Vehicle Description
World Famous Boyd's Beater. This was Late Hot Rod hero, Boyd
Coddington's last build on his show American Hot Rod. He drove it
from California to Louisville, KY. DRIVETRAIN: A '59 Chevy 283 was
bored .030-over before being balanced and blueprinted by A&D
Racing in La Habra, CA. An Edelbrock dual carb set-up feeds the
little mouse that pumped 370 hp on the dyno. Advanced Transmission
in Gardena, CA went through the Powerglide tranny before it slid
into the chassis.CHASSIS: An unlikely pair of '31 Chevy rails is
the basis for the chassis. It was noted that the Bowtie rails
profile closely resemble the lines of the T body so Boyd builder Al
Simon tackled the task of whipping up some custom cross members and
hanging a host of traditional components from them. Up front it's a
Magnum 5-inch dropped axle, split wishbones, Posie's spring, Pete &
Jake's shocks, '40 Ford spindles, '48 Ford brakes and Vega
steering. Out back is a Ford 9-inch rear, Pete & Jake's ladder bars
and another Posies springs.WHEELS & TIRES: Not just simple
steelies. Traditional rollers consist of a pair of 15 5 rims
wrapped in 165R15 rubber and a pair of 16 7 steelies in 215/85R16
skins.INTERIOR: Bare basics cabin is wrapped in Gabe Lopez
(Bloomington, CA) stitched black vinyl. Classic controls are a Lime
Works '40 Ford-style wheel and column and a Lokar shifter. Stewart
Warner wings in a custom-built dash panel monitor vitals.