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.
I just met the guy a few months ago after him and his wife did a run at Bonneville… Amsoil was the sponsor… he was in Toronto not too long after doing promo work, was also going to be at the autoshow for Amsoil… Was also on the cover of the last Amsoil news letter… that was going to be a huge partnership… cannot believe he is gone… wow
Wow that is pretty young, that sucks. Very talented guy. He was invovled in a big legal battle with American Racing after they bought Weld Wheels.
Greg Weld and he were getting sued by the giant since they opened up another company. I was embarrasing for the industry, since nobody wanted to choose sides and thought it was childish.
Hope that didn’t plague him too much in his last years.
R.I.P.
Iirc,somewhere was pointing the fact that both Jesse James and Chip Foose worked for him and if the info is 100% correct, this guy indeed must be appreciated and respected for all.
that sucks he made some nice things…to bad 63 is not really that old