Sure surprised me to find that he was dead at 63 yrs old. Not much older than I am (61 next month), but he sure did a lot in the way of building rods along with the wheels and all. 
Yeah, I watched some of the shows to! I really enjoy seeing cars (and bikes) built up like that and all. I just get tired of all the stupid bickering and unnecessary comments and all. Like Terry, I think Dewayne should have been the one. I could never figure out how in the world HE could be in charge of ANYTHING! I enjoyed seeing things start to take shape, you know? Shame that there can't be shows about building bikes and cars, without having people acting like morons in the process. While I wasn't all that impressed by Boyd's attitude, gotta be impressed by all that he accomplished over the years. 
Wonder if Daryl Starbird or George Barris acted like that?
Later on, Bill 
Hey when's your birthday Bill? Mine's the 11th of March, but you've still got a few years on me, ha ha!
I think the "drama" side of these shows is a put on, to be honest. You see I love to watch the "hands on" technical stuff, as it stimulates my tiny brain, but a lot of people who pretend that they like hotrods, really only want to look at the final product, so the producers throw in that "reality" crap to maintain the interest.
The show that I enjoy is "Wrecks to Riches" where Barry White (no relation to the singer) and his crew build musclecars from old bangers that they buy from junkyards. They spare no expense on the bodywork with nice fresh rust free panels, beautiful paint, magnificent interiors and wheels, and plenty of mumbo with 500+ BHP big block V8's, tranny's, diffs, etc.
No fancy stereo's with 10 amps and 100 speakers, no sno cone makers or plasma screens in the trunk, not a hint of any "pimping", just good engineering, and with only an occasional temper tantrum. Cheers, Terry.
