Brylt Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 After reading the chop shop thread i thought i would put this up to show how profesionals build cars from scratch, weather your into hot rods or not you have to appreciate the engineering and build skills of the guy doing the building. Bryan http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=20877 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawdreamer Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 havnt flicked right through (obviously) but Ill say already, that's very nice work and very satifying attention to detail. Im not a rodder myself and tbh the cars don't attract me, but as you said the engineering can regardless of like be appreciated. its very Boyd'esc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caled Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 My God. I'm in awe. That guys got mad metal workin skillz, innit. And rofl at the name he chose for the off-white paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Guy looks like a decent fabricator. All he needs is a decent engineer to guide him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig855S Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 That is the meaning of attention to detail. I've flicked through all the pics from the first 15 pages and it's just amazing pics of pieces being made to an incredible standard, but i havent actually seen the car yet lol. What page is the final car on? Guy looks like a decent fabricator. All he needs is a decent engineer to guide him! Cant imagine that having huge holes drilled in everything is good for strength but these cars are all about show. Hopefully he'll never drive it quickly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdscort Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 wow that is some fantastic work well done that man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawdreamer Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Cant imagine that having huge holes drilled in everything is good for strength but these cars are all about show. Hopefully he'll never drive it quickly I believe its a BlueBear sacking offense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdscort Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 although his frame looks boxed to me gotta say i love american hotrod the show but boyd coddington himself seems like a bit of a plonker lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawdreamer Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 although his frame looks boxed to me gotta say i love american hotrod the show but boyd coddington himself seems like a bit of a plonker lol He's a boss, and not unlike any other boss in that style of physical trade, your employees can be like family but at the end of the day its business and he's in it for the money.... tho even he showed how much he cared about his employees when Charlie jumped ship and went and joined Foose's build team, poor ould sod looked devastated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brylt Posted January 5, 2011 Author Share Posted January 5, 2011 (edited) That is the meaning of attention to detail. I've flicked through all the pics from the first 15 pages and it's just amazing pics of pieces being made to an incredible standard, but i havent actually seen the car yet lol. What page is the final car on? Guy looks like a decent fabricator. All he needs is a decent engineer to guide him! Cant imagine that having huge holes drilled in everything is good for strength but these cars are all about show. Hopefully he'll never drive it quickly The car is still ongoing, i think he fits it in inbetween customer cars, with how it's built the holes won't affect the strenght. Bryan although his frame looks boxed to me gotta say i love american hotrod the show but boyd coddington himself seems like a bit of a plonker lol He's a boss, and not unlike any other boss in that style of physical trade, your employees can be like family but at the end of the day its business and he's in it for the money.... tho even he showed how much he cared about his employees when Charlie jumped ship and went and joined Foose's build team, poor ould sod looked devastated. Chip used to work for boyd and iirc left when boyd was going through bankruptcy, a few of the boyd crew went to work for chip but charlie now has his own place, and boyd wont be bothered now as he passed away 2 years ago. Bryan Edited January 5, 2011 by Brylt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawdreamer Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Chip used to work for boyd and iirc left when boyd was going through bankruptcy, a few of the boyd crew went to work for chip but charlie now has his own place, and boyd wont be bothered now as he passed away 2 years ago. Bryan aye I recall the comemorative Cuda WCC made for Boyds son...... and the comedy of watching daune(sp) trying to control the west coast crew during the build process Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyb0127 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 That's absolutely brilliant work, and attention to detail fantastic I can appreciate the hard work time and effort that's goin into this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Nice read, thanks for the link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScORTED Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 lovely thread, think hot rods are rubbish myself... love a bit of american hotrod though Cant imagine that having huge holes drilled in everything is good for strength but these cars are all about show. Hopefully he'll never drive it quickly I believe its a BlueBear sacking offense yes shaw yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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