Boyd Coddington
 

Saw this on the HAMB:

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=245904

Re: Boyd Coddington
 

That is sad news; if you read the entire thread you'll also see mention of Lil John Buttera being in bad shape as well. The poster doesn't go into details other than saying that John is in worse shape than Boyd at the moment.
Two icons of the hot rod world; let's hope they pull through.

Re: Boyd Coddington
 

Just heard that he died this morning. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif Anyone else heard that?

Re: Boyd Coddington
 

Who..Boyd or John?

Re: Boyd Coddington
 

...sad news indeed

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=246079

Re: Boyd Coddington
 

I called Boyd's web strore, boydcoddington.com, and they confirmed the news.
My sympathy to the family. May his memory alway be a blessing.

Re: Boyd Coddington
 

Sorry to hear the sad news...prayers and sympathy to Boyd's family and friends..

Sad also to hear Lil' John isn't well...haven't heard much of him in recent years and sure hope he comes around..

~ Pete

Re: Boyd Coddington
 

So I guess the Boyd bashing will stop now. Funny how we humans love to attack someone while they are alive but then sadly mourn that person's passing.

I am guilty of this behavior myself.

Boyd definitely revolutionized hot rodding, as did John Buttera (who "discovered" Boyd), and some have grown to dislike Boyd's style because it pushed the price of hot rodding, for a vast majority of us, to unaffordable levels and away from the backyard rodder on a tight budget. One could make the case that Boyd was the father of today's "Rat Rod" (sorry, I know that's a stupid term) and low-buck hot rod scene through the backlash against his (and Buttera's) style of car and the ever escalating cost of that style of car. The GNRS can no longer be won with anything less than a Boyd-style half-million dollar (and up) car. So Boyd deserves both scorn and praise because overall he kept the "hobby" alive and pushed us, one way or another, to keep innovating. He innovated upward in style and cost while the backlash to his style forced innovation downward (in cost only, low-buck innovation is incredible these days) and the result is the low-buck "traditional" hot rod scene.

Either way, thanks Boyd! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

Re: Boyd Coddington
 

He did a lot for the hobby even though he wasn't the nicest guy in the world. R.I.P. Boyd Coddington...

Re: Boyd Coddington
 

Wow. My sympathies to the family.
What a shock. RIP