of over $5 million. No big deal, right? Happens all the time and that's business. Sometimes when you go public, the stock doesn't go in the right direction.
They opened the doors again five years ago with brand new CNCs, water jets, etc... huge shop, giant inventory, all is good. Or is it? To avoid previous debts, they started the company in Boyd Coddington Jr's name and while he has since moved on to Weld Wheels, the old hot rodders have yet to get what they paid for and never will.
Little John Buttera designed and made the first set of billet wheels, him and Coddinton were both machinest, and friends,, Coddington wanrted to go in business with John and make the wheels, john declined and Coddinton took off on his own,, making the wheels,, he was very sucessful with them,, and finally went public,,and was doing great, untill the asian market took a dump and he was cought with his pants down,, he put the company in his wife's and sons name and filed chapter 11,, alot of people lost lots of money,, I was one of them,, [ I didn't loose very much at all compared to some people,,] then boyd started back up under the name of B Coddinton, then met jo. who was his personal trainer when he was trying to get rid of the big belly he had then, divorced his wife [ diane] and was off and running,, bUt he had to keep the X around because she owned B Coddinton wheels, along with Greg, The son, then he sold out to AMERCIAN wheels, and got rid of the X all in one deal,, :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Foose was Boyds designer after he graduated from the collage of design, and designed the boidster and many other cars that Boyd did take credit for, just like he does now,,Foose also was his manager for awhile,, but finally went out on his own,, which pissed boyd off,, just like everyone else does when the quit him,, Foose in my opinion is one of the BEST designers ever,, and truly a NICE person,, he treats people like he has known them for years.. you see him in a crowd,, he always makes eye contact and smiles, genuine nice person,, sorry I can't say the same for Boyd
He will be around for a long time,, its just a matter of time till Boyd bites the dust,, ever notice that the people that are having him build cars are the same people??
Bill