• Chad "Bluebear" Geary was fired for insubordination.

• Charley Hutton left the show and now works for Boyd's competitor Chip Foose.

• Al Simon (chassis builder) quit after the Rat Rod build-off and has now returned.

• Thomas Loddby (fabricator) left to start a shipping business and has since returned.

• Mike Curtis (machinist) was fired for designing wheels for competitor, ex-employee and nemesis Chip Foose.

• Roy Schmidt, veteran metal worker, died ending his long battle with lung cancer. He was 64.

• Scott Parker (fabricator) set out to work for himself and ended up working for Chip Foose.

• Andrew "Beetle Bailey" Petterson left with Hutton to work for Chip Foose.

• Willie Johnstone (custom painter) has since returned to New Zealand and opened his own custom paint shop in Tauranga.

foubd here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_hotrod