Boyd Coddington

[John]

I just read that Boyd Coddington passed a couple of days ago. I really liked some of the cars that were built on his TV show. One of my favorites was the 59 Chevy, and the matching bike.
RIP Boyd.

[mrutah12]

he will be missed

yes indeed it is a sad day in hot rod history to lose somebody like boyd coddington i had the privlage of meeting him at a car show i was in out in california i was showing off my 64 1/2 mustang convertable and he walk by and checked it out i was dumb founded when i saw him checking my ride out he said real nice job i said thanks we shaked hands and i told him he was why i started to restore cars and bikes

to boyd rest in peace the king of hot rods

[madmax-im]

Indeed his cars are unique rods and customs...always enjoyed the final outcome on the show but their methodology along the way left a few things to be desired...still they always managed to pull it off...RIP

[mack]

bye Boyd

Jeez, it's getting real crowded up there. Going to wear a real colorful Hawian shirt for the rest of the week in memory. Any one know the cause?

[Wildkat]

Hey mack,
this was a two year old post that was reactivated by a spammer recently... Coddington died two years ago...
Here's what wikipedia had to say about it:

Coddington had been hospitalized December 31, 2007 shortly after New Year's Eve. [15] He was discharged, but was readmitted just a few days later to Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in suburban Whittier, California.

After being readmitted, doctors performed surgery and Boyd was expected to make a complete recovery. Coddington died on February 27, 2008. His publicist stated that Coddington was a long-time diabetic who died from complications that were brought on from a recent surgery along with liver and kidney complications.