The Rise and Fall of American Hot Rod... What REALLY Happened!? Where Are They Now!? 

And an unprofessional manager who verbally abused the staff.

@@ethanedwards7557 he was that alright roy was the best one he had them all sussed.

Nailed...

8 week deadlines for each car and rush rush rush no wonder the employees was going to foose.

100%....the "owners" don't realize that the people are the business, without them you have nothing. I've worked with teamsters in NYC and Mormons in SLC, all over North America. I always thanked people for working for me (as long as they weren't F'ing me) and treated them with respect, and in turn, got respect back. I was the site manager of a construction site and had a crew of 8 working directly for me. When it turned out the paychecks were going to be late on a friday and not ready until monday, many of the guys were freaking out because some had child support to pay, some had rent etc. So I covered those guy's pay out of my own pocket. Word got back to the office and the president called me up "why'd you do that"? Me: why should they suffer for the office failing? The very least you can do is make sure they got paid when they were supposed to. "yeah, you're right, how much did you put out"? Me: about 5K. Word got out throughout the company (they had 4 diff sites going at the time) EVERYONE wanted to work for me lol. "damn, he takes care of his guys".

​@muskokamike127 wow lucky you had the money to do that. a lot of our managers get less take home pay after deductions. We the workers do standby and overtime. The managers don't they are taken off the standby. And they're consolidated pay so no overtime.

@@chrishart8548 yeah I had MANY a managerial job that was like that.....waiting for a truck to show up on a saturday night while my workers were making time and a half and I was making zero. This one though, I made sure I was hourly, and I was putting in over 100 hrs a week.

American hot rod and American chooper . Had the same issues sort of asshole owners and knuckle head supervisors. But a lot of talent from the actual workers

@@fredcsensits4476 "american chooper" lol, love it! 😅

Dwayne was a little dwarf who would be on the floor crying at any other shop begging for mercy

Dwayne was the biggest a-hole on the show

The crew wouldn't exist if it wasn't for Boyd. Funny how that works.

@@ButterfatFarms" It was the crew that kept that place together" Funny how I put that in my comment

​@@Bohemiahotrodandcustomhe picked them, that's what a boss does

The best guys got treated the worst.

Beat me to it..Charley was definitely giving her the good news....she was distraught when he left...👍👍

He worked on her chassis rails, and paint n body.😅

@@NemesisRTCW bet he gave her a good lube whilst he was sorting out her chassis...🤣🤣🤣

I think he just thought he looked like a real tough guy. Truth is every one should have just walked out.

The shops that did these shows used them to prop up their small businesses. Both American Chopper/Hotrod made more money from the tv shows then their business dealings. Paul Sr had to fire almost the entire staff between the last season and Sr vs Jr while Boyd's wife had to shut down the shop within 6 months of his passing.

Al. Yeah I liked Al a lot, and Roy, but I think everyone liked Roy. Roy was actually an old school guy that showed you how to do stuff. He tried teaching a lot of people but I liked him teaching Tomas the most, I think because Tomas spoke limited English and Roy was deaf, so rather than talk they just kinda motioned out stuff.

Charlie Hutton was the best. Al was a decent guy you'd be lucky to work with him too.

He may have been experienced but he was a sulky b*tch, always crying about something

His wallet..😂😂

Look at the guy, he must have had a slug like an elephant trunk.

Pretty? I think Jo was previously a Joe....🤐

@@richardmessenger9474it was so startling when you would see her next to his first wife.

@@ethanedwards7557 strangely she was still working for him doing the invoices and books.. 👍👍

Even Jesse James worked for Boyd for a short time.

That isn't what happened at all. When you work for a company anything you make on the their time they own, even new ideas. Foose also didn't decide to leave he was laid off after Boyd went bankrupt. Foose then made his own shop and hired most of the unemployed staff he worked with Boyd which lead to Boyd hating him on the show.

That is generally the rule. If you design something for a company, they own it.

Foose is a snake in the grass

Was he machining spacers for leaf spring mounts? I can remember watching it and wondering why he had popped up.

Yeah that shop was more toxic than a sewage plant. Even 15 year old me knew this

Dwayne was the bigger flog though

A design icon

I have to say I would have loved the experience of working for Boyd, but I would have put Dwayne’s teeth down his throat after a month. He was a short man syndrome abusive prick.

You think Richard Rawlings builds anything?

Why would the founder and CEO be getting his hands dirty? Get a clue guy

And Beetle Bailey

Beetle was a smart Alec punk

In it's timeline that was top of the line customization almost 20 years later it may of aged well.

Jesse James worked for Boyd also

And Mike Curtis. He was treated well by Boyd but he couldn’t deal with Dwayne either.

Apparently he's a grill cook at burger stand

Hey Boyd was paying for his car and his labour to build it! It was coming out of Boyd’s shop, and if Boyd said it’s unsafe and it needs to change, well I guess you either listen or lose your job and don’t have a free car built by a fucking legend.

No no no Even the most experienced guys agreed you have to box them..... If I was Boyd, Blue Bear wouldn't have lasted one day working there Arrogant little punk

Only thing he showed is lead by fear and be brutal to people dude was a grade A jerk.

Only thing he did was overpromise cars to people and work his employees into the ground

Most of these shows do two season a year .

@CraigGrant-sh3in , yeah, I know, but to me 1 year= 1season, always has always will September - June ! They can call it what they want, but one season is still one season!!