Boyd Coddington, We hardly knew ya

He passed away today at 63, WAY to young http://jalopnik.com/361736/boyd-coddingtons-company-releases -statement-cause-of-death-still-vague

Very sad.  Very talented ... tho way beyond the reach of the average guy, his rides were recreated from the ground up.  I met him back in 93 and he was a cool dude. Dale

I loved his show...that's really sad. He will be missed....I can't say to much about his shop forman he had though...

wow thats sad...

my local paper said that they were NOT going to realease the COD... wonder why? we see him up here on American Hotrod and he sure looked okay to me...I should'a sent him all my old Hawaiian shirts myownself.... anyways will miss him! now that foreman of his, um, I forget his name but boy he sure would'a been a tough guy to work for! bye Boyd.... Jim

JUST MY OPINION  BUt I hope his young hot wife, Jo brings Charlie back to run things. Charlie was w/o question the best person working for Boyd. He even lived with Boyd and family for a few years when he first came to Cali. I would love to see Charlie back, He and Duane got along great as well.

Boyd seemed to have his stuff together, but my wife and I used to call his show "the dysfunctional mechanic shop", because the staff didn't really seem like they had it together.

But, a great loss of a top hotrod designer.

 

Here's what Wiki says, not glamorous for an immortal man, but not uncommon for an "elderly" person:

Coddington had been hospitalized in January, shortly after New Years 2008 following a fall at his home.^[6] He was discharged, but complained of continuing complications and 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, Brad Fanshaw, stated that Coddington was a long-time diabetic who died from complications that were brought on from a recent surgery.^[7]

Isn't he the one who fired that fat boy Strawberry, I liked him.  Oh well.  Bye Boyd, we'll miss ya!