Boyd Coddington dead at age 63

[rum_runner69]

http://jalopnik.com/361391/boyd-codd...dead-at-age-63

[mdeanr]

damn!!!!

[CHAINSAW]

Whoa,.. boy I figured he would be around for a long long time.. he looked pretty healthy.

[mdeanr]

i thought the same........

[STODD]

Fuck Boyd. Everyone talks as if he was some great innovator or hotrod messiah. He was neither. Boyd was a guy that built a couple of nice cars and then raped the hotrod world with shitty wheels and poser additude(he hadn't worked on a car himself since the 70's).

Too bad he died but everyone has to check out eventually. It was his time.

[spastic_chicken]

What Stodd said. R.I.P. boyd, but most everyone in the community knew he was a used up hack.

[Helvis]

not soon enough

I can't belive he made to 63 , he owed people money and screwed people around on their cars!!!! His family lives near mine , hopefully I will get to do a burn out on his grave .....
~E~

[kaptinkaos]

I liked Boyd products when it was Boyd. Now that it is American Racing, it sucks.
I think his original stuff was great but as time progressed he got away from the meaning of hot rodding and became more interested in the almighty dollar.

[mdeanr]

i agree it was great stuff when it was HIS........

[60Buick]

Fuck him he was a douchbag.

[msc0nduct]

hmmm... wow. RIP Boyd

[msc0nduct]

You know, he may not have built a bunch himself and he seemed to be a jerk. But, look at all the guys that he trained (example Chip Fuse) and a few others that set the custom car world on fire. Even if he did not train them, he was an inspiration to the whole automotive industry.

[Elvirathehearse]

Boyd was an asshole for the most part, did build a couple of nice rods in his day but nothing like George Barris or Daryl Starbird....