Boyd Coddington Built the First Chopped OBS Sport Truck 

This was such a badass time to be alive! I was just a kid but constantly was picking up hotrod and streettruck magazines and dreaming of one day having a badass truck/car just like this. And this one is just so...damn.....CLEAN!! It's like you could have bought it like this straight from Chevy and nobody would have ever known!! Glad HRBB was able to get it back so they can preserve the history!!

So nice to see iconic trucks from my childhood still around. And kept in such great condition

Now that's a classic build. Nice to see it was taken care of.

This truck and the orange extended cab Belltech short box are the reason, I built Oldblue! I spoke to Chris and Boyd to verify the Boyd’s Tomahawk wheels I purchased for Oldblue in 1999. Thanks Chris very cool to see your keeping the truck as is for display. I drove the wheels off Oldblue and sold it 12 years ago, I see it sitting near a barn every time I go near it in Southern Ontario, rust taking it’s toll.

True Icons always live forever!!! This is the OBS that started and has since fueled a fever in me since 1989! I own 5 OBS trucks now and I wouldn't trade them for anything.

I remember when that truck was on the cover of Truckn' magazine. I've owned a couple OBS trucks, Great trucks.

I remember seeing all the Boyd OBS trucks lined up at the dealership. It’s one of my favorite memories as a kid and a huge reason I still break my neck every time I see a lowered Chevy with billet wheels hoping to see one again. It was my dream and still kind of is, to have a Boyd style single cab towing a bad ass little sped boat.

Nice job on the chop top. Proportions are bang on.

This truck is the reason I have a 1989 Chevy truck today.

Wow congratulations Chris , Boyd must really be proud of ya ! OBS trucks are part of my childhood/ teenager years , one of a kind design , GM designers at its best , after that GM trucks went downhill, they couldn’t make one decent truck ever since ! All the Boyd trucks are legendary part of 80’s/90’s culture I still remember them I still got the magazine with the splattered pink truck !

Wow it's like a trip down memory lane ,I remember reading about this in hotrod magazine , my dad worked at a us airbase In the uk , we got all the mags from USA sport truck magazine as well it still looks great after 32 years .

Okay, but that one Truck is.... Timeless!!! I don’t think it will ever not look good.

Every teenager truck fan back then vividly remembers this one. Im one of them. Right Up there with farrah and countach posters

Great video! I'm a huge fan of Boyd and his vehicles, I couldn't click play quick enough when this popped up in my feed!

Amazing little truck glad it's still around

A chop I actually like

I remember seeing that truck in the trucking magazines back in the day I've always liked Boyd Coddington work

this is freaking awesome!! These are all I have for work and personal trucks, theyre the best ever and this one has been an icon to me since I was in diapers in 1989!! So cool you got it back!

I had that poster. This video totally made my day!

Beautiful truck they should bring it back and do more

Funny how the original OBS(88-98) Chevy grill looks so much like a square body grill, you can really see it in this truck.

Definitely a peice of HotRodding history!

I like the purples and magentas they used against the grey and blacks. I still have my one owner 98. Many plans but no money .

Boyd was the man

Very cool awesome you shared this video.

So cool. I remember this truck when it was in Truckin magazine.

In 1989 I had a 79 Ford f150 2wd. Bored out and beefed up 460. Black on black and I painted a stripe up onto the hood and down the sides in Panther pink with electric blue pin striping.

Awesome OBS , me and my son are fixing to start on his. Cadzilla was one of my favorite Cars by Boyd . A car builder dreams to achieve the status and fame of Boyd Coddington .

Boyd was a man ahead of his time my favorite has to be caddzilla the wildest build at that time in my eyes.

Mines a 91 and I love it, it's a very good truck!!!

what a cool story & truck .. 🤠 those were the days .. 😙

I remember that back in day

That Astro van at the beginning was amazing !

Best looking chop.

Sick truck

I'm sure the paints nice and all but the previous owners deserve all the credit because they really took care of the car for 30 years. Probably only left the garage once a year😂😂😂

Great piece of history. 👍 Great story. 👍 Although, based on the title of this video, I really hoped to hear some details about chop itself.

I remember seeing this truck in the magazine back in the day. It still looks amazing. It nice to see the previous owners took great care of it.

Anyone else want to daily drive all these masterpieces? I would. Keep it clean but drive the heck out of it.

I'm a fan of boyds work even though he didn't build much of it but I also have but I also have A89F250 that I think looks just as good as that

Obs for the win.

I truly appreciate all he did he was a fucking badass no if an ors he was an awesome man that made history god rest in peace ✌️

Boyd could do it all, like Edison he had the best of the best under his wing RIP😇

Big fan of OBS trucks and I actually have one I’m working on and this truck looks clean and to it’s fate not my style but it’s old school

I remember everyone working on the truck and my Dad just kept screaming SMOOTH! SMOOTH!!!! and this old fat man kept making cups explode

Great! ✌

Didn't realize how low it was till they stood by it and the roof was below shoulder height!

😉👏👏👏 Saldades de Boyd Coddington aqui no 🇧🇷Brasil🇺🇲 acompanhava uma série na Discovery Chennel chamada"American Rot Rod" era legal demais.

I actually watched a guy in Seattle, who had a very successful commercial glass shop (Wakefield Glass), do this in '88-'89 on a truck he bought. It was gold with a tannish-brown, lowered 2" in front, 4" in back, really sharp. The interior & exterior "Look" aged really well as compared to this- which most "Trend setting" things (be it clothes, vehicles, interior designs, et cetera) do. They get stuck in an era, age terribly.

Damn that truck is stunning. Have always wanted to chop one of these! Did i miss it, how much is it chopped?

I remember seeing this truck in magazines when I was a kid. I wanted to build and paint custom cars for a living. But just a kid with no money. So I used take pictures of stock vehicals. Make a light transfere of it and rub that onto paper. Then draw over that what I thought would look better. In pencil and ink it in the same process comic book artists do. Ask a teacher to Xerox 10-15 copies and then I could play with colors and graphics multiple times. I remember I liked the body work on this particular truck so it was one of the few I basically just traced outright. Only leaving the wheel well areas blank. To try different wheels designs on it. Only thing I didn't like was the stripping on that truck. I don't understand why they ignored smooth curvature of the fender front to back and just threw down lines that suits the older Square body trucks. But that's just my opinion and not one to say it's wrong and what I like matters for anything other than my own. What's right is whatever you like and enjoy. Welder/Machinist by trade. Must learn Family backup trade. Just suits me. I was making good money but burnt out on collision repair. But I built a Hella nice paint booth out back of the main shop. It's not my main business. Frankly lose money sometimes. But still...I like the Automobile and Motorcycle enthusiasts communities. Zero intrest in banging out dents of newer stock vehicals or vinyl stripes or wraps. It's a hobby and don't have to do any of it. But sometimes work for minimum wage to help a friend out that's willing to learn how to do stuff for themselves and work hard at it. I have a complete cabinet and furniture capable shop as well and as my mother was a very good seamstress and laying out upholstery isn't that much different have several JUKI sewing machines good for that. Leather....not so much. I want to learn more about it but only 24 hours in a day and equipment is expensive since it's less common and harder to find in rebuildable used discounted condition. And I wouldn't know how to bid on it if it did appear as an item for sale.🤷‍♂️ Hobby...just something fun to do when the bills are paid and family responsibility is reached. Then I can play with Hot Rods for fun.

I remember there was a Cadillac tail light kit for these trucks

Chris I have one of your fathers trucks he built i bought it from a super Chevy show in palm Beach Florida back in 1990 it was the Candy Bradywine

Boyd was best in my opinion at timeless modifications and this truck is a very very good example of that. Glad to see it back home.

Love the truck!! PERFECT SIZE CHOP! What was the measurement of the chop? I am chopping my 1991 step side OBS . I'm thinking 2.5''. I have a donor roof and doors so all the angles stay the same.

Should have had that chop from factory. Looks good

Great to see the name and the business is still out there. The last time I saw the show Boyd was still there. Unfortunately so was that asshole Dwayne. What a big man he was! It was as toxic an environment as I’ve seen, on so many levels. The fact that it was televised seemingly without any shame astounded me.

RIP Boyd Coddington. What a leader in the Hot Rod world. Always imitated, never recreated.

I wonder if they boxed the frame?

I want to see exactly what they did with the back of the door windows… what’s that big piece of trim covering up

Really looks like ranger glass to me

How many inches is the top chopped?

Did Byod ever actually do the work, like Fosse and some of the others? I have never seen Byod getting his hands dirty just has the vision and hires the right people.

Sweet ……those were the day’s

Rip Boyd.

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How much was it chopped?

The one thing I learned Boyd and Boyd’s son invented the word “smooth” ?!? 🤪

How much was it chopped

Ha.. hilarious. We were building them 15 years ago . Maybe more.

👍👍👍👍👍👍

Hate tell you this but it was done while in auto body school

I lived that time. I hope that Chris is able to forge his own road. The problem with his Dad was not whether he had talent at car designs, but he was such an abusive person to everyone. I suspect that Chris was also a victim of the temper, wrath and verbal abuse his father always displayed. Good luck ,Chris.

Looks like the Cab was also stretched by the length and filler piece behind the door glass. Love this truck.

Can somebody show this jack how to use a razor to clean up.

Boyd was a G! RIP.

It needs a big block with a roots blower…

He talked about all the details except for how much it was chopped.

Boyd was an ahole to his staff to the point they all left, Chip Foose was his designer and I give all credit to Chip for anything that came out of Boyd's shop.

I wonder what it’s worth now

Boyd was the original takuache.

It doesn't looked chopped to me if it is it isn't much

No, I did. Thanks to a tweaker with no insurance rear-ending me and I had to fix a half-totaled out frame with no extra materials

Bob and Greg Westbury wery building these trucks at the same to as good or better than Boyds!

Don

Not true, a guy in Perry Hall, Maryland chopped one in 1982. Did a great job on it too.

Boyd really had a style that defined custom cars in the 90s

If these are Old, shouldn't the prior years be considered Old Old, I believe GM called these GMT400. Besides, anything with a plastic dash should not be considered Old.

Why are these called the old body style? Why isn't everything the old body style?

I know a person that chopped and lowered the cab into a lowrider back in 88... No praise to him because he didn't have a T.V. show... He was the first on T.V. not in the barrio nor in lowrider scene.... Just saying...

Boyd dont build crap, his workers do. His name is on the business and that's it. Giving that clown the credit for others work is a joke, I'd be surprised if he could still work on a vehicle himself.

FFS.... talk about the chop! How much, front, back, was it level? I heard stories of guys (including Jesse James {WCC}) chopping more from the rear than the front for a slight slope back. The truck world wants details, less fluff, more specs. THX - Everyone who ever built a FS OBC

This was not the 1st one built just built by a better know person than us

One really cool Boyd Coddington truck that has been found by Chris Coddington in today's world.

Boyd didn’t build anything, he ripped employees talent as his own, real pos

LS SWAP THE WORLD. Go do burnout

Just something I didn't like bout this video. Not be mean, just the guy I didn't like.

Don't ever compare a truck to a car ever again boy

Boyd Coddington did not ever invent the smoothness or the monochromatic paint job that was popular during the '80s definitely he didn't invent it and many of those custom touches on that truck have already been done rolled pans tucked in bumpers chopped roofs and a mile long other things so now he might get a few points for having the truck but he didn't invent none of the style on it or the chromatic paint job

That does not look good in today age and the way people customize trucks now!