Choosing The Right Custom Wheels

Tips For Choosing The Right Custom Wheels

If you own a car, you would be familiar with your Wheels. If you ever approach a retail wheel and tire store, you will be able to get an idea about various types of custom wheels. Many wheel retail stores provide a wide collection of custom wheels that are nicely designed, modern repertoire, systematically engineered, and quality contrived. Generally, wheels express diverse concepts to different people around the world. However, they remain one of the most significant discoveries of human civilization; wheels have helped activate dynamic force that is necessary for convenient travel and transport in today’s world.

Choosing the perfect custom wheels for your car is very important. While purchasing custom wheels for your car, make sure that you do not end up with goods that are stolen, lost, overused or faulty. On average, wheels rotation is around ten times per second or 600 times a minute. If you purchase poor quality wheels for your car, truck, hot rod, muscle car, street rod or SUV they will have adverse effects on the overall performance of your vehicle. This decision of yours will most probably destroy the tires of your car at any moment or can cause severe wear and tear on the bearings and other vital parts of the vehicle. Therefore, wheel design and construction are important factors to be considered while choosing car tires. Try to understand the function, design and quality of a wheel before purchasing it.

Aftermarket Custom wheels and rims for cars are available in several forms including steel wheels, cast wheels, chrome wheels, painted wheels, alloy wheels, billet wheels and forged wheels. Custom wheels come in many sizes from 14-inch to 26-inch. Custom Wheels are also available in one-piece, two-piece and three-piece.

Custom wheels are made up of an outer rim and center, which are also known as a disc or barrel respectively. The outer rim of a wheel carries supports and fits the tire and the center disc attaches the rim to the vehicle. Wheel carrying capacity, proper wheel care, maintenance and correct fitment of wheels and wheel accessories are all vital factors, which should be kept in mind while shopping for your wheels along with other car parts. Many suppliers will help you in this matter by giving you first class support and around the clock assistance, along with great product offerings and explains what is necessary to ensure a long life and consistence performance of your vehicle.

Custom Wheels is a cosmetic addition to your vehicle that will change its appearance more than any other aftermarket addition you can make to your car. Make sure you purchase your custom wheels from a reputable manufacturer and/or retailer that offer customer support and a minimum of a warranty that matches your vehicle’s warranty.

Tips To Select Your Custom Car Cover

7- Tips To Select Your Custom Car Cover

Making sure you select the right custom car cover for your vehicle is essential if you want to protect it from moisture, pollution, bird excrement, even small dings. Not all car covers are the same and few can offer total protection for your car. Read on to learn about the car cover that is right for your car.

Using your Boyd Coddington® detailing products you lovingly wash and wax your vehicle on most sunny weekends, spending time detailing every single blotch, nick, scrape, or other damaging mark on your car’s exterior. Part of the deal with owning any vehicle is making certain that it looks its best week in and week out. Still, you may not be doing all that you can to protect the finish. Other enemies including bird excrement, acid rain, and even harmful UV rays can thwart the best efforts of even the most diligent car owner. Fortunately, there is one automotive accessory that can help keep your car clean, provided you use it when your car is parked for an extended length of time. What am I talking about? Car covers! Read on for seven helpful tips to help you choose the right cover for your truck, van, SUV, or car.

When shopping for a custom car cover you must give consideration to what it does besides simply covering your car. Among some important points to know:

Will the car cover protect from damaging UV rays? If you live in California an area of intense sunshine, as we do here at Boyd Coddington Garage, you need a car cover that offers the maximum protection from the sun.

Is the material durable? Does it breath? Will it tear if loaded down with snow or ice?

Will the car cover resist or completely repel rain?

Can the product survive weather extremes, i.e. intense heat or severe cold?

Will the car cover resist dust? Some car covers prevent even the finest dust from accumulating, dust that can mar your garaged car too.

Does the car cover come with multiple layers to protect from small insults? This is important feature to have if you leave your car in a public area. In addition, selecting a car cover that comes with side mirror pockets is a wise choice to ensure that your car receives the snuggest fit.

Finally, you will want to know if there is a lengthy guarantee offered, what colors are available, and what the return policies are, if any, of the cover that you select.

Most premium car covers allow you for them to be cleaned right in your washing machine. By selecting cold to warm water, regular bleach-free laundry detergent, and drying it on your dryer’s permanent press cycle, you can make the dirtiest car cover clean in no time. Of course, make certain that you adhere to the manufacturer’s specifications for the proper care of your car cover.

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Boyd Coddington Jr. Launches New Website

Boyd Coddington Jr. Launches New Detail Garage Website

Boyd Coddington Detail Garage^®Announces Car Care Dedicated Website

Boyd Coddington Garage®, which has been a leader in the aftermarket hot rod and custom wheel industry for more than 5 decades, announced today that it has launched www.boydsdetailgarage.com, a new website dedicated to showcasing the company’s commitment to providing the same award winning formulated car care, detailing products and accessories that were developed and are used to clean, detail and protect all the Boyd Coddington Built Hot Rods. This world-class automotive specialty line of car care products is now available for your car and will be the last car care products that you will ever need. The website features an E-Catalog and “Learning Center” with a variety of fresh, relevant topics to help enthusiasts and professional detailers to stay informed. This announcement comes as Boyd Coddington Jr. continues to grow the Detail Garage offering an ever-growing product line of professional car care products that provide products designed with the performance, quality and the results that detailers crave.

Just recently Boyd’s Detail Garage just announced a dramatic breakthrough in wheel finishing technology-HCX2! This all-new patented process changes the surface of a wheel to an extremely hard, finish that is invisible to the human eye and leaves no degradation in polish quality. It means that polished wheels need no more polishing! It is an easy to apply, do it yourself, fifteen minute single-step chemical process that, when cured, changes the molecular structure of the surface of the wheel to a glass-hard finish that is impervious to oxidation, corrosion, brake dust, road salt, acid-based wheel cleaners and ordinary nicks and scratches. It will even withstand a grueling Mil-Spec 1000 Hour Salt Spray without damage! “This is a genuine technological breakthrough”, says Boyd Coddington Detail Garage Founder Boyd Coddington Jr. “The HCX2 finish will preserve the just-polished or the look of a new wheel for years. It will be a huge benefit for those consumers who want to protect their investment, or want to spent less time and effort maintaining their custom wheels.

Also added to the Boyd Coddington Detail Garage line is a Limited Edition Extreme Carnauba Paste Wax with unmatched features, hand blended pure raw ingredients and a perfect combination of natural oils and 100% pure Brazilian White Carnauba. And finally, Boyd’s Extreme Black™ Tire & Rubber Dressing that provides a non-greasy, non-slinging rich semi-gloss finish with added UV inhibitors and polymers to protect your tires, interior plastics, trim, and door seals.

About Boyd Coddington Detail Garage

Founded by Boyd Coddington Jr., Boyd Coddington Detail Garage is a manufacturer of specialty car care, detailing products and accessories, for professionals and enthusiasts. The company is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and sells its products throughout the United States and in many foreign countries.

For more information on Boyd Coddington Detail Garage® complete line of car care, detailing products and accessories, please visit the company website at www.boydsdetailgarage.com or calling855-952-0700.

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1926 Model T

1926 Model T “Fantastic T”

Dad was a machinist by trade and one of his first jobs as a machinist was working the graveyard shift at Disneyland. In fact, he carried a lot of his work ethics and shop habits into the hot rod business that were instilled in him while employed there.

Boyd in his 1915 Center Door finished just prior to starting the 1927 Model T project

Dad built hundreds of cars over the years, but the first hot rod he built recognized by the magazines was a 1915 Center Door that Street Rodder Magazine published in the August, 1974 issue. Because my dad’s satisfaction always came from building the cars rather than owning them, the next project, a 1926 Model T was soon underway with the goal of building a better hot rod.

The sedan’s chassis was completely hand-fabricated by my dad from 1-1 /2 x 3 inch tubing in our one car garage. Electric fans are mounted to the left frame rail with the air conditioning condenser. The interior features a hand carved dash by Ken Hartley and is outfitted with S-W Stage Ill gauges that matches the stock T steering wheel. Originally the upholstery was a tan Naugahyde. The wheels are Zenith Wire, and about 5 years before the first set of Boyds Wheels were built. The Corvette rear (3.47 gears) were installed utilizing coil-over shocks instead of the stock leaf spring. The Steering is Mustang.

The engine is a 289 Shelby Ford small block mounted to a C-4 Cruis-0-Matic and both are stock. The engine uses a Mallory igniter and a Holley 650 carb with lots of detailing and polish. All fluid lines and hoses, as well as all wiring throughout are aircraft type. The front suspension consists of a custom tubular axle on a Teflon leaf spring. Spindles are early Chevy, while the disc brakes are Corvette.

Street Rodder featured the Model T on the March 1975 cover utilizing the most recognizable amusement park as the background. This was the very first time a street rod had been photographed at Disneyland since it’s opening in 1955.

Dennis Varni’s 1929 AMBR Hot Rod

1992 Americas Most Beautiful Roadster

A Hot Rod Of Ingenuity Design And Detail

Dennis Varni from Los Gatos, California, first built this 1929 roadster in 1971. In 1990, when Dennis wanted to refresh the 29 Hot Rod, he looked to Boyd Coddington Garage to rebuild it with the look of the Lil’ John Buttera smoothed ’29 roadsters that had set the trend at the time. This required major modifications to the original ’29 body and an entirely new custom fabricated frame and chassis. The challenges of the body were tackled by Ron Covell, who shortened the quarter-panels 3 inches, moved the wheel wells forward, shortened the deck panel 3 inches to enlarge the interior, built 2-inch-longer doors from scratch, and formed a rolled rear pan and a louvered belly pan. Greg Turetto constructed and fabricated new frame rails to fit the body’s new form. The Halibrand Champ quick-change rides on torsion bars and the license plate flips up to hide away into the roll pan when the key is turned off.

An Art Chrisman assembled, Buttera-designed aluminum, 406-inch Indy Hawk small-block propels the newly shaped body and chassis. This hot rod motor is a beautiful combination of Boyd Coddington machined and polished custom air cleaner, valve covers, and oil pan to match the Dart heads, a 3/4-inch stroked crank, Crower rods, Ross pistons, an lsky cam, Jesel rockers, B&M blower, (now Holley) with a Carter AFB carb. Backing up the power plant and handling the torque is a Doug Nash five-speed transmission.

Greg Morel and Keith Russell applied Boyd Red lacquer paint, and the rest of the Boyd Coddington crew fitted the pieces together, laced the wires, and finished the details before Ron Mangus stitched the new interior with Connolly Leather and wool carpet. The Boyd Coddington billet steering wheel is wrapped in Connolly Leather and topped off with the Varni logo etched into the horn button. The silk-screened matching face VDO and Smiths gauges also proudly display the Varni logo. The trunk is trimmed in Connolly Leather and wool carpet with a Sony CD changer.

In 1992 Dennis’s Roadster won the prestigious Americas Most Beautiful Roadster Award. Winner or not, Dennis is a true hot rod enthusiast and for him, nothing is too good to butcher. You’ll find Dennis out driving his 29 in the sun, rain or blistering heat.

Vern Luce Coupe

Vern Luce was the owner of a lollipop factory and long time hot rodder. Vern’s Newport Beach garage was full of hot rods including a Model T and a hi-boy ’32 Ford roadster when he crossed paths with Boyd Coddington, John Buttera and a young hot rod illustrator, Thom Taylor and commissioned the Vern Luce Coupe.

To identify the Vern Luce Coupe as a 1933 Ford is to give Henry undue credit, because this rod is entirely scratch-built. Any parts remaining of factory origin passed through a number of capable hot rodders for modification.

Boyd began with an original body and frame, but the original parts ended with that beginning. The rear rails were kicked upward two inches and the section forward of the cowl was completely fabricated extending the Model 40’s wheelbase to 115 inches. New cross members from front to back support the tubular suspension fabricated by Boyd and John Buttera. At the front, a combination of 1974 Fiat rack-and-pinion, Strange Engineering spindles, Corvair balljoints, and Kelsey-Hayes brakes mount 14×7-inch Center Line wheels and Firestone radial tires. A Halibrand quick-change center section separates the K-H inboard rear brakes, Jaguar half shafts, Coddington-constructed tubular suspension arms, knock-off hubs, and 15×9 Centerlines. Koni coil-over-shocks suspend both ends of the flawless coupe. For the proposed Vern Luce Coupe body mods, Boyd turned to Steve Davis and Dan Fink. Following the Thom Taylor sketches, Steve and Dan filled and chopped the roof with slight rake-three-inches at the front and a quarter-inch less at the rear-extensively modifying the cowl and windshield posts in the process. Davis and Fink also constructed the rolled rear pan, the firewall and the entire shapely sheet metal forward, including the unbelievably perfect, three-piece hood.

When the body was totally complete and primed, the coupe was as smooth as a new Ferrari. Boyd brought in Terry Hegman to perform the paint. Several hand-rubbed coats of ”Juniors Ferrari Red” and the body gleamed as much as the soon-to-be-added chrome plating.

Boyd-built mounts and linkages connect the ’71 Ford 289 and C-4 trans to the remainder of the running gear. The latter is a product of Nick Metranga’s complete B&M 2500 rpm-stall-speed convertor, and Boyd’s home built billet shifter.

Art Chrisman applied BRC-modified TRW pistons, Mallory ignition, Crane components, those wooly Weslake heads, and four 48 IDA Weber carbs to the mini-Dearborn, then capped it with hand crafted valve covers from John Buttera, and headers by Ken Moore. Jack Chisenhall was consulted when it came time to keep it cool, and the Vintage Air system was installed in the Boyd Coddington Garage/Vic Kitchens-stitched interior. A pair of Recaro seats, a Nardi steering wheel, Concord stereo, and three power-operated pieces of tinted glass top out the interior. VDO linear instruments reside in a Coddington hand-carved 2024 aluminum panel which matches the other of the very first billet parts ever milled by Boyd including the accelerator, billet brake pedals, billet door handles, billet mirrors, billet steering column and billet decklid. The Buick front, and Volkswagen rear lights received multiple modifications to match the smooth lines of the coupe.

It took about 2 years time to build-not counting the two years previous, when Thom Taylor, Boyd Coddington, and Vern Luce were working out design problems.

The Vern Luce Coupe set the new standard for which all hot rods were to be built, even to this day. It was the hot rod that launched my dad’s hot rod career and where the “Boyd Look” origins come.

I get asked a lot, “how did your dad do it”? The answer was one of the fundamental lessons taught in the Coddington house. Standards. The standards that helped build the Vern Luce Coupe laid down the path to my dad’s success.

When you set high standards for yourself you instantly have a higher belief of what you can accomplish. You now expect more from yourself, and you expect more from others. With a higher set of expectations you are willing to go farther and reach higher to get the results you’re looking for, which consequently raises your performance levels.

As a result you invite more opportunities and extraordinary people into your life simply because there is more assurance in everything you do. As a result of this confidence, you feel more poised about reaching your goals and about the opportunities that come into your life. Additionally, your confidence attracts extraordinary people into your life that helps to reach your goals quicker and more efficiently.

BOB BOND AT ALL SPEED EXPO

BOB BOND TO ATTEND BOYD CODDINGTON

ALL SPEED EXPO AND CUSTOM CAR SHOW.

PRESS RELEASE

Kansas City, MO – October 7, 2015 – The Boyd Coddington All Speed Expo announced today legendary automotive artist Bob Bond would be showcasing his work and giving pinstriping demonstrations at the All Speed Expo to be held on November 21-22, 2015 at the KCI Expo Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Bond’s creations have excited young and old for decades, while setting trends in the hot-rod and custom-car industries.

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See All Of Bob’s Work At www.bobbondart.com

Bob Bond has been commissioned by Boyd Coddington Jr. and many other notable celebrities to apply the finishing touch to their vehicles including Cher, Ringo Star, Liberace, Evil Knevil, Elton John, George Barris and Billy Gibbons. His work has appeared in the Kustom Kulture art exhibit at the Laguna Beach Art Museum, which toured across the United States.

“Bond remains one of the hot rod industries most talented and recognized pinstripers, we are excited to have him displaying at the Expo,” Boyd Coddington Jr. said.

ABOUT THE ALL SPEED EXPO – The Boyd Coddington All Speed Expo is the Midwest’s premier performance automotive and truck trade expo, where exhibitors showcase services and products directly to the automotive enthusiast. It also plays host to the King of KC car show, where the finest custom and restored cars & trucks in the region compete for top honors.

For more information about the Boyd Coddington All Speed Expo, visit www.allspeedexpo.com.

ABOUT BOYD CODDINGTON GARAGE – Boyd Coddington Garage® was founded by Coddington’s eldest son, Boyd Jr., and encompasses multiple businesses and full service licensing for the brand. In 2013 Boyd Coddington Garage started an automotive design studio in order to focus their efforts on the company’s new high-end line of automotive detailing products, Boyd Coddington Detail Garage® which was announced at last fall’s SEMA Show and a high end line of premier car care products. The Boyd Coddington brands are known as the design leader and the premier brands for unsurpassed quality. For more information visit Boyd Coddington Garage at boydcoddingtonsgarage.com.

Contact Info: Scott Pennington

All Speed Expo

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (816) 812-2040

1990 Americas Most Beautiful Roadster

Boyds First All Aluminum Hot Rod

& the 1990 Americas Most beautiful Roadster

Butch Martino from White Plains New York was the proud owner of several of the early and more notable hot rods to come out of Boyd Coddington Garage. This radical altered roadster and winner of the 1990 Americas Most Beautiful Roadster Award was by far Butch’s favorite and for good reason. In 1998 when my dad pitched the project to Butch, he had the far-reaching idea to build the entire hot rod out of aluminum. Butch loved the concept and commissioned the 1932 roadster dubbed “Passion”, and the first all aluminum hot rod to come out of Boyd Coddingtons Garage.

Just about every part of this 1932 roadster is hand-fabricated aluminum. The refined Thom Taylor design combined with the Coddington trademark look and the billet aluminum elements carry throughout the entire hot rod. The futuristic Thom Taylor design starts with the aggressive grille shell, flows through the hood and sides, the suicide style doors to the one-off aluminum body shaped by Craig Naff. Greg Morrell laid down the plum paint, which was followed up by the double pinstripe by Dennis Ricklefs. Bobby Griffey stitched the gray leather and plum fabric interior.

The Craig Naff sculpted body and hood looked so awesome in bare aluminum, we decided to take it on tour and display it in several shows including the Nationals in Louisville.

After “Passion” had been crowned Americas Most Beautiful Roadster, I spent a year on the road with Butch’s roadster touring the Super Chevy Shows. I can tell you from experience, this hot rod demanded attention and drew in the crowds. The late Pete Peterson and me would take it out cruising in the evening where spectators got an opportunity to see it on the road.

Other Awards include Best In Class, Best In Show and Best Rod

Martino's AMBR Roadster Build Sheet

Owner	Butch Martino, White Plains New York
CHASSIS
Frame/Manufacturer	Just A Hobby
Modifications	Custom Design By Thom Taylor
Wheelbase	109"
Front Suspension	Boyds Aluminum IFS
Front Brakes	Disc
Rear Suspension	Custom Independent Rear
Differential	Custom Coilover on GM unit
Master Cylinder	Mustang
Steering Box/Column	Mustang aluminum
Wheels Front	Custom One Off 14x6
Wheels Rear	Custom One Off 15x10
Tires Front/Goodyear	195x60R14
Tires Rear/Goodyear	275x60R15
Gas Tank	Custom/All Aluminum
Radiator

BODY
Style	Roadster
Body Material	All Aluminum
Hood Material	All Aluminum
Lights Front/Rear	Custom Fabricated
Mirrors	Custom Fabricated
Paint	DuPont Plum
Pin striping	Dennis Ricklefs

INTERIOR
Upholsterer	Bobby Griffey
Upholstery/Color Seats	Gray Leather
Carpet/Color	Gray Wool
Top	Custom Fabricated Aluminum
instrument Panel	Custom Fabricated Billet Aluminum
Gauges	VDO
Steering Wheel	Custom/One Off Design

DRIVETRAIN
Engine	1989 Chevy Corvette
TPI	Street And Performance
Transmission	Corvette 700R
Driveshaft	Boyd Coddington Design
Exhaust	Stainless Steel
Water Pump	Lil John
Engine Dress Up	Billet Aluminum/One Off Design

Boyd Coddington Falcon AU XR Ute

ITSA BOYD!

A Boyd Coddington Special Edition 2000 Ford Falcon AU XR Ute.

It’s always nice to get a call from a new owner of a Boyd Built vehicle. It’s Important to be able to keep track of the garages throughout the world that hold the Coddington creations. I recently received one of those calls from Dave Morgan, a hot rodder from Perth, Australia. Dave contacted me interested in registering, and obtaining a Boyd Coddington Certificate Of Authenticity for the Ford AU Falcon Ute. I managed this project so I remember it well. Dave first saw the Boyd creation on the cover of Street Machine Magazine in 2001 and fell in love with it. In 2008 while attending the Summernats, (Australia’s biggest car show) Dave spotted it and it had a “For Sale” sign on it. A good a friend of Dave’s – Doug, purchased the Ute and shipped it back to Perth via truck were it lived in Dave’s garage for several months until he had a place to store it.

While at Dave’s place, he came up with the Ute’s new name that’s on the current license plate, “ITSA BOYD”. In that time Dave also updated the stereo/sound system and mounted a “Shaker/Hood Scoop” on the vehicle.

Doug knew Dave loved ITSA BOYD…so earlier this year Doug offered to sell it to him and he purchased it.

When we weren’t busy at the hot rod shop designing the next America’s Most Beautiful Roadster, we had many of these special projects come through the shop. Some of those projects gave us the opportunity to re-design, engineer and create for various OEMs and marketing partners. One of those projects was in 1998 when Ford commissioned us to restyle this 2000 Ford Falcon AU XR Ute.

Ford shipped the Ute to our shop in Anaheim where it would begin an intense transformation. Originally white, the Ute was a former test mule, which Ford thrashed to within an inch of its life.

For those of you that have never seen the Australian Ute, it’s sort of a modern day Ford Ranchero. That said, or plan was to use the same design, restyling and customizing methods on the Ute that we had used on the American Street Trucks we built over the years. So, we called in the talented Luis Tanahara to put our design ideas onto paper.

Mechanically the Ute is no demon on the street. However, the factory EFI 302ci V8 Windsor motor is capable enough. We consulted with the Aussie suspension experts at Pedders Suspension to provide the shocks and springs to give the Ute the aggressive stance. The rear wheels are 20×9.5 while the fronts are 18×8 all wrapped around four Falken tires. The staggered wheel and tire diameters give the Ute a nice hot rod look.

The Body mods are subtle. The door handles were removed and replaced with solenoids that are operated with a remote. Other body mods included a billet grille and a new front under tray. The Ute is wearing a special House of Kolor mix of Tangerine on top, Ivory Cream in the middle and split up by Passion Purple in the middle. Gabe Lopez stitched the orange, purple and cream color trio leather interior. After several thousand miles, Dave informs us that both the paint and interior paint work is still the original and in excellent condition.

Well, there you have it, ITSA BOYD was one of the more unique projects that came through our shop. Dave’s Ute will be appearing in Western Australia at all the major events including the Western Australian All Ford Day on November 1^st 2015. If you’re across the pond and you get a chance, be sure to check out ITSA BOYD. She’s a little ripper!

The Silver Bullet

Boyds 29 Model A… The Silver Bullet.

The late Boyd Coddington was a machinist at Disneyland in the early 1970s. A promising hot rod builder, he was searching for a style all his own and a personal statement. Boyd’s first hot rods were heavily influenced by his friend, “’Lil” John Buttera, who was the first hot rodder to use CNC’S to create and ‘sculpt’ custom engines and suspension parts from solid billet aluminum.

Coddington admired a ’27 Model T Ford sedan that Butera had built, and he responded with a similar ’26 T. Butera’s next project was an ultra-modern ’29 Ford Model A roadster, which in turn motivated Coddington to create a counter-car that would become known as the “Silver Bullet.” The car is a remarkable blend of traditional styling and contemporary innovation.” For the “Bullet,” Buttera shaped a frame that added to the contours of the classic Model A roadster body. Boyd filled all the body seams, leveled the rear fender wells, and built an independent rear end using a Corvette center section and J&J hub carriers.

Custom Boyd Coddington Wheels with center hubs, handmade hairpin wishbones, a beautifully crafted dropped front axle, a “Bulldog” style abbreviated front, and functional lever shocks comprised the front section. Boyd built the three-piece hood and louvered the side panels by hand, then placed it to a Model A grille shell. The headlights seemed to ‘float’ beside the grille. The taillights were incredibly slim Lucite strips. Clean and contemporary, it put other retro-style highboy roadsters look positively prehistoric.

In keeping with this car’s clean exterior, Jim Bailey created a burgundy leather interior; Steve Borowitz added a wood grain dash insert, which Buttera filled with then-contemporary digital gauges. A three-spoke Boyd Coddington steering wheel complemented the dash. The shift lever and the pedals were machined from a solid piece of billet.

Boyd Coddington’s Silver Bullet was featured on the cover of Street Rodder magazine in April 1978. Vern Luce, a wealthy would-be customer, saw the Silver Bullet and retained Boyd to build him a ’33 Ford coupe that would soon make Coddington a household name. With this commission, Coddington quit his machinist job at Disneyland and opened Boyd Coddington’s Garage.

When the completed Vern Luce coupe appeared in 1981, it exemplified everything a hand-built, custom-built, high-end hot rod could be. Coddington soon became a industry leader, assembled a team and commenced manufacturing billet wheels and accessories. Boyd won the “America’s Most Beautiful Roadster” seven times.

Chevrolet V8 engine, 300 bhp, 350 cu. in.
Four-barrel carburetor
Custom dropped front tubular axle with torsion bars
Corvette independent rear suspension with coil-over shocks
Front disc and rear drum brakes. Wheelbase: 102″