Ceptic Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Hi All. Completely off forum, I know, but has anyone here been following this series ?. Between 7&8pm, most evenings, sometimes back to back. A enthralling, addictive fly-on-the-wall series filmed at the Boyd Coddington Custom Car workshops, somewhere in the USA. California, most likely ? It shows the highly skilled team of craftsmen, young and old (?) hand building custom cars to customer's requirements, interacting with each other, the Boss, and the all important delivery dead-line. Skills shown include research, 3D CAD programmed milling, sheet metal bodywork, welding, engine re-furbishment / re-building, paint application, upholstery and the final, resplendent, roll-out, fire-up, of a one-off. Pure entertainment IMO. Is there anywhere/one in this cash-strapped UK that can provide a similar product ?. I somehow doubt it. Regards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chameleon Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Aye, don't forget the impossible deadlines, the compulsory overtime, the fights and arguements, the sackings and walkouts, the complete dick of a manager (Dwayne?) whose sole purpose seems to be to shout at everybody and make their life hell! The impossible demands of the boss, the fact they were done fir registration fraud by registering new cars as old. Oh and Boyd died a couple of years ago. Yes they turned out beautiful cars but it was NOT a happy place! All the shouting and "this will take us a week to finish but we only gave 4days" stuff got a little wearing. I dunno if I would be happy forking out a huge wad of cash for a car that was a rush job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 There's the odd train in it too, either alongside the factory or when they went to "moon the Amtrak". I dunno about every Boydster being a rush job, although every project they seem to do seems to be. Maybe that's what makes good telly....? The workmanship seems to be a different matter, the welding on the bike frame they're doing at the moment looks a little poor. I wouldn't mind a set of Junkyard Dogs for my car...!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptic Posted January 20, 2010 Author Share Posted January 20, 2010 Aye, don't forget the impossible deadlines, the compulsory overtime, the fights and arguements, the sackings and walkouts, the complete dick of a manager (Dwayne?) whose sole purpose seems to be to shout at everybody and make their life hell! The impossible demands of the boss, the fact they were done fir registration fraud by registering new cars as old. Oh and Boyd died a couple of years ago. Yes they turned out beautiful cars but it was NOT a happy place! All the shouting and "this will take us a week to finish but we only gave 4days" stuff got a little wearing. I dunno if I would be happy forking out a huge wad of cash for a car that was a rush job. There's the odd train in it too, either alongside the factory or when they went to "moon the Amtrak". I dunno about every Boydster being a rush job, although every project they seem to do seems to be. Maybe that's what makes good telly....? The workmanship seems to be a different matter, the welding on the bike frame they're doing at the moment looks a little poor. I wouldn't mind a set of Junkyard Dogs for my car...!! Thanks for your comments Fellas. Just maybe, some of the in fighting is slightly? hyped up for the sake of the cameras ?., but from my experience of workiing in heavy fabrication (natural gas /chemical filtration), the boss//secretary/manager/employee/product delivery dead-line interaction/mentality seems to be the same wherever you go, world wide in fact. Some of the antics, mistakes, arguments, yes, fights, pranks, jokes etc. that I've seen in my time, you could make a long running soap opera out of. I've often thought "If only there were a film crew around" . 298 From what I can see of it, the bike frame is only Tack-welded together, at the moment, allowing any adjustments (and there appears to be quite a few) to be made without having to cut through a fully welded joint. Regards & Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Bedding Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Hi All. Completely off forum, I know, but has anyone here been following this series ?. Between 7&8pm, most evenings, sometimes back to back. A enthralling, addictive fly-on-the-wall series filmed at the Boyd Coddington Custom Car workshops, somewhere in the USA. California, most likely ? It shows the highly skilled team of craftsmen, young and old (?) hand building custom cars to customer's requirements, interacting with each other, the Boss, and the all important delivery dead-line. Skills shown include research, 3D CAD programmed milling, sheet metal bodywork, welding, engine re-furbishment / re-building, paint application, upholstery and the final, resplendent, roll-out, fire-up, of a one-off. Pure entertainment IMO. Is there anywhere/one in this cash-strapped UK that can provide a similar product ?. I somehow doubt it. Regards. Yup, I am hooked. But it's the engineering and technical skills that I admire without reservation. It's the can do/will do/have done mentality that sets them apart, and without that the soap opera antics would be derisory. The Coddington workshop is slightly south of Los Angeles County. PB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arty Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 I think it's all history now :- "The Coddington Garage Closes their Doors One Coddington company closes as another plans to move June 16th, 2008--- La Habra, Ca Boyd Coddington Hot Rods will be closing their doors, Friday June 20th, 2008. After the untimely death of their founder, Boyd Coddington in February, the Coddington Garage team and family tried to continue on with business as usual. The battle they faced was too much to handle. After Boyd??™s passing, his wife Jo took over the business. She had rather large shoes to fill in the absence of her husband. With the team of machinists, fabricators, and paint and body guys behind her, she gave it a shot. Unfortunately, running both the hot rod shop and the wheel shop was too much for her handle on her own. The cars and builds that are not complete at the time of closing will be moved to two new shops. Both shops are being run by former Boyd Coddington employees. Dan Sobieski, a fabricator and long time Coddington employee, will be opening his own shop July 1st. Sobieski will be taking a few from the Boyd Coddington team to his new shop in Anaheim, Ca. Abraham Rodriguez, a newer employee, will also be working on some of the vehicles at his shop. His specialty is in paint and body, but his shop will be able to do anything the Coddington Garage did. Jo will continue on with the wheel shop. There are plans for the company to move from their location in La Habra in the near future. For further information please contact Jo Coddington at boydsgarage@aol.com." Regards Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptic Posted January 29, 2010 Author Share Posted January 29, 2010 Hi All I'd just got in and went to catch the latest episode from 2005 ( tonight, Fri. Jan. 29th., over here in the UK). Someone rang at the door, the time I got back, the Yellow Corvette was being rolled out and old? Roy had passed away. What a character !, What a craftsman !, What a blow !, What a loss !, What a shame !. Hands on artisans are one fewer. Roy Schmidt, 1941 -- 2005. May he rest in peace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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