For those that love cars, it is a sad day.
1 posted on
02/27/2008 9:53:08 AM PST by
RangerM
To: RangerM
The world of Hot Rods will never be the same. Indeed a sad day...
2 posted on
02/27/2008 9:53:51 AM PST by
The Axis Effect
(If people were held accountable we would all be screwed...)
To: RangerM; tubebender
3 posted on
02/27/2008 9:55:06 AM PST by
SouthTexas
(We are home.)
To: RangerM
Awesome cars and tremendous appreciation for details. Judging by the show though, not too sure I’d want to have worked for the guy.
4 posted on
02/27/2008 9:59:20 AM PST by
Hatteras
To: RangerM
Damn... really sorry to hear it. RIP
5 posted on
02/27/2008 10:00:53 AM PST by
umgud
To: RangerM
To: RangerM
I respect the cars his company created, but it was painful to watch his discovery channel show, American Hot Rod. Talk about a dysfunctional company, he would go through employees the way Paris Hilton goes through men, and the guy never actually worked on any of the cars he built on the show. He’d just come down from his ivory tower once and while, bark some orders, and disappear again.
8 posted on
02/27/2008 10:07:13 AM PST by
Proud_USA_Republican
(We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
To: RangerM
I never cared for his resdesigns of classics - just not my cup of tea - didnt he have legal trouble a few years back
To: RangerM
Aww, nuts. That was unexpected. He seemed so healthy on the show. RIP
To: RangerM
As an owner of a classic car and a lover of hot rods, it’s a sad day to see Boyd go. RIP, sir.
12 posted on
02/27/2008 10:11:35 AM PST by
reagan_fanatic
(Obama and Hillary - it's right there in black and white)
To: RangerM
He was a nasty sob with his employees and treated them like dirt...
I hated his Discovery/Learning Channel show because of that.
15 posted on
02/27/2008 10:17:41 AM PST by
Vaquero
(" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
To: RangerM
17 posted on
02/27/2008 10:27:15 AM PST by
Doctor Raoul
(Fire the CIA and hire the Free Clinic, someone who knows how to stop leaks.)
To: RangerM
Self made millionaire, did it making after market car rims, not hot rods. But he had the money to play with the hot rods from his wheels. Over all he seemed ok!
19 posted on
02/27/2008 10:30:24 AM PST by
org.whodat
(What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
To: RangerM
RIP Boyd.
He was a nice man.
Semper Fi,
Kelly
21 posted on
02/27/2008 10:35:24 AM PST by
kellynla
(Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
To: RangerM
I actually like the show on TV. I couldn't figure out why no one liked him. I guess because I was just an observer and not an employee.
I liked when the one guy quit and turned up a few weeks later on Foose's TV show.
23 posted on
02/27/2008 10:36:59 AM PST by
BallyBill
(Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
To: RangerM
29 posted on
02/27/2008 11:12:11 AM PST by
Kirkwood
To: RangerM
Boyd Coddington ripped my brother off and never paid him back.
To: RangerM
Stand by for endless “American Hotrod” reruns...
37 posted on
02/27/2008 11:30:20 AM PST by
Bean Counter
(Stout Hearts...)
To: RangerM
Boyd was a friend of my Dad and I first met him in the 60's.
Boyd was quite a character even then and a driven individual.
If you are in the car culture and do not know of Boyd, you need to re-think how much you actually know.
Many of the innovations we now take for granted were pioneered by him and his shop. Starting in the 60's and through to today, he was a blur of motion.
RIP Boyd.
Cheers,
knewshound
http://www.knewshound.blogspot.com/43 posted on
02/27/2008 11:48:06 AM PST by
knews_hound
(I drive a Hybrid. It burns both gas AND rubber.)
To: RangerM
Wow, Cope, Buckley and Coddington, today sucks.
53 posted on
02/27/2008 12:23:24 PM PST by
discostu
(aliens ate my Buick)
To: RangerM
57 posted on
02/27/2008 1:08:00 PM PST by
fieldmarshaldj
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