Breaking: Boyd Coddington dies at age 63
We just got word that world-renowned car customizer, Boyd Coddington died this morning around 6 am. Although we don't have any details on what caused Coddington's death, we do know that he was in and out of the hospital over the past month. A spokesperson for the Coddington Corporation confirmed his passing earlier today and they'll be releasing a statement soon.
Our heartfelt condolences to his friends, family and fans.
Originally posted by: Gillbot
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Breaking: Boyd Coddington dies at age 63
We just got word that world-renowned car customizer, Boyd Coddington died this morning around 6 am. Although we don't have any details on what caused Coddington's death, we do know that he was in and out of the hospital over the past month. A spokesperson for the Coddington Corporation confirmed his passing earlier today and they'll be releasing a statement soon.
Our heartfelt condolences to his friends, family and fans.
Originally posted by: foghorn67
Sucks he died, but he is a jerk.
Originally posted by: mooseracing
Probably self induced stress. He went nuts over the stupidest stuff on American Hot Rod. From what I seen on that show he was just another car guy, nuthin special about his customs except he had money to hire people
Originally posted by: M2008S
Originally posted by: foghorn67
Sucks he died, but he is a jerk.
Originally posted by: mooseracing
Probably self induced stress. He went nuts over the stupidest stuff on American Hot Rod. From what I seen on that show he was just another car guy, nuthin special about his customs except he had money to hire people
why do you have to be an ass?
boyd will live on in his cars and family, his place and employees.
he may have been a jerk but i dont see the need to bring it up. those who know of him already know that.
Originally posted by: foghorn67
Originally posted by: M2008S
Originally posted by: foghorn67
Sucks he died, but he is a jerk.
Originally posted by: mooseracing
Probably self induced stress. He went nuts over the stupidest stuff on American Hot Rod. From what I seen on that show he was just another car guy, nuthin special about his customs except he had money to hire people
why do you have to be an ass?
boyd will live on in his cars and family, his place and employees.
he may have been a jerk but i dont see the need to bring it up. those who know of him already know that.
I feel sorry for a few of them, he knows some nice people. As I said, it sucks that he died. However, if you ever met him you would know. But I guess you watch TV, so you must know everything.
Originally posted by: Vic
RIP
He was a great man in the custom car world, but it's also widely known that he was not a nice guy. In fact, he was infamous for not being a nice guy. So I don't see how that's an ass thing to say here.
Originally posted by: M2008S
Originally posted by: foghorn67
Sucks he died, but he is a jerk.
Originally posted by: mooseracing
Probably self induced stress. He went nuts over the stupidest stuff on American Hot Rod. From what I seen on that show he was just another car guy, nuthin special about his customs except he had money to hire people
why do you have to be an ass?
boyd will live on in his cars and family, his place and employees.
he may have been a jerk but i dont see the need to bring it up. those who know of him already know that.
From what I seen on that show he was just another car guy, nuthin special about his customs except he had money to hire people
Originally posted by: Midnight Rambler
From what I seen on that show he was just another car guy, nuthin special about his customs except he had money to hire people
That has to be one of the most ill-informed statements I've seen on AT in a long, long time.
Originally posted by: M2008S
Originally posted by: foghorn67
Sucks he died, but he is a jerk.
Originally posted by: mooseracing
Probably self induced stress. He went nuts over the stupidest stuff on American Hot Rod. From what I seen on that show he was just another car guy, nuthin special about his customs except he had money to hire people
why do you have to be an ass?
boyd will live on in his cars and family, his place and employees.
he may have been a jerk but i dont see the need to bring it up. those who know of him already know that.
"Fuck Boyd. double fuck Dwayne with a rusty chainsaw. Low life POS's. I helped redo a high boy Boyd built back in the 80's. I have no idea how that chunk stayed together as long as it did. Sorry welds, shit parts, piss poor wiring, 25K on a SBC with piston to wall clearances you could measure with a K Bar and so on. That and 90% of Boyds "ideas" were stolen from his employees and touted as his own. The only thing he ever did fairly well was draw some decent looking wheels. I hope that fucker is frying on a billet spit."
The show really doesn't paint him or his cars in a positive light. IIRC the very first episode involved him building up a hot rod from a fiberglass body made in Australia, and painting it a horrible blue and yellow paint scheme. No real art is apparent in the process.
I don't doubt that he was a talented and influential carmaker, but based on the show it looks like he was coasting on his name during the last years of his life.
Originally posted by: misle
I have seen the show, and I agree that it makes Boyd look terrible. I definitely would not buy a car from him based on his show.
His show typically has:
Crews under a lot of pressure to finish cars on unimaginable time lines.
He constantly runs off good, talented people.
Cars are thrown together with no real passion or enjoyment mainly due to the above reasons.