Boyd Coddington of American Hotrod

southwell · 28-02-2008, 07:48

World-renowned tuner and hot rod king Boyd Coddington died at 6:20 am this morning. The cause of death is still unknown. Coddington, founder of Boyd's Wheels and designer of prize-winning custom cars, had recently been hospitalised twice for an undisclosed medical condition. Although he was though to be in recovery, rumours of his untimely death began circulating today throughout the forums. A spokesperson for Boyd Coddington's corporation has confirmed to Jalopnik that those rumours are true. The company will be releasing a statement later today.

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wow what a sad loss to the custom car industry

punky · 28-02-2008, 08:05

Wow... I am still in shock at hearing Roy died a while back. I didn't like Boyd that much (Preferred Chip Foose TBH), but its still very sad to hear that.

RIP

webcrawler2050 · 28-02-2008, 09:45

Jesus - I knew that was coming.

Poor bugger, his poor wife as well.

Whats gonna happen to his business now?

punky · 28-02-2008, 10:11

Please God no, not Duwayne

webcrawler2050 · 28-02-2008, 10:15

Eeek ---

I know its horrid to think of such a thing - but Boyd Built the palce up and Designed the cars, then the team built..

Duwayne is **** ********************

southwell · 28-02-2008, 10:18

Im guessing his son would take over?

webcrawler2050 · 28-02-2008, 10:21

Probably - didn't know he had children to be honest!

Ah well it doesnt matter.

Sad loss indeed! The offical site has some nice messages to him and his family - guess it's some help to know he was cared for so much.