World-renowned tuner and hot rod king Boyd Coddington died at 6:20 am this morning. The cause of death is still unknown. Coddington founder of Boyds Wheels and designer of prize-winning custom cars ...

As we sadly reported first earlier today Boyd Coddington died early this morning at the age of 63. As a lad reading Hot Rod by flashlight after bedtime as if it were Highlights for Children ...

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Filed under: We just got word that world-renowned car customizer Boyd Coddington died this morning around 6 am. Although we don't have any details on what caused Coddington's death we do know that he was in and out of the hospital over the past month. A spokesperson for the Coddington Corporation confirmed his passing earlier today and they'll be releasing a statement soon. Our heartfelt condolences to his friends family and fans. [Source: ] | | |

World-renowned tuner and hot rod king Boyd Coddington died at 6:20 am this morning. The cause of death is still unknown. Coddington founder of Boyds Wheels and designer of prize-winning custom cars had recently been hospitalized twice for an undisclosed medical condition. Although he was though to be in recovery rumors of his untimely death began circulating today throughout the forums. A spokesperson for Boyd Coddington's corporation has confirmed to Jalopnik that those rumors are true. The company will be releasing a statement later today. UPDATE:

As we sadly reported first earlier today early this morning at the age of 63. As a lad reading Hot Rod by flashlight after bedtime as if it were Highlights for Children I assimilated Boyd Coddington's name alongside the usual suspects of the Hot Rod feature-well: Gray Baskerville Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins "Big Daddy" Don Garlits et al. Coddington's take on traditional 1930s-style hot rods enthralled an impressionable kid marinating in late-1970s culture. Kiss was meeting the phantom of the park and mirrorballs were circling above every head-shop in the country casting bricks of light across Cheap Trick posters decorative coke mirrors and door beads. A master metal craftsman Coddington was lathing his own stylized parts from whole aluminum billets. That was several years before the whole "billet revolution " and Coddington was among the few metal geeks responsible for the rise of high-level machining in the hot-rod world. Car customization was entering its post-fiberglass phase and thus to become a high art. To say there would be no Chip Foose if not for Boyd Coddington may be a literal truth considering Foose was once a Coddington apprentice but it's possible Foose might now be messing with vacuum cleaners or office interiors if not for the broader Coddington influence. Foose repaid the favor by penning Coddington's later-period signature cars. Were it not for Coddington and his ilk two decades earlier however the 1930s rod may have died before ever reaching ZZ Top Eliminator phase and beyond. The early 21st century was rough for Coddington. He pled guilty in 2005 for registering custom-fabricated cars as antiques to avoid emissions and taxation laws. That incident inadvertently educated the car community in Greek philosophy in particular Theseus' paradox. That's the Plutarchian question of whether an object that's had all its parts replaced remains fundamentally the same. A mind-blowing concept in the age of resto rods. Detractors point to Coddingtons' mass-commercialization of what began as a grassroots hobby and they'll use as evidence. We'll just let that lie. Related: Picture Credit:

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Coddington got his first car (a 1931 Chevrolet truck) at the age of 13 while living in Rupert, Idaho. He attended machinist trade school at Idaho State University and completed a ...

Boyd Leon Coddington (born 1944 ) [1] is the owner of the Boyd Coddington Hot Rod Shop and star of American Hot Rod on TLC . ...

The premier Website for Boyd Coddington Wheels. The Featured Wheels are the Smoothie II and the Junkyard Dog. Boyd Coddington wheels can be purchased via Discount Tire Co.

Description here ... Standard Shop Shirt Flat Head Signature Pin stripe Shop Shirt

Description here ... Press Releases December 3 2007 - Boyd Speeds Into The Performance Racing Industry Show

AMSOIL synthetic motor oils: AMSOIL Racing has built a winning tradition that's 30 years strong. Legendary performers choose legendary products.

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