Ledgendary Hot Rodder Boyd Coddington dies age 63

[Revhed]

World-renowned tuner and hot rod king Boyd Coddington died at 6:20 am this morning. The cause of death is still unknown. Coddington, founder of Boyds Wheels and designer of prize-winning custom cars, had recently been hospitalized twice for an undisclosed medical condition. Although he was though to be in recovery, rumors of his untimely death began circulating today throughout the forums. A spokesperson for Boyd Coddington's corporation has confirmed to Jalopnik that those rumors are true. The company will be releasing a statement later today

full article: http://jalopnik.com/361391/boyd-coddington-hot-rod-king-dead-at-age-63

Company Statement:
http://jalopnik.com/361736/boyd-coddingtons-company-releases-statement-cause-of-death-still-vague

[Caboose]

never heard of him, but RIP buddy, made some awesome rides there

[Snakey]

yeah i only found out about this last night

watch his show on TV American Hotrod ALL the time and loved it.

Was a great and kind man in my eyes and will be sadly missed.

R.I.P Boyd

[Revhed]

You might not remember him, but I"m sure you've seen his work around somewhere.

He made a rod for ZZ top that features in a few of their music videos......

From the ZZtop Wiki:
CadZZilla
Based on a 1948 Cadillac Sedanette, the CadZZilla is a low-slung, sleek and dark custom car built by Boyd Coddington and designed by Larry Erickson. The name is a contraction of Cadillac, ZZ Top and Godzilla. It wasn't featured as prominently in ZZ Top's videos as 'The Eliminator', but it appeared in "My Head's in Mississippi" and in "Burger Man" - pulling out of the parking lot of a diner at the very beginning of the video. When CadZZilla has left the frame, it reveals a brief view of 'The Eliminator' parked besides the diner. An artist's rendition of CadZZilla was used on the cover of the "Recycler" album. In the video for "Doubleback", which uses Back to the Future Part III footage, CadZZilla appears at the final show down and similarly to the early Eliminator videos, three sexy women get out of the car and solve the problem. When the car drives off, a view of its rear license plate is shown: "I 8 Tokyo" - I ate Tokyo, a reference to Godzilla.

The car was well-received in the custom scene. Gray Baskerville, Senior Editor of the Hot Rod Magazine even named it as one of his favourite custom cars ever, and called it the epitome of the "Dare to Be Different" era.[11] The intense customization cost around 900.000 US$ at the time. CadZZilla was shown outside the USA, for example 2005 at the 14th Annual Yokohama HOT ROD・Custom Show.[12] CadZZilla's timeless looks motivated and inspired Richard Ferlazzo to design the Holden Efijy showcar