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Boyd Coddington dead at 63. - WRXtranceformed - 02-27-2008
![[Image: Boyd-Coddington-Dead.jpg]](http://jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2008/02/Boyd-Coddington-Dead.jpg)
"World renowned tuner and hot rod king Boyd Coddington died at 6:20 am this morning of as-yet-unknown medical causes. Coddington, founder of Boyds Wheels and designer of prize winning custom cars, had recently been twice hospitalized for an undisclosed medical condition. Thought to be in recovery, rumors began circulating today about his untimely death. A spokesperson for Boyd Coddington's Corporation has confirmed to Jalopnik that those rumors are true. The company will be releasing a statement later today."
RIP. That guy made some really beautiful hotrods.
- Steve85 - 02-27-2008
Damn...He was a great builder.
I like how he used to design a car then call his customers to find one that pay for him to build it.
- balactm - 02-27-2008
damn. that guy was awesome. he made some sick rims as well...
- JustinG - 02-27-2008
I may go to hell for this......
That guy was a dick, on his show he was a douche. But who knows....
- Ginger - 02-27-2008
white97dsm Wrote:That guy was a dick, on his show he was a douche.
+1
I didn't want to be the first to say it
- JustinG - 02-27-2008
It shows how much of a dick he was because half of his guys went to go work for Foose. Hell even Foose left his ass.
- Steve85 - 02-27-2008
white97dsm Wrote:I may go to hell for this......
That guy was a dick, on his show he was a douche. But who knows....
While I couldn't agree more, I thought I might give him a pass for now.
I think karma got him though.
Bonneville is the Daytona/LeMans/Nurburgring of the Hot Rod world. He caught a lot of shit recently when his crew dug huge ditches with the hauler going into a marked off soft spot. Tore up the salt BAD, at a time they are trying desperately to rasie money to save it. Not exactly the kind of final memories you want to leave behind at your personal Mecca.
- Mike - 02-27-2008
asteele2 Wrote:white97dsm Wrote:That guy was a dick, on his show he was a douche.
+1
I didn't want to be the first to say it
+1 again. i didn't like the fucker...
- WRXtranceformed - 02-27-2008
I don't think a lot of people liked him, but he was a great car builder. That's just how some people handle their business and everyday lives, by being a dick. That shouldn't take away from his talent and legacy of cool cars he created.
- Ginger - 02-27-2008
Perhaps it should?
I know that when I find out my favorite (athletes/builders/businessmen/whatever) are dicks that it usually seriously detracts from my appreciation of them. I'll do business in other places if I think the owner/manager or whatever of one place is a lunatic or a cockjockey.
Just my .02, though.
- ScottyB - 02-27-2008
asteele2 Wrote:I know that when I find out my favorite (athletes/builders/businessmen/whatever) are dicks that it usually seriously detracts from my appreciation of them.
when i found out Carroll Shelby was a mega-dick it definitely tainted my love of the cars.
back on topic though...sad, hopefully his crew will carry on his memories. and if i could only own a boyd car....i'd be so rich with what they're worth right now...
- NTIman - 02-27-2008
WRXtranceformed Wrote:I don't think a lot of people liked him, but he was a great car builder. That's just how some people handle their business and everyday lives, by being a dick. That shouldn't take away from his talent and legacy of cool cars he created.
I think he was a dick too, that doesn't mean you need to treat your employees like dog crap.
From most of the stuff I watched, he didn't create anything more than trouble for his employees, who were the ones creating "his" creations. I guess I have a lot of respect for him, at least as far as being a has-been, I'm sure in his day he built some cars, but he didn't seem to carry himself as someone I'd want to buy a car from.
Either way, I wouldn't wish death on anyone, and it'll be interesting to see what happens with the company.
- NTIman - 02-27-2008
Oh, and I was more upset when the grumpy old man on the show died a few years ago. He seemed to know more than the whole company combined, as least as far as fabrication.
- WRXtranceformed - 02-27-2008
At the top of each company that makes probably 75% of the things you buy every day is a rich dickhead who treats a lot of people like shit. Just because they don't make a TV show about those people doesn't mean you're not supporting them
- Jeff - 02-27-2008
If you can't say something nice...don't say anything at all. Sucks that someone passed away...that is all from me.
- NTIman - 02-27-2008
WRXtranceformed Wrote:At the top of each company that makes probably 75% of the things you buy every day is a rich dickhead who treats a lot of people like shit. Just because they don't make a TV show about those people doesn't mean you're not supporting them
Fair enough.
I'd like to also add that I obviously didn't know Boyd personally, so I guess I shouldn't pass judgement anyway, I wouldn't wish anything bad on anyone, and who gets portrayed properly in reality TV anyway?
- drivesideways46 - 02-28-2008
TurboOmni08 Wrote:If you can't say something nice...don't say anything at all. Sucks that someone passed away...that is all from me.
That's basically what I was going to say as well.
Did anyone happen to check out his Wikipedia page though? They have an entry where his death was falsely reported once before and I've never heard of it.
This is according to good ole Wikipedia:
"His death was mistakenly reported once before after several automotive news sites reported him deceased. The details were correct, Boyd having choked on a spaghetti dinner while using the restroom. He did however survive the incident."
I don't know if it's factual or not, but goddamn that's funny! :lol:
- mrbaggio - 02-28-2008
Too bad he died, but his cars sucked, his show sucked, and his shirts sucked too
- Maengelito - 02-28-2008
mrbaggio Wrote:Too bad he died, but his cars sucked, his show sucked, and his shirts sucked too
lol, for justin's next trick, he's gonna be pissing on boyd coddington's grave.
- mrbaggio - 02-28-2008
haha. I do have to take a leak.
But really he wore that same kind of shirt every day. It looks like George Costanza's father's cruise wear.