boyd coddington passes at age of 63
 

go to www.jalopnik.com and look for story.

wow..... :shock:

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/27/b...ies-at-age-63/ I met Boyd a few years back and he signed the dash on one of my 32 Coupes and had nice comments about it Thanks Boyd RIP

my thoughts to

RIP, wonder if had a lingering illness we havnt seen his show american hotrod around here for a while

I heard liver failure and diabetes complications

RIP Boyd..

Guys not to get off on a SOAP BOX of anykind....but bottom line 'We ain't here as long as we think were gonna be"...

Live and Love life cause it could be gone in a flash...

losing someone high profile like Boyd ( at not such an old age) is stiff dose of reality for many of us.

Brian

you so rite brian,,,,,,,,

Agreed, that your time on here is very limited. With that being said... Boyd was an arrogant ass to his guys. He had talent I wish I had or I could only have dreamed of. His visions were surreal. But his business and employee treatment was something left to be desired. I realize he was doing alot of his antics for tv,but I will say this..if anyone ever disrespected me on national tv like he has (or his Jackass Duane does) he'd be looking to modify his teeth!!! Sorry for the loss of a true car guy,ingenious detail man,but not for the loss of a common arrogant person..Too bad he let the limelight overwhelm him in his career.

I can 2nd that! I just lost my Uncle this week, he was fine on Sunday afternoon and Sunday night he had an Aortic anurism, had emergency surgery and never pulled thorugh. He was always healthy, what a shock :shock: He was the last of my family, this one will take a while!

Pat,
For that very reason, that is why I stopped watching his show all together. There is no doubt that the man had talent that I certainly do not have, but we are ALL people and none of us deserve to be treated the way he seemed to think that his employees should have been. In the end, he is NO better than me or you and he is certainly not above God. (Especially now) I would never wish death off on anyone, but I am a firm believer that what you send out, you will get in return. If what you send out is bad, what you get back is usually far worse....
Mike