I met them both and both are very talented , but one is a arrogant ass and the other is a real gentleman ,you figure out who is who

 

Most likely the most fair comparison of the two. No respect for Coddington. Respect Foose a lot, don't want him to style my 55. But if he did, I could correct those small things in a Chevy HeartBeat. :congrats: :bowtier:

 

"To some extent, it's not fair or accurate to compare the two men; only their products tell the story. Boyd's shop puts out custom, hand made and one of a kind show cars. Chip's shop puts out mild customs."

"What you saw on TV at Boyd's shop was the creation from ground up of a custom car, with a custom interior and paint. What you saw on TV at Chip's shop was body work, dechroming, super paint job, new engine, new interior and new wheels on a stock car. These are two entirely concepts with little comparison. Boyd was a manager with a vision who had workers bring that vision to life. Chip is a hands-on designer who has workers help bring his designs to life."


Not sure this is accurate, Overhaulin, etc. only show some of Foose's work. He is a multiple winner of the Riddler award. Google some pictures of cars Chip has built, they are ground up full custom cars.

 

Not sure this is accurate, Overhaulin, etc. only show some of Foose's work. He is a multiple winner of the Riddler award. Google some pictures of cars Chip has built, they are ground up full custom cars.

See the pictures posted of some of Chip's creations.

 

Boyd worked at Disney and built cars in his garage at night. Boyd had the job 24/7 others just pulled a check and went home, he lived it, that said, Chip is the fav, as for talent, and tude. But Boyd hired him not the other way around:bowtier:. apples and oranges, pick your poison.

 

One as ASS, one different, pick your poison. !!!!

 

I have never met either, have seen the TV shows. I cannot say I saw any episode that showed Boyd actually hands on grinding, fabbing, etc. He just walked around and maybe held something.

Chip foose was always fabbing up something for the overhaulin cars.

 

Both Boyd and Foose did full custom work as well as milder stuff. It would be fair to say that Boyd is more known for full custom stuff. What makes some form their opinion is what was done for TV as opposed to their entire body of work. One reason for this is that TV can't capture the full custom build that might take 6-24 months to build.

I also think that Boyd let the TV producers paint him as a bad guy - and exaggerated that. On the other hand he let them.

And while I've never met Foose, I think if you were to meet and know him, he real life personality would be similar to what's on TV.

 

I like them both and don't really care how their personality is as it doesn't affect me at all. I like both of their work as they do great looking cars. With that being said, who knows where Foose would be if Boyd didn't hire him, I'm sure he learned a lot from Boyd. You don't get to be where both men are/were without a great talent for cars. Another builder I like is Troy Trepanier, he does some cool stuff also.

 

I think Foose would have done fine without Boyd, but Boyd probably brought him to excellence and into the spotlight sooner.

Troy T does some really nice stuff. I had a chance to meet him and talk with him at Bonneville a few years back - he's a down to earth guy and answered all our questions. He built the 69 Barracuda that George Poteet owns that went 319 mph that year. I think Poteet has had Boyd and Foose build him cars too. He has a lot of guys building cars for him and sometimes they get their first fame from building for him.

 

I liked both of them . In regards to their work, attitude excluded. Mike