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Boyd Coddington, Hot-Rod King, Dead at Age 63
Jalopnik ^ | February 27, 2009

Posted on 02/27/2008 9:53:00 AM PST by RangerM

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To: jettester

Wikipedia has been known to be wrong/inaccurate before, too.


61 posted on 02/27/2008 6:40:13 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Vaquero

Hate to inform you, but all of that stuff was scripted just for the show. READ!


62 posted on 02/27/2008 8:13:56 PM PST by briandog
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To: am452

The street rods sites are saying it was an inherited (meaning not alcohol related) liver failure combined with diabetes.

More than likely aggravated by long-term exposure to paints and solvents-which is very hard on the liver.


63 posted on 02/27/2008 8:50:50 PM PST by kaktuskid
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To: am452
Several people on a hot rod website I visit know Duane and they say he is not like that in real life.

That's often true. I quit watching the show because I only liked two of the guys. Charlie, the painter, who seemed far more capable of running the shop than Boyd or the foreman who seems to have chronic PMS. The other guy I liked was the grouchy old fabricater whose name I forget but had the attitude of "just leave me alone and I'll get it done." (He was the one that worked with the black guy who talked all the time.)

64 posted on 02/28/2008 7:22:07 AM PST by CommerceComet
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To: Vaquero
Don’t mix up contrived TV drama with the reality of who the man was. He was a very generous person, ran a Charitable organization and was an icon in his field.
May he rest in peace.
65 posted on 02/28/2008 7:31:47 AM PST by Kickass Conservative (Guns don't kill people, gun free zones kill people)
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To: CommerceComet
The other guy I liked was the grouchy old fabricater whose name I forget but had the attitude of "just leave me alone and I'll get it done."

Roy.

66 posted on 02/28/2008 7:54:44 AM PST by The Citizen Soldier (If I have to vote for a maverick, I'll write in James Garner!)
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To: CommerceComet
#16 - "With all due respect to the deceased, the show was a seminar on how NOT to run a business."

You are correct, the show was a perfect example of a bad example!

67 posted on 02/28/2008 8:03:34 AM PST by Freeper (Thanx.)
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