[DMCForum] Re: BTTF car up for auction..

["Josh Porter" <joshp1986@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm guessing you're talking about the rat race that he and Bluebear 
had where he took the perfect model T orA, I forgot which it was and 
ruined it? I crinched when they showed the car before they touched 
it. I didn't realize that Charlie went to Foose. I have a great deal 
of respect for him, he was the only one with any sense in him on the 
crew. I understand the deadlines that they have but I deal with 
washing cars. imagine a farm truck dually or contruction truck, dirty 
as poo, having 10 minutes to make it look good enough for the lot. 
For most of you that doen't sound bad but it takes on average an hour 
to 90 minutes to do a dually doing a five star job. That's way when 
customers that complain that we missed a fly on the mirror, we keep 
them in mind for their next visit we spit on their car figuratively 
speaking. I understand you pay $50K for a car you want it clean 
enough to eat off of but you have to think of what all it goes into 
washing that car. So next time you buy a new car and it has a spot of 
dirt on the windsheild or tire have reason and think of what the guy 
washing it does. It's much harder than people think to wash cars for 
eleven hours a day six days a week. Please consider this when you go 
to buy a used car, IT'S USED!!! You want a new car, buy one. I've 
gotten into too many arguements with customers about their ten year 
old car has break dust on it, I'm just venting asome frustration that 
people think they know all when buying a car and that I can't spell 
worth crap!

Josh
10989

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxx> wrote:
> What i dont like about Coddington is that he will take a perfectly 
good 
> antique rare car and chop it up beyond making it restorable back to 
> original when he could of took a junker to do this hack job to. He 
also 
> puts outrageous deadlines on his employees and makes them feel like 
> shit if they have a life beyond work and have other plans besides 
> working all weekend on his car. He also was an extreme DICK when 
> Charlie said he was leaving to work with Foose because it was 
closer to 
> home and his family, Charlie only did what was good for his Family 
and 
> Coddington basically told him to "Fuck off and die".
> 
> Coddington is a DICK but i love the show.
> 
> Mark V
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On May 11, 2005, at 5:11 PM, Josh Porter wrote:
> 
> > That first paragrah reminds me of my boss.
> >
> > Josh
> > 10989
> >
> > --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxx>
> > wrote:
> >> I can't stand that show. All Coddington does is either yell at
> >> everyone, or generate alot of animosity among all of his 
employees
> > to
> >> keep them fighting amongst themselves. He'll bitch at everyone 
that
> >> they're not doing a good/fast enough job. But he never helps out
> >> himself, let alone gives them enough time. I can't stand seeing 
that
> >> guy whine and complain about people, when he himself is the main
> > cause
> >> of all their problems.
> >>
> >> His cars are also quite mediocre as well. I got to see
> > the "Boydster"
> >> in person as SEMA. To say I was disappointed was an 
understatement.
> >> The windsheild and a-pillars looked like a hack job. And the
> > interior
> >> was sooooo damn cheap looking. NOTHING is hand crafted with his 
car
> >> interiors. All they do is have some molded plastic panels, and
> >> sculpted foam seats that they glue leather and vinyl to. For the
> >> amount of money that he charges for those cars, I'd expect to 
have
> >> REAL tuck & roll seats that are hand sewn, as well has sewn door
> >> panels as well. It's not hard, because I've seen other interior
> > shops
> >> do this kind of work. And you can't blame Gabriel (the guy whom 
he
> >> farms the work out to), because if Boyd was willing to spend the
> > money
> >> on these cars, "Gabe" would be more than willing to accomodate 
the
> >> request. That and I can't stand his lazy ass bondo-ing every car,
> >> because they don't want to take the time to work out the dents.
> >>
> >> Chip Foose is a far superior custom car builder. The amount of
> > detail
> >> the guy spends on a car, and the great taste he has when it 
comes to
> >> color schemes and graphics seriously impresses me. Only once 
have I
> >> never liked something that he's done. And that was those wheels 
on
> > the
> >> SEMA Mustang.
> >>
> >> Plus Boyd Coddington is pretty shady when it comes to being a
> > business
> >> man. That audit by the IRS, and the criminal investigation into
> > fraud
> >> committed by him was well deserved. From what I've read/heard, he
> >> stiffed vendors out of $5M, but still was able to afford all 
those
> > CNC
> >> machines, and other brand new equipment, rather than paying those
> >> debts off.
> >>
> >> Save for the frames, at least everyone on American Chopper 
actually
> >> fabricate items, and put allot of hard work into what they do. 
Plus,
> >> like Chip Foose, the guys from OCC are likable. And that goes 
along
> >> way with me. Watching some tired old man yell at workers because
> > they
> >> can't accomodate his sudded redirections of a project in the 
middle
> > of
> >> it's fabrication doesn't entertain me. It's just frustraiting.
> >>
> >> That and I have no respect for a moron who doesn't know how to
> >> pressure test a cooling system, yet claims to be a "Hot Rodder".
> >>
> >> -Robert
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Matt Spittle" <mds328@xxxx> 
wrote:
> >>> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "therealdmcvegas"
> > <dmcvegas@xxxx>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>> Oh, and while I'm on my rant about automotive hacks, screw Boyd
> >>>> Coddington too.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Hey, what's wrong with Boyd Coddington?  That's my 2nd favorite
> > show
> >>> (after American Chopper)!
> >>>
> >>> Matt
> >>> #1604
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >

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