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02-27-2008, 12:42 PM
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Boyd Coddington Dead?
Someone said something to me earlier, and I couldnt find anything, but then this came up a little while ago.... http://jalopnik.com/361391/boyd-codd...dead-at-age-63
Anyone else hear anything of this? No News sites have anything yet, so I dunno what to believe.
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Just as I posted this this showed up... Its source is the same site though
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/27/b...ies-at-age-63/
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02-27-2008, 01:11 PM
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02-27-2008, 01:16 PM
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wow.. that sucks. even though i didn't agree with his style a lot of times, he defintiely had some talent. RIP
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02-27-2008, 01:31 PM
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I didn't hear anything about this. My thoughts go out to his family.
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02-27-2008, 01:38 PM
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It's on wikipedia, too. Rest in peace.
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02-27-2008, 01:45 PM
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There's nothing on his website about it yet. http://www.boydcoddington.com
My thoughts go out to his family.
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02-27-2008, 01:51 PM
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Thats just crazy!! What happened?
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02-27-2008, 01:52 PM
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Yes but their forum is conveniently down for maintenance.
Definitely the passing of a legend but from what I saw on tv and from people I know who dealt with him in person he wasn't the best person to work for.
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02-27-2008, 01:56 PM
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Definitely the passing of a legend but from what I saw on tv and from people I know who dealt with him in person he wasn't the best person to work for.
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I have heard the same thing...
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02-27-2008, 02:16 PM
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WHITTIER, Calif. (AP) - Car-building legend Boyd Coddington, whose testosterone-injected cable TV reality show "American Hot Rod" introduced the nation to the West Coast hot rod guru, has died. He was 63.
Coddington died at Whittier's Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital at 6:20 a.m. Wednesday. Coddington's La Habra office spokeswoman Amanda Curry wouldn't disclose the cause of death.
Coddington, who started building cars when he was 13, set a standard for his workmanship and creativity, with his popular "Cadzilla" creation considered a design masterpiece. The customized car based on a 1950s Cadillac was built for rocker Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top.
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02-27-2008, 02:39 PM
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wow.. that sucks. even though i didn't agree with his style a lot of times, he defintiely had some talent. RIP
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I agree. It's sad. I wonder what the cause of his death was.
I saw him and his wife 2 years back at the AC Classic Car show.
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02-27-2008, 03:09 PM
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Just found this on web
Boyd Coddington, best known for his tuner and hot rod work, died today at the age of 63. Little is know about the circumstances of his death, but representatives of Coddington's corporation confirmed that Boyd Coddington passed at 6:20am this morning. Coddington had recently been hospitalized for an undisclosed medical condition.
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02-27-2008, 03:47 PM
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02-27-2008, 09:26 PM
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wow. I didn't agree with his style or his deadlines (that i saw on tv so i don't really know its the truth)
I have to agree with camaro diva he did have some talent
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02-27-2008, 09:31 PM
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He was too young
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02-27-2008, 10:24 PM
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that sucks
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02-27-2008, 11:10 PM
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For all his faults, Boyd was still one of the OGs of the high end hot rod. I liked his show, all the "drama" made me laugh. RIP, Boydster! 
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02-28-2008, 09:07 AM
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02-28-2008, 11:19 AM
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RIP Boyd...a legend indeed...
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02-28-2008, 01:00 PM
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RIP, all of his cars are going to go up a lot more in price now.
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02-28-2008, 03:05 PM
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the quote on his website cracke me up it says
"Boyd, wherever there are clouds in the heavens, we'll know it's you showing God how to do a great burnout"
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02-28-2008, 03:14 PM
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RIP boyd
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02-28-2008, 05:55 PM
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"Most often, he customized 1932 Ford "little deuce coupes.""
Yea, more like his bunch of trained monkeys fabricating one with a fiberglass body, and half assed at that. Sucks he died. I was not a fan of his though.
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