 OT: Boyd Coddington Dead at Age 63?, Happened this morning |
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| Midtowner |
 Feb 27 2008, 11:48 AM
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Ooooo!  Group: Members Posts: 652 Joined: 21-December 04 From: Sunnyvale, CA Member No.: 3,316 Region Association: None  |
I just saw this on Jalopnik.
http://jalopnik.com/361391/boyd-coddington...-dead-at-age-63 Your thoughts? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) |
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| byndbad914 |
Feb 27 2008, 07:36 PM
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shoehorn and some butter - it fits Group: Members Posts: 1,547 Joined: 23-January 06 From: Broomfield, CO Member No.: 5,463 Region Association: None |
I too agree with Pat about Boyd. When I lived in SoCal and worked in Hot Rod shops, guys were always interviewing trying to leave there (including some on the show). He was, in general, an ass and I frankly didn't like him.
BUT, Foose et all these days are all following what is generally his lead. He WAS the guy in the 80s and early 90s. Foose worked for him, hint hint nudge nudge. I couldn't have worked for him but respect his imagination. The show was pretty accurate and not scripted; it is really that F'd up there apparently from what I was told by people interviewing with me. What I really liked about the show is they actually showed Marcel, my good friend's dad (sounds like Ferris Bueller) actually sponsored him to come to this country and they build an insane car from the ground up in his garage in the 60s and the English wheel shown on the show was built my Marcel and him in his back yard. Marcel built Alumacoupe... period. A lot of Boyd's ideas came to fruition thru Marcel, and he still works with Foose and others in SoCal, so innovation will still exist... but Boyd should be revered as a fore-father of the modern hot rod. |
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| jasons |
Feb 27 2008, 08:02 PM
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Jackstand Extraordinaire Group: Members Posts: 2,011 Joined: 19-August 04 From: Scottsdale, AZ Member No.: 2,573 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(byndbad914 @ Feb 27 2008, 06:36 PM)  What I really liked about the show is they actually showed Marcel That was the absolutely best episode of that show ever. That guy (Marcel) is an artisan. |
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| byndbad914 |
Feb 27 2008, 08:20 PM
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shoehorn and some butter - it fits Group: Members Posts: 1,547 Joined: 23-January 06 From: Broomfield, CO Member No.: 5,463 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(jasons @ Feb 27 2008, 07:02 PM) QUOTE(byndbad914 @ Feb 27 2008, 06:36 PM) What I really liked about the show is they actually showed Marcel That was the absolutely best episode of that show ever. That guy (Marcel) is an artisan. a little hijack here, but to give you an idea about Marcel, the car Chat (my friend's Dad) asked Marcel to build was an idea he had... I don't have pics but the car pretty much looks 60s concept car, had a 1963 (IIRC) Tempest IRS and rear transaxle, a V8 of some sort, every single panel was hand-formed and welded together by Marcel to build the whole structure and body (and using the aforementioned English wheel they built together). The doors self-close and latch with just a slight angle built-in, precision hinges and gravity to this day (30+ yrs later) whether you open them a couple inches or all the way. Just cool IMO and I consider myself lucky to have see/touched/sat in the first car Marcel ever built in the USA... and in his sponsor's garage. Troy (my friend) has it in his garage to this day. |
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Midtowner OT: Boyd Coddington Dead at Age 63? Feb 27 2008, 11:48 AM
purple No way! that cant be true! That really su... Feb 27 2008, 11:51 AM Phoenix 914-6GT That's sad. He was a true artist. Even though ... Feb 27 2008, 11:55 AM carr914 He didn't vote for Mrs K. Coincidence? Feb 27 2008, 12:20 PM
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He didn't vote for Mrs K. Coincidence?
:rot... Feb 27 2008, 12:41 PM ws91420 From seeing him on his show American Hot Rod I am ... Feb 27 2008, 12:42 PM So.Cal.914 Thats to bad, now who is going to treat his crew l... Feb 27 2008, 12:52 PM jaminM3
He didn't vote for Mrs K. Coincidence?
:ro... Feb 27 2008, 01:09 PM ws91420 Wonder who gets the company, the widow or the ex? Feb 27 2008, 01:09 PM sww914 A heart attack sure seems likely. Feb 27 2008, 01:21 PM Jake Raby In this fast paced industry where nothing is ever ... Feb 27 2008, 01:39 PM Joe Ricard
In this fast paced industry where nothing is ever... Feb 27 2008, 04:25 PM michaelt55
In this fast paced industry where nothing is eve... Feb 27 2008, 04:32 PM scotty b
In this fast paced industry where nothing is ever... Feb 27 2008, 08:13 PM andys Sure didn't look very healthy for a 63 y/o. I ... Feb 27 2008, 01:56 PM 736conver Sad to see him go.
But now maybe some of those ca... Feb 27 2008, 02:17 PM messix this is one of a very few guys that first took hot... Feb 27 2008, 02:20 PM 73Phoenix20 Oh, Wow...
Another one bites the dust! I agr... Feb 27 2008, 04:13 PM Pat Garvey Like him or not. Like his work or not. The guy w... Feb 27 2008, 05:36 PM Gint :agree: with Pat.
It is a bummer. Feb 27 2008, 05:43 PM rktmn247 I like many of the cars he put out over the years ... Feb 27 2008, 08:18 PM boxstr I just talked to Dwayne at Boyd's, he said eve... Feb 27 2008, 09:02 PM Brett W No great loss. All Boyd could do was flap his gums... Feb 28 2008, 03:28 PM messix
No great loss. All Boyd could do was flap his gum... Feb 28 2008, 03:53 PM |
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