Bad Chad Customs

I binged watched the series. To the folks that call him a bad Dad do you know what his rights were in regards to his boy growing up? Have you ever worked with family? My son has worked with me for the last 9 years. He didn't have any skills and had to learn it all from the ground up. I was harder on him than anyone else because I want him to succeed, to understand the value in work well done and to take pride in his achievements. If he was such a bad father I can only assume his joy would never have come to live and work with him. In regards to his girlfriend and seen nothing but respect in the show towards her. Take this for what it is a good show about a good old boy from the East coast who's doing his own thing. Oh yeah and the guy about the supercharger I'm 54 and never had the opportunity to drive a vehicle with one and I've had a lot of cars. He is a fabricator with a wild imagination who has a great carpenter and mechanic to handle the other heavy lifting.

Sorry for rambling but keep up the great work and let's all try not to gauge this guy by 6 hours of edited TV.

I'm a fan and hope they'll be more to follow!!

It's ok. Probably would give it a 5, but for the girlfriend I added a couple more points. She is the life saver for this thing. She looks so out of place. She should be on a top model show or a Siesta Key actress. Delicious

I stumbled across this recently, and the '34 Olds dump truck project sounded interesting. So I went ahead and recorded all 5 episodes that were on the schedule.

The Cadillac roadster build turned out far better than I expected, although there were some crude looking details and awkwardly proportioned shapes.

The dump truck build was like a bad joke. He wanted it to look like a toy. Great. But he also built it like a toy, and that's pathetic. A hand-cranked dump mechanism, built with rusty scavenged motorcycle parts? Seriously? They've never heard of electric motors? No openable tailgate? A wooden slat park bench in place of a real seat?What could have been an actual useful tool styled to look like a toy was instead simply rendered as a mostly useless toy. Fun to look at, pose with, and play around, but not much utility.

Way too many minutes spent standing around pointlessly yakking, and not nearly enough showing actual work being done, or how the engineering challenges of adapting things to do something they were never meant to do were solved. If you want a show that actually teaches you something, Full Custom Garage is great for metalwork, and (sadly cancelled) Fantomworks will give some useful mechanical tips and hints. Even Wheeler Dealers dispenses useful knowledge about the mechanical inner workings in most episodes.

I realize that abuse, derision, and fear are widely seen as valid training methods. And if your sole concern is the end product then they might even be deemed effective. If you're actually aware that you're interacting with a person otoh, it's just a toxic and damaging work environment. I've worked for ash holes like him. Briefly. Life's too short to put up with hating having to go to work, and constantly second-guessing if you're going to get yelled at.

Bottom line, I watched the Cadillac episode. And then forced myself to sit through the Oldsmobile pickup episode to see what the final result looked like and for any tiny build clues I could see in the background while somebody was standing around droning inanities. Skimmed to the end of the remaining 3 episodes to see the end product, erased them, and cancelled the DVR program.

Chad tells it straight, doesn't claim to be the best, aspires to be. Admits to his short comings and appreciates the talent around him. Unlike other similar shows he doesn't run around putting flashy expensive pieces on. He shows what you can do with what you have. You may not like what comes out in the end but have to appreciate to creative process it took to get there. They are making rolling art that, like most art, is subject to personal taste. Chad is still in the early years of building his reputation. Considering they are in Canning, Nova Scotia with a population of under 3000, is off to a good start. Draws his inspiration from the likes of George Barris.

We love watching Chad and the crew and Their great team work. What they create never disappoints. Awesome to see some of our Nova Scotian areas too. Look forward to Season 2.