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To: NormsRevenge

California car-building legend Boyd Coddington dies at 63
By JEFF WILSON,
AP
Posted: 2008-02-27 14:44:50
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Car-building legend Boyd Coddington, whose testosterone-injected cable TV reality show “American Hot Rod” introduced the nation to the West Coast hot rod guru, has died. He was 63.

Coddington died at Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in suburban Whittier at 6:20 a.m. Wednesday. His La Habra office spokeswoman Amanda Curry wouldn’t disclose the cause of death.

Coddington, who started building cars when he was 13 and once operated a gas station in Utah, set a standard for his workmanship and creativity, with his popular “Cadzilla” creation considered a design masterpiece. The customized car based on a 1950s Cadillac was built for rocker Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top.


22 posted on 02/27/2008 5:12:27 PM PST by al baby (Hi mom)
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To: al baby

That’s too bad, he built some extremely fine cars. RIP Boyd.


26 posted on 02/27/2008 5:16:34 PM PST by glock rocks ( I can see clearly now the brain is gone... gonna be a bright bright sunshiny day.)
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To: al baby
Cadzilla
29 posted on 02/27/2008 5:23:38 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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