R.I.P. Boyd!!!

[jtbz3]

[ep]

Met him on a Hot Rod Power Tour stop in St. Louis in '96(?) - we chatted for a while. He was very approachable.

I enjoy his American Hot Rod show - many of the interactions among his employees would be great case studies for management classes.

Most of all I liked his creations. I still have a Hot Rod Magazine poster/calendar of Cadzilla with an F-14 flying overhead. Boyd was very cutting edge, and a lot of the trends we see in hot rodding today were started or made popular by him.

Yes, his business savvy was not always what it should have been, but I still enjoyed his work.

Ernie Peters
2000 steel grey 2.3 5spd
1996 318ti arctic silver 5spd
2004 X3 2.5 black auto
1992 Volvo 240 red metallic automatic
1988 Mustang 5.0 LX red 5 spd
1956 Chevy 150 454 big block hot rod black automatic

[TexZan]

I can't say I followed the guy that closely but I did watch his American Hot Rod show. He made some great cars.

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Axxis Metal Master pads - Brembo rotors - Doug Whalen seat bushings
Passenger Eject (unfortunately non-functional) - OEM Passenger Airbag Disable switch
Polk Audio all around - Blaupunkt PA amps - LeatherZ Mark II armrest - Strong Strut Trio