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Dave
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Posted: Wed Mar 5th, 2008 02:21 pm |
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The funeral is this morning. They still haven't released the cause of death...
http://www.ocregister.com/news/coddington-habra-hot-1992090-car-rod
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Dave
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Posted: Fri Feb 29th, 2008 03:21 pm |
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LA Times...
Boyd Coddington, a renowned Southern California hot rod and custom car designer and builder who starred in the cable reality-TV series "American Hot Rod," has died. He was 63.
Coddington, a longtime diabetic, died Wednesday at Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in Whittier of complications stemming from a recent surgery, said publicist Brad Fanshaw.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-coddington29feb29,1,6511380,full.story
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marc
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Posted: Fri Feb 29th, 2008 02:45 pm |
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| Another board said he died of liver failure...They did not elaborate...
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marc
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Posted: Thu Feb 28th, 2008 03:38 pm |
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Just saw this...Still no cause of death...
Car-Building legend Boyd Coddington dies
By JEFF WILSON, Associated Press WriterThu Feb 28, 7:45 AM ET
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 Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in suburban Whittier at 6:20 a.m. Wednesday. His La Habra office spokeswoman Amanda Curry wouldn't disclose the cause of death.
Coddington, who started building cars when he was 13 and once operated a gas station in Utah, 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.
"That was a groundbreaking car. Very cool," said Dick Messer, executive director of the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.
"This was your modern era George Barris," Messer said. "He did things to hot rods and customs that weren't being done by anyone else. But the main thing is he designed cars that were drivable."
Coddington was a machinist by trade, working at Disneyland during the day and tinkering with cars in his home garage at night and on weekends. His rolling creations captured the imagination of car-crazy Southern Californians and soon he was building custom cars and making money.
Most often, he customized 1932 Ford "little deuce coupes."
"It was one of those things when a hobby turned into business," Messer said, noting Coddington was also "one of the first guys to get into the custom wheel business."
Wheels by Boyd were fetching $2,000 apiece, which was unheard of two decades ago.
Coddington also surrounded himself with talent. Alumni from his shop include Jesse James and Chip Foose, who went on to open their own shops and star in reality TV shows.
Coddington twice won the Daimler-Chrysler Design Excellence Award and he was inducted into the Grand National Roadster Show Hall of Fame, the National Rod & Custom Museum Hall of Fame and the Route 66 Wall of Fame.
Always dressed in a Hawaiian shirt, Coddington said he loved his "American Hot Rod" Discovery Channel show, which featured ground-up construction of $500,000 hot rods.
"The viewers are ... people who lived in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s and loved these cars. Now, they have money," Coddington told The Associated Press in a 2004 interview.
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Dave
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Posted: Thu Feb 28th, 2008 12:30 pm |
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I didn't know about Jesse James...
But, I knew Chip Foose did. There were some real bad feelings between them. Never heard Chip say anything. But, Boyd wasn't shy about it.
On the show, "Charlie" the painter quit and went to work for Chip and they also fired the CAD guy (sorta dorky lookin' character) for workin' on designs for Foose Wheels on Boyd's computers and time...
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marc
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Posted: Thu Feb 28th, 2008 12:14 pm |
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| I did not know it but the paper said Chip Foose and Jesse James started out their careers working for Boyd...
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Dave
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Posted: Thu Feb 28th, 2008 11:29 am |
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Yeah Carl, they did use almost the exact same script as American Chopper...
Too bad really. Boyd Coddington was a great customizer and craftsman when it came to cars. I've looked a few of the cars he built when I was running around the car show circuit. Nice, well built stuff...
Built a hell of a business too...
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GOC
Bouncer
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Posted: Thu Feb 28th, 2008 10:51 am |
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didn't he make the original batmobile? Nope, George Barris.....
I liked the cars, but his show was based on The Orange County Clown Club's script.......
He was lucky to be able to do what he enjoyed and make big money.
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Dave
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Posted: Wed Feb 27th, 2008 08:28 pm |
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| Yeah, I know what you mean Marc. He's a local here in the area that I work. Should see something in the next few days...
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marc
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Posted: Wed Feb 27th, 2008 08:26 pm |
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Dave wrote: Best hot-rod show I ever went to was the funeral of the president of a local hot-rod club. I can only imagine what his will be like...
Probably gona be a pretty awesome parade of cars...Bet ya the boyz from ZZ Top will be there...He built a few cars for them and they were pretty good friends...It is unfortunate to see such a fine artist/craftsman depart the world...Not many left...And he was only 63...Damn...
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Dave
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Posted: Wed Feb 27th, 2008 07:00 pm |
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Built some nice cars. Didn't care too much for the show. Too much like American Chopper with 4 wheels..
Best hot-rod show I ever went to was the funeral of the president of a local hot-rod club. I can only imagine what his will be like...
Still wondering what the cause was...
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marc
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Posted: Wed Feb 27th, 2008 06:41 pm |
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| Damn...That sux...Loved his cars and his show was pretty good too...
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Dave
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Posted: Wed Feb 27th, 2008 06:19 pm |
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Boyd Coddington, the hot-rod innovator whose creations won the coveted Grand National Roadster Show's America's Most Beautiful Roadster (AMBR) trophy a record six times, died Wednesday morning of undisclosed causes. He was 63.
Coddington was raised in rural Idaho but moved to Southern California as soon as he could to pursue his dream of building hot rods. He quickly earned a reputation for subtle, stylistic innovations on what had been an almost overdone theme--the '32 Ford roadster. That branched out to '33s, '34s and then all manner of surprising twists on iconic themes. Names such as Boydster, Smoothster, Alumacoupe and Chezoom redefined what a rod could be.
His wheels were equally well known, particularly those shaved from billet aluminum. He soon earned the nickname "Billet Boyd" for his techniques machining aluminum.
One of his best qualities was his ability to gather talented partners to produce his many fine creations.
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