It saddens me to have found out that Boyd Coddington has died. []
I've always admired his inovative and unique automotive designs.

Good-Bye Boyd, you will be greatly missed. [&o]

A link tothe story of his passing.....

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2008...oyd_coddington

 

He sure made a lot of great cars, it's just so hard to believe that we are here one day and gone the next. Wonder what was the cause of death,did he just died in his sleep or what? PG.

 

After searching through several articles, this is the only info I could find.

"Coddington who was a long-time diabetic died from complications that were brought on from a recent surgery."

 

Figures..Sucks, he goes in to get fixed and the bastards kill him. I loved watching his show. He did have some great creations.He will be sorely missed in the rodding circles and there'll never be another. Most of the new guy are just wanna-be's and the ones that are actually half way good, like Foose,started in his shop working for him.

God speed Mr. Coddington.

 

One car that he built was the 57 Chevy, I forgot the name of it, someone must remember, I loved that car, he sure had a tallent for custom cars.
PG.

 

It was called the Junkyard Dog... I remember it because he had a '57 body with like, 3" of rust in the toe boards, and he had to get another one because it was to much work to fix... I remember him saying "Yea, this'll probably end up going to the crusher..." I was like, ARE YOU KIDDING ME, any CAR, let alone a Shoebox with only toeboard rust would be welcomed with open arms in the Rust Belt that is Muncie, IN.