American Hotrod: Roy Schmidt Dies.

no how were we doing Cavallo he was an excellent grasp did everything with his hands and the hammers and dollies tools you may feel achievement it's it's too bad but a lot of people haven't picked that up and it's just become a lost art so that time was really necessary there was nothing else to use very expensive and it takes somebody with some sub talent a little bit any out of able to do it there's no talent repair shops and body shops anymore the bunch of butchers of bondo Arroyo was an old-fashioned sheetmetal guy he was one of the guys that could roll a panel out of a flat piece of steel and and just get in there and go and know where he was head and it didn't take him half as long to do it as it would anybody else because he knew the tools he knew the equipment and he knew how to do his job and to find somebody to replace Roy is gonna be hard okay then this piece he'll be vulnerable up and down really wanted and definitely when I came on board here Roy was a big influence on me as far as the things I've learned okay now look look okay good you know man was just a culmination of immense years of knowledge really know what he is what he was doing you know it's working with metal is a craft and an art and it's not necessary something you can just explain to somebody they have to actually kind of feel it you know I think one where I started in the business definitely was much more of a handcrafted kind of art now everything's done with computers which you know production numbers a lot higher but I'd like to think there's not as much humanity at bars now as much character I ever tell you about the time I used to do this kind of probably he'll be missed the machines back there now they're probably missing him already he was he was a prankster I always screw those guys are sworn right well their doors shut yeah good start my best memory is Aurora we were working is when we're actually working on blue bears car and he welded the door shut for us OH and we actually get to come in in the morning and try and figure out you know what had happened Susan equals more careful are they welded shut did pervy hi he did well them shut really poor and of course you know he had nothing to do with it would be be wasn't you you know he definitely liked to play some pranks so it was it was a lot of fun really like to have a lot of fun but let's face it the other half the time he was just cranky why everything on this car has to go that way I love cars oh come on man I want to sit around hope you've got dental insurance you're gonna need it go straight down to the bottom here straight down I'm doing yeah but if you go this way it's not the same way for them you go straight at them screw the juicy nightmare is what's up it's rare this Nance over here who sees people would buy new cars to try to fix up all this old junk yeah like eight cars you can feel the love I know the ROI went through a lot of frustrating times and everything and none were the least frustrating as working with Lee sometimes oh there's a new sheriff in town boy and then they McCoy whatever you say go slower okay oh sorry run straight out I apologize it's a new sheriff in town is it named baby I'm really do now the relationship between Leroy was real interesting from the get-go slam dunk slam don't lace on a damn thing go okay I'm going I'm going my ass is up creep I didn't think it would last more than a week it where's your toolbox oh boy help hang on to box his to box in my two bucks really yeah yeah I know I need two bucks man we just st. got no toolbox go get thrown dolls stay out of my toolbox no toolbox of automotive when you see a person every day they become part of your life you know when I first came here he was kind of pushing me away for a couple days but when he seen that I wasn't leaving then that's when he breaks me say oh I must would teach you because you're not going anywhere I could tell no I just look better yeah that's better yeah I really appreciate that and he'll take your time a little okay my mouth all right let's get start I'm really really made me happy yes you are no all right let me go all right you know it was definitely very entertaining to watch you know but it turned out and it blossomed into a very heartfelt friendship between the two of them you guys mess with Leroy Leroy stuff dean buddy it's okay that's right to be around a fire Leo probably have a pretty good understanding of how things are done they're out but he keeps on plugging to be able to go someday yeah let's work out good here let this tight you want to know the truth really it feel like I lost a dad you know what well we got to put more bend in it okay all right all right I need guidance and that's what he did well they picked up this out here in there okay easy easy he always told me do the work right don't do it a second time I'm not gonna allow you to do that you bad man I'm Rob and then look at your call with it it was fun it was a lot of fun at first I didn't have no toolbox you know he said take it overly and take care of it you know not appreciated this is the hammer here the toolbox make me feel that he's with me who this thing here I will use this every day for grind it every day this is really nice that's the first box that bone that's the first box that I've a hat in my life this is part of history here so every card that Boyd built that box was included hey boss oh I'll never get over it she's not gone just remember forever no Boyd go home feels like a dinosaur though you'll never find a guy with that personality that was was that guy that crafty I'm out of here behind all that gnarly old scow was it when held a beautiful guy dos

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Keywords: american, hotrod, roy, schmidt, boyd, coddington, duane, mayer

Id: DY9x8j056Qc

Length: 9min 29sec (569 seconds)

Published: Fri Jul 03 2009