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I just noticed this last weekend that Boyd's shop/ studio is right by my house, about 4 miles away in La Habra. I'm sure you've seen his show on cable I can't think of the name at the moment.
I was going to the parts place for my 72 GMC 1 ton and just noticed the sign.

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OK, I'm over it. Where's the beer?

American Hotrod

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Kuranosuke
Grampa's Driving:

1990 Luv 4X4 "Family Cab"
with the big 4 banger on 31" Dueller A/Ts

1989 Dodge Raider with some junk...

"Urban Fighter F.P.C" coming soon to a road near you...
got BOOBIES?

Stop by and thell them to hurry up and make my dad's 20 inch wheels!
Ordered them 3 weeks ago and starting to get impatient!!!

Cant wait to get them on his truck.

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RIP R.J.B.

nice wheels

i went to a good guys car show 2 weeks ago and EVERYONE there had a set of his rims
to tell you the truth, i've never heard of him until the show. sweet ass rims but i still think he's a asshole. seems like all he does is run around telling people what to do. i don't see him getting his hands dirty.

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1980 luv sport 4x4 Just a memory now
Frame rusted from the inside. Truck stripped and now looking for a new donor in southern ohio

I totally agree with you!!!! I hate that show, just 'cause he's so annoying! It's like he knows nothing about the cars, everyone who actually works on them always seem to get annoyed with him, too. and his stupid Hawaiian shirts drive me up the wall. lol

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I got my LUV!!!!!!!

ditto

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1980 luv sport 4x4 Just a memory now
Frame rusted from the inside. Truck stripped and now looking for a new donor in southern ohio

I personally think he needs to watch some of the video of his employees F**king off and the start firing people...starting with blue bear or whatever his name is.

ditto on the shirts!

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blue bear is a dumbass. i want to know how he got so lucky getting a job there. he's always fucking something up too.

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1980 luv sport 4x4 Just a memory now
Frame rusted from the inside. Truck stripped and now looking for a new donor in southern ohio

I'm thinkin' cause if everyone did their job efficiantly, there wouldn't be enough drama to be worth watching. So basically he's doing exactly what he's supposed to, keep people interested.

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Richard Barnes Salt Lake, Utah
1980 Luv Mikado 4X4
http://geocities.com/luvtruck2004/

He's probably Boyd's nephew or something, I know he wouldnt last a week if that was my shop!!!
Found out something else intersting about that company. Well Boyd wheels arent all Boyd wheels. Last week the 2 10 inch wide rear rims came in but no fronts, well the owner called them to see when the front 8 inch wide wheels would arrive. Come to find out, they dont make the hoop, they buy them from somebody else and the 8 inch hoops were on back order. So when you buy Boyd wheels, the only Boyd part is the face/hub of the rim. Funny how you can become a "Legend" at something when you half ass everything!!!!

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RIP R.J.B.

haha boyd fired bluebears ass

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1980 luv sport 4x4 Just a memory now
Frame rusted from the inside. Truck stripped and now looking for a new donor in southern ohio

Good! Now I can start watching the show again

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wow really? darn I wish I'd seen it! haha

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I got my LUV!!!!!!!

Yep, he's gone but for some strange reason, i dont like the situation for firing him. I didn't think much of him and i wouldn't want to hire him but if i was told that i had to build my vehicle a certian way, I'd have to say you can kiss my ass. Coddington should have killed the project and that would have been the end of it. If Bluebear wanted to build a flexi-flyer, then he's allowed to screw up his ride on his own. Boyd should have dropped the project and left Bluebear to build his rod his own way on his own, with his own time and money. BB is a dork to mess things up. It's not every day that someone will finance a rod build AND pay you an hourly wage to do it.

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Previous setup: 4.1 Buick V-6/TH 350
Current setup: 400 Small Block Chevy V-8/TH 350
9" ford rear end/short bed/blue
What do Water, Electricity and Humans have in common... They all travel the path of least resistance.

Sounds like an interesting show. Building your own rod on someone elses dime doesn't happen too often...(at least not to me.)

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Basicly, the show is like American Chopper. Custom builds on a deadline and the soap opera trauma that comes along with it.
The situation with this particular build is that Coddington aquired an old model A or T Ford that was in near perfect shape and was going to build a hot rod out of it. Some of the crew were negative with the idea of ruining such a stock, vintage vehicle and the ideas that Boyd had for mods seemed to be too much for the concept of a "Rat Rod". So a contest was brewing between the older customizers (Boyds crew) and Bluebears younger crew. Bluebear had a body and frame so Boyd decided to have a competition for the 2 Rat Rod cars. Coddington was footing the bill on both cars and Bluebear was the boss over his own car. Bluebears half-assed approach wasn't safe enough for Boyd and he resented Boyd's input on the direction of the build. There was a battle for control and in the end, Bluebear lost and lost big time.

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Previous setup: 4.1 Buick V-6/TH 350
Current setup: 400 Small Block Chevy V-8/TH 350
9" ford rear end/short bed/blue
What do Water, Electricity and Humans have in common... They all travel the path of least resistance.

I think Bluebear should have just let the frame be boxed and went on with it.
They were supposed to be able to drive to Kentucky after all.
Oh well.

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77 2wd - Back on the road
05 Ford Five Hundred

"Love endures all things, Love never fails." - 1 Cor. 13:7,8.

same here he should've just let it go.

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1980 luv sport 4x4 Just a memory now
Frame rusted from the inside. Truck stripped and now looking for a new donor in southern ohio

Yes, it was half-assed not to box the frame. That flathead motor would have raised hell on the frame and it had some minor cracks in it. But Bluebear was dead set on keeping the frame as it was. It's his car so ultimately it was his decision. If his reason was only for cosmetics, then he's not very experienced at all at building serious cars. But i do respect the fact that he was not going to build his car to someone elses concept. My truck is build to my way of thinking and if someone offered to foot the bill to maybe slam the truck to the ground, i would decline. It's not what i want.
I am wondering why Bluebear was given the opritunity to get a financed build on his car? Is he related to Coddington? There was one point in the last episode where Boyd stated that he wished he could fire him. That sounds like something that a family member would say. Or is it because Coddington has sunk too much money in to the build to back out of it. If so, he finally came to the decision that he would take the hit and get rid of Bluebear.

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Previous setup: 4.1 Buick V-6/TH 350
Current setup: 400 Small Block Chevy V-8/TH 350
9" ford rear end/short bed/blue
What do Water, Electricity and Humans have in common... They all travel the path of least resistance.