RIP Boyd Coddington

Customization suffers the death of a true legend

Tuesday, March 4, 2008 by Snowman | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

On February 27. 2008 hot-rodders around the world lost a true legend.
Boyd Coddington died an untimely death at the young age of 63.

I'm still a bit stumped. I just learned about it 20 minutes ago watching "American Hot Rod" on the Discovery Channel, so I'll leave it at that.

Rest in peace Boyd Coddington.
Burn some rubber in hot-rod heaven.

A couple related posts from around the web:

New York Times: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/boyd-coddington/
Jalopnik: http://jalopnik.com/361391/boyd-coddington-hot-rod-king-dead-at-age-63
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyd_Coddington
Discovery Channel: http://turbo.discovery.com/american-hot-rod/boyd-coddington/boyd-coddington.html

Lantec
Reply #1 Tuesday, March 4, 2008 7:54 AM
RIP
messiah1
Reply #2 Tuesday, March 4, 2008 8:55 AM
Yeah, I was sorry to hear this. I love Boyd's creations.   
bilbo1930
Reply #3 Tuesday, March 4, 2008 10:20 AM
I'm always watching "American Hot Rod", and sorry to hear this..
He was good man, and awesome designer... (
RIP Boyd...
angus1949
Reply #4 Tuesday, March 4, 2008 10:35 AM
One creator goes to another.
I.R. Brainiac
Reply #5 Tuesday, March 4, 2008 11:08 AM
A true icon...RIP. ( 
Bichur
Reply #6 Tuesday, March 4, 2008 9:20 PM
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firebrick
Reply #7 Tuesday, March 4, 2008 10:59 PM
Very sad news. (
kona0197
Reply #8 Wednesday, March 5, 2008 4:57 AM
I'm sad to hear he is gone but I would not call him a legend. I never agreed with the way he treated his employees.

Small arguments now I guess...

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