We are proud to introduce the Spirit of Boyd, S.O.B., to our cast line up of wheels. Another classic design with a little more attention to detail. The S.O.B. features an A-356 highly polished aluminum cast center and uses the same 6061 spun outers as the rest of our billet and forged wheels. Attention to detail was our main focus in building this wheel. No other polished cast wheel on the market has the detail and features that the S.O.B has. From the raised detail area around the lug holes to the flanges that flank the classic spoke shape. Available in 17″, 18″ and 20″ diameters and widths ranging from 7″ to 15″. Made for 5×4.5 and 5×4.75 bolt patterns and anything in between.
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White Caps Pickup for Sale
Built by my dad in 2006 for White Caps Construction Supply and now it’s for sale. Comes with a 20ft enclosed trailer. For more info call Duane at American Hot Rods 714-345-3833
LA Roadsters Father’s Day Show 2012
Another great year at the Los Angeles Roadsters Father’s Day Show in Pomona, CA. I’ve been coming to this show since before I can remember. It was a family tradition for us for years. It was great to be back. We were there in support for Duane and American Hot Rods. Duane had one of our displays in the booth. I was able to get one of the first 18″ production samples of the new cast wheel, the SOB(Spirit of Boyd), out to the show. Ran into a bunch of old friends. Chris Buttera was out there with the last roadster his dad built before he passed away. Chris ended up running into Don Wills from OK who now owns the first roadster his dad built. I was fortunate enough to be there to snap a picture of both of them side by side. Overall it was a great show. There were over 5 Boyd Built cars at the show that I counted. Thanks to Duane for having me come out.
Duane standing next to the SOB
First and Last of the John Buttera roadsters
Gil Losi's Boydster II at the Meguir's booth
White Caps Pickup
Walt Baynes and his Hot Rods by Boyd built roadster
Pro Touring Wheel Headquarters
19x8 and 20x12 PT-01
We have been catering to the Pro-Touring market long before that term for the latest automotive segment even existed. Originally part of our Multi-Piece Forged series the PT-01 and the rest of our Pro-Touring line cater to lightweight designs, performance brake clearances, and a wide array of sizes and backspaces. Shown above are a pair of brushed center polished outer PT-01 in 19×8 and 20×12. If your looking for the ultimate performance wheel set up look no further. Contrary to some of the information that is being thrown around out there about 3pc wheels being better than 2pc, 2pc welded construction wheels are far superior to 3pc wheels for a number of reasons. 2pc wheels are pound for pound stronger and outperform 3pc wheels in cornering and radial fatigue tests. 2pc wheels in most cases can be made lighter due to the lack of hardware. Speaking of hardware would you build a race car chassis by bolting it together or wouldn’t you just trust the strength of welding? Sizes and offsets. There is now a wide array of diameters and widths that fit 98% of the tires available for performance vehicles. Both our centers and our outers are made of 6061 aluminum unlike most 3pc rim shells that are made of 5000 series aluminum. Now the only thing 3pc wheels have over 2pc wheels is the ability to chrome the wheels. If your into that then go for it, but if your into a nice looking wheel that performs stick with 2pc.
24×15″ Slayers
Some 24×15’s Slayers we just finished up for a customer. Really big. This is about the largest width and diameter we can make in our 2pc line of wheels. They do look good on the right car that is built around these wheels. These won’t fit on your average car or truck.
Above we show the same 24×15 Slayer next to a 17×8 rim. A lot has changed over the years. 20 years ago that 17″ rim was big. To see what tires go on these bad boys check out the Pirelli 405/25r24 here
Boyd Burnout approved
David Womack from Tucson, AZ shows off his new Smoothie 3’s on his super clean 1955 Chevy. 18×8’s in the front with 18×10’s in the rear lit up by a nice 502 motor. Ridetech coilovers in the front and their 4 link in the rear. This thing sits nice and sounds great. Boyd Burnout approved.
Boyd Coddington built cars on Velocity’s Chasing Classic Cars
While I didn’t get a chance to see if for myself I heard good things about the episode of Chasing Classic Cars on Discovery’s Velocity Channel where 3 cars built by my dad were auctioned off. You can check out a snippet of the video here
2012 Good Guys Del Mar Boyd Coddington Memorial Award
This is the 4th year my brother Gregg and I have given out the Boyd Coddington Memorial Award at the Good Guys Del Mar show. As always Del Mar doesn’t disappoint. The weather was a little chilly but not enough to scare anyone away. Lots of great cars to choose from and we’re glad Good Guys continues to support this award in memory of our father. For the award we decided to build a billet award design that our father used for some of the Pro’s Pick awards he used to give out. Anodized gold with a machine finish. We’re really happy with the way it turned out. It’s always a challenge to pick just one car at these shows. There were so many worthy rides but this year we decided that Ryan Reed’s 1937 Ford Coupe was hands down one of the coolest cars at the show. Ryan really put the attention to detail into this one. Killer stance, flawless paint and interior. Nothing dated or trendy about this car at all. Ryan built this all himself at his shop in Corona, CA. Definitely something our dad would have thought was super cool.
We look forward to coming back next year to pick another ride that is worthy of getting the Boyd Coddington Memorial Award. Many thanks to the Good Guys for their support.
replacement caps for older Boyd Coddington 8 lug GM wheels are available
We have a limited supply of 8 lug threaded GM caps available. These are the same caps that were on all GM 8 lug Boyd Coddington branded wheels from 1999-2004 that took a threaded cap. These caps need to be torqued down to 70 pounds using the oval tool they originally came with. Right now we only have the caps and not the oval tools. There is a limited supply so call now and get them while you can. 866-612-2693.
Duel – Signature Series
The Signature Series Duel wheel. Available in 17-20″ sizes in a range of bolt patterns and offsets. The Duel wheel is made completely out of 6061 forged billet aluminum. Our signature series wheels showcase the attention to detail and the cutting edge machining and polishing techniques that made the Coddington name famous. The Duel is the perfect wheel to for your custom, muscle car, or retro rod.
Close up detail shot of the Duel
another detail shot showing the attention to detail we put into the Duel