Boyds Mustang

[bnoon]

I agree with Bill. As a business man, I have to appreciate what Boyd has done with this latest version of Boyd's Hot Rods. Hate um as he is hated here, his show is the closest to real shop life then any other show. He has to be commended for having the balls to show the mistakes, headaches, trials and tribulations of getting a team of guys to take a concept from paper to reality. He has the balls to show a car being skim coated with filler end to end, and guys working hard hours, and getting irritable. And show unappreciative pieces of dung like blue bear, even when the boss is throwing him a HUGE perk. I personally have had this happen a few times.
The WhatTheHay car was killer. The Alumitub went cheap for a TV car, but as fantastic as the killer body was, the car lacked zest in my opinion, and it showed on the block. $150k for the Mustang, it has been advertised for $150 for months.
As far as what Barrett Jackson does to value, it positively has an effect, more now with TV then ever. A LS6 convertible selling, in the public eye, for $300K instantly raised the value of every LS6 in captivity. Same for the Hemi cars after a $300k sale, and Z28s. It was only a few years ago we sold a cross ram set up for $3500, and felt we hit it out of the park, today, because of the yellow car from last year, (that was a repo X Ram), originals will bring $15K. And Barrett Jackson is HUGELY responsible for that.
Additionally, shows like Boyd's, much as guys here hate him, and Rides, Overhaulin, are all raising car values as it is putting the entire hobby more in the public eye.
The thing I am most happy to see is what is happening with customs. Customs were out of favor for years, and sold for pennies on the dollar no matter how awesome. Now, after 24 hours of national TV, we got to see killer cars bring killer money. In some cases possibly even eclipsing the original investment. That my friends is a new phenomenon that started last year with the Zephyr. And something all us customizers should be very happy to see.

To that extent, I agree. The American Hot Rod show in general is very fun to watch and does wonders for the sport in the public eye, but Boyd or no Boyd a shop putting out those kinds of cars is worthy of a show.

Enter Overhaulin. Worthy Foose designs... Plus no A-hole. One week to build a car though really has to cut into the prep work on so many of the aspects of the car. I would like to see those cars after a year to see just how much of the car falls off...

[Tim_in_NC]

I also watched the episode in which Charlie left Boyd... I definitely think he made the correct choice to leave... He would not only finally be with his family but he would also get to work with that genius we all know as Chip Foose... Chip is VERY hands on... much unlike Boyd!!!

I'd also be very afraid to purchase some of Boyd's vehicles after watching some of the workmanship performed...

It would also be cool to know why there is such Bad Blood between Chip and Boyd... Maybe Chip decided to venture out on his own...possibly because he was the brains behind the cars??? not sure, maybe a good guess...

ALSO... Did you know that JESSE JAMES of WEST COAST CHOPPERS.... use to work for Boyd...

I found this out while reading about Boyd's Hotrod show on Discovery's website...Wonder if there is any bad blood there as well...

Take it easy everyone,

TIM