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Callum Finch
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Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 01:43 pm, by:  Callum Finch (Sigeneat) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jXDIDXZ_rWA9QwirwigoIkmiWSswD8V31V5O2

Sad sad news!
Not the friendliest guy on his TV show however still a master builder of hot rods! Taught the great Chip Foose he did!
Miles Baker
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Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 02:01 pm, by:  Miles Baker (Milesb) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

:-(

Didn't really like what he did with most of his cars, but he was good at it and brought a lot of people into the hobby.
Leon Wright
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Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 02:19 pm, by:  Leon Wright (Techman) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I 2nd Miles, as most of the stuff I see these American reality "engineering/building" shows makes me shudder.

Sad day indeed.
Dave Billings
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Friday, February 29, 2008 - 03:10 am, by:  Dave Billings (Waveman1717) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Very sad... but he was an asshole to work for, I guess that's what sold his show...drama. I kinda never liked his work and I know he taught Chip, but I think Chip's attention to detail and his imagination far out did Boyd's, IMO.
Scott Ferguson
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Friday, February 29, 2008 - 03:11 am, by:  Scott Ferguson (Scott_ferguson) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

RIP but also convicted of fraud on multiple accounts.
Miles Baker
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Friday, February 29, 2008 - 04:23 pm, by:  Miles Baker (Milesb) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The show was make believe. Ive heard he's actually a pretty quiet guy. And yes there was a lot of dodgy stuff that happened around the business side of him over the last couple of decades.

Chip Foose and Jesse James (both his former employees) do work I am more interested in. Not taking anything away from Boyd though, very talented guy. Cadzilla was kick ass and if you like deuce coupes and hot rods like that, he's the man. I'm more of a mid fifties to early seventies kind of guy and I just don't like a lot of the work on those kinds of cars that came out of his shop. Chezoom was... impressive but a bit ugly. The 55 Bel Air they did recently was just very unimaginative and that car has been done so much better by other people. I don't like any of the Mustangs I have seen roll out of his shop. They tend to paint all of their cars one of about 5 colours they stock. On the other hand, Foose will do some cool little custom body touches, then use different shades of colours in imaginative ways. Boyd also seems to spew out a lot of TOTALLY single colour interiors. I like a creative interior, and Foose and James are way more into that. Boyd has just been doing a lot of boring cars for a long time.

Noone can convince me that this is a nice interior to look at or to live with. It looks like a hooker turned inside out.

Graham Dollisson
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Saturday, March 01, 2008 - 11:52 am, by:  Graham Dollisson (Alloyvee) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I wonder what he died from?? I'd bet the americans were behind that too!!
Miles Baker
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Sunday, March 02, 2008 - 12:33 am, by:  Miles Baker (Milesb) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yeah they wanted to build a pipeline through his backyard, so he had to go. I think they used the new stealth bomber with alien technology.
Graham Dollisson
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Sunday, March 02, 2008 - 11:30 am, by:  Graham Dollisson (Alloyvee) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Dave Billings
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Tuesday, March 04, 2008 - 09:09 am, by:  Dave Billings (Waveman1717) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)


Graham Dollisson wrote on Saturday, March 01, 2008 - 11:52 am:

I wonder what he died from?? I'd bet the americans were behind that too!!


whoops...I think they're on to us!! LOL

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