willhouse
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Registered: 11th Jul 06
Location: Sheffield
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http://jalopnik.com/361391/boyd-coddington-hot-rod-king-dead-at-age-63
Wonder who, or if the business will still carry on under his name??
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jimmy 2.1
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Registered: 17th Oct 05
Location: Shipley, West Yorkshire
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WHAT!!!!
A legend in the Hot Rod world! An inspiration for custom car builders! Loved the show American Hot Rod. R.I.P
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sand-eel
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Registered: 15th Mar 07
Location: carluke/braidwood--IRNBRULAND
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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Holy shit, i watch american hotrod nearly every night, it was abd enough when roy died but this...OH EM GEE
[Edited on 27-02-2008 by red_top]
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sand-eel
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Registered: 15th Mar 07
Location: carluke/braidwood--IRNBRULAND
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quote: Originally posted by red_top
Holy shit, i watch american hotrod nearly every night, it was abd enough when roy died but this...OH EM GEE
[Edited on 27-02-2008 by red_top]
roy died aswell, jeeezo
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corsa_godfather
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Registered: 6th May 03
Location: Greenock,Scotland
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uch what a shame
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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Roy died about 3 years ago i think.
And i think the business will just carry on, his wife and dwayne will probably run it, im proper in shock about this
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jockey007
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Registered: 29th Apr 06
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roy died ages ago cause big arguements when the new guy took his place
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Daniel_Corsa
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Registered: 21st Apr 04
Location: Wigton, Cumbria
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Sad sad day for car enthusiasts!
I loved his work, and the American Hot Rod series
RIP Boyd!
April '06' Corsasport Feature Car | Aug '08' Total Vauxhall Feature Car | Spring '09' Fast Car Feature Car
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nova_gteuk
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Registered: 15th May 02
Location: South Wales Drives: The Bandwagon
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Shocking was only watching american hot rod last night.
Rip boyd.
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Sean-B
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Registered: 1st May 07
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: 200SX S14a
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no way!!!! im full on gutted, he was a legend of the hot rod world
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
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Wonder what the cause was.
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JohnNI
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Registered: 16th Mar 06
Location: Northern Ireland
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always admired his attention to detail and perfection.
RIP Boyd.
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Nick-S
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Registered: 3rd Mar 04
Location: Leigh. Drives: RS Megane 230 F1 Team R26
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R.I.P
but by the way, am i the only person who does not no who he is
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Sean-B
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Registered: 1st May 07
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: 200SX S14a
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he owned boyd coddington hot rods, and was the star of the show american hotrod on the discovery channel
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nova_gteuk
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Registered: 15th May 02
Location: South Wales Drives: The Bandwagon
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quote: Originally posted by GSi_16v
R.I.P
but by the way, am i the only person who does not no who he is
Watch american hot rod on the discovery channels,he builds award winning custom hot rods
http://www.boydcoddington.com/
[Edited on 27-02-2008 by nova_gteuk]
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Jules
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Registered: 26th Nov 04
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Proper legend in the car modification world
RIP Boyd
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Eck
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
Location: Lundin Links, Fife
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Omfg!! I love watching American Hotrod RIP Boyd Cottington.
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
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Hope the guy whos mouth doesn't move still works there
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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quote: Originally posted by Marc
Hope the guy whos mouth doesn't move still works there
mike..he left years ago to go work for chip foose
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woodwardsbodyshop
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Registered: 22nd Feb 06
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quote: Originally posted by Marc
Hope the guy whos mouth doesn't move still works there
that was down to his face being basically made up of metal plates due to a high speed crash he had in the desert in a hot rod
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burgess
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Registered: 22nd Feb 04
Location: Norton, North Yorkshire
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so does the painter and beetle in fact when foose left coddingtons he took loads of the deisgn buddys with him
thats why boyd hated foose
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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Yeah, mikes on overhaulin as its chip who does the overhaulin, along with scott who also left boyd's to go work for chip.
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nova_gteuk
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Registered: 15th May 02
Location: South Wales Drives: The Bandwagon
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quote: Originally posted by woodwardsbodyshop
quote: Originally posted by Marc
Hope the guy whos mouth doesn't move still works there
that was down to his face being basically made up of metal plates due to a high speed crash he had in the desert in a hot rod
Didnt know that
Always thought his face looked wierd.
He was on a program the other day with chip foose.
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Was it not because he had a stroke?
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