Boyd Coddington Dies

[Kevy Baby]

This may only be of interest to Capt Jack, NM and I (and maybe a couple of others), but this was a huge surprise to me:

Car-Building Legend Boyd Coddington Dies

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.

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While he was a bit of an arrogant bastard, he was still damned good at what he did. I know that Chip Foose (and others) cut his eye teeth under Boyd's tutelage.