Boyd Coddington DEAD!

[Datsbad]

I just heard that Boyd Died this morning.

[trapin]

:eek: WTF??!!!

[Smack_talker]

Condolences to his family.....He did do alot to advance this hobby/industry.

[trapin]

RIP Boyd.

[XcYZ]

Wow, sad. Sorry to hear that.

[trapin]

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

[DDY RCKT]

This is sad. Whether or not you liked him or his style, he was very good for the hobby. He will be missed.

[buickfunnycar.com]

RIP Boyd...love him or hate him,you can't argue he helped change the industry.

[mazspeed]

That's too bad. He built some great cars, and did a lot of good for the custom car world. RIP.

[chrismoe]

God's Speed Boyd

Chris

[96z28ss]

Condolences to his family. I wonder what will happen to the company?
Who ever has a Boyd car I wonder if the value will go up.

[DriverzInc]

RIP, exactly as said before, love him or hate him, he did a lot for the hot rod industry. Look at how many of todays hot builders, designers, wheel manufacturers that all spawned from the Boyd camp.... Alan Budnik, Chip Foose, and countless others intertwined in the industry...

[surreyboy]

wow, Rip.

[whytry]

Godspeed Boyd

[Streetking]

Rip...

SW

[Project_Gotham]

my prayers go out to the coddington family and friends.

[markss28]

I pray that the Lord Jesus be with his family.

[Ummgawa]

RIP wherever you are Boyd. Godspeed.

[Steve1968LS2]

Sad to hear, he pioneered many things and in many ways started the whold billet-wheel business.

[comp-spec]

RIP..... god bless

[Boatmaster]

Rip. :(

[Bowtieracing]

Sad news... He really kicked big part of the industry on totally different level. One of the great legends now:(

[Diognes56]

:( RIP Boyd.

David

[BLACKJACK]

R.i.p Boyd You Will Be Miss!!!!:( :( :( :( :( :

[Sales@Dutchboys]

wow, where did this come from....I couldnt believe this thread when i saw it,

:( R.I.P


Paul

[Ricochet]

As said before - Like him or not he did do so much for this industry. He gave opportunity and jump started alot of careers for many leading people in this industry today. Some of his ways have been questioned in the past and other than making more $$ American Hotrod didn't do him any favors IMO, but I would never wish ill will on anybody. RIP Boyd and thoughts are with your family.


I just heard that we lost another pioneer in Hot Rodding last night. Lil" John Buttera passed away from a brain tumor. Some may of never heard of him but he was well known on the West Coast. Did alot of work with Boyd in his early days.

Brent

[Rob07002]

Godspeed and God bless!

Our hobby lost a true pioneer today.

[70TWO NOVA]

RIP Boyd

[GHOSTDANCER]

RIP Boyd

[7TSS]

RIP and condolences to his family

[bucks69]

RIP and prayers for those left behind.

[Mick Mc]

As said before - Like him or not he did do so much for this industry. He gave opportunity and jump started alot of careers for many leading people in this industry today. Some of his ways have been questioned in the past and other than making more $$ American Hotrod didn't do him any favors IMO, but I would never wish ill will on anybody. RIP Boyd and thoughts are with your family.


I just heard that we lost another pioneer in Hot Rodding last night. Lil" John Buttera passed away from a brain tumor. Some may of never heard of him but he was well known on the West Coast. Did alot of work with Boyd in his early days.

Brent

RIP Boyd, you changed the way we do ALOT of thing today.

I am truly sadden to hear about Lil John Buterra, he was a (I don't know what to call him). His work and his abilities were astonishing.

Mick

[TEDDYS CAMARO]

Rip Boyd

We Will Miss You.:( :( :( :( :


God Bless

[ccracin]

RIP... You were a pioneer!

[Garage Dog 65]

I just heard that we lost another pioneer in Hot Rodding last night. Lil" John Buttera passed away from a brain tumor. Some may of never heard of him but he was well known on the West Coast. Did alot of work with Boyd in his early days.

Brent

Wow Brent - had not heard that one either ! Lil' John was a hero of mine and I got to meet him in Indy a few times at the indy 500 - one salty dude - but with massive skills and talent. Huge loss !!

[RECOVERY ROOM]

Lil' John gave us the billet movement back in the early 80's.

[ProdigyCustoms]

We have lost a legend. Many got sucked into the TV persona and were not big fans. For me, I had huge respect for the cars he built / managed. Simply a hero car builder in my eyes. A lot of us have a lot to learn before we catch up with things he was doing 20 years ago! The man built some cars!

RIP Boyd!

[G-Body]

A man that has forgotten more than most know!
a true visinary in the ART of Hot Rodding and will be missed by alot of people.

Amazing how vehicles built by him were like seeing rock stars in person is always the effect his cars had on me in person! will be missed Gods speed.

[Todds69]

WOW!! That is sad news, and will truely be missed.

[MaxHarvard]

Like others have said, like him or not, he did have an effect on the auto industry. I just wish i get to do what i like for my job like he did.

[Ummgawa]

I just heard that we lost another pioneer in Hot Rodding last night. Lil" John Buttera passed away from a brain tumor. Some may of never heard of him but he was well known on the West Coast. Did alot of work with Boyd in his early days.

Brent

Lil' John...That guy was a pioneer and a complete original. Those that don't know who he is should Google his name and check out this guys stuff.

Wow! Sad to hear.

[awr68]

Very sad indeed! RIP guys!!

[zcrz]

RIP guys...:bow:

[dodge]

RIP ..very sad news

[lil427z]

Rip.
Rick K

[pushrod243]

Wow two more pioneers are gone.... I had an experience meeting Boyd in the late 80's. I had just graduated high school and my high school sweetheart moved to California. We were together for a while so I saved up my money and went to see her. Of course I took her to all the hotrod shops. I was building a 27 Ford drag racer and was searching for just the right taillites. We stumbled on Boyds shop and he spent several hours with us. We talked about my car and he showed us some of his builds. He took us all through the main shop even out back in the storage are to show us builds that were in progress but pushed aside for whatever reason. He was nothing like the TV portrays him. I enjoyed the few hours I got to spend with him sharing our passion for cars.

Rip Boyd and Lil John

[Autokraft]

Thats unfortunate. He definately left his mark in the Hod Rod Industry.
RIP

[porkchop]

I had the pleasure to meet Boyd a few times on some of the early years of the HotRod power tour. He was great to talk with about hotrods and cars in general.Super cool guy.R.I.P. Lil John was also a amazing builder from funny cars to street rods. May he rest in peace.

[67turbostang]

R I P

[buickfunnycar.com]

RIP Lil John...

[JV69z/28]

Boyd and Lil John - wow - RIP - I wonder where the "billet" industry would be without them? Would there even be a "billet" industry without them............

[class67]

R.I.P Boyd

[Tom Fuehrer]

I just heard that we lost another pioneer in Hot Rodding last night. Lil" John Buttera passed away from a brain tumor. Some may of never heard of him but he was well known on the West Coast. Did alot of work with Boyd in his early days.

Brent

RIP Boyd and John.....

John Buttera was a big influence on me when I was younger. There are a few of his cars that I still lust after. A Hilborn injected '69 Z/28 that he and his son built in about 1980 and a '65(?) Nova with C4 suspension - he built that in about 1986! It would fit in well with today's cars.

Lil John was the first guy I remember reading about who really explained "why" cool cars looked cool. The right rake, the right tire size. How subtle mods could accentuate already beautiful cars.

Tom

[qship510]

Condolences to the Coddingtons.

BUT, Lil is evidently still fighting the big C

Re: lil John Buttera -Down but sure not out

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There have been posts that my Dad has passed, although hes struggling he is hanging in there. Keep the good thoughts going. Leigh

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=179757&page=14

[70 chevelle]

Boyd, Chip and Troy all created my love for hot rods but Boyd was the first. If not for drooling over his early creations as a kid in Hot Rod and other magazines I might not have the disease that is cars. He was truly an artist. Chezoom could come out tomorrow and still be cutting edge with a new set of wheels, how many years ago did he make that? God's gonna have one killer set of wheels. RIP

[mdprovee]

His family is in our prayers, like him or not, he deserves some respect.

[dhondagod]

:( :( RIP




Chris:cool:

[RomsMotors]

RIP Boyd. You will be surely missed. Condolences to the Coddingtons:(

[bamadale]

R.I.P. Boyd! Deepest sympathy and condolences to you family

[Ricochet]

BUT, Lil is evidently still fighting the big C

Re: lil John Buttera -Down but sure not out

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There have been posts that my Dad has passed, although hes struggling he is hanging in there. Keep the good thoughts going. Leigh

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=179757&page=14


Well first of all I apologize to the Buttera family. I'm glad to say I now know these were just rumors flying around and John is still hanging in there. I had heard this from a what I thought was a close source. Lil' John is true legend in Hot Rodding and Drag Racing. Without guys like him we would not be where we are today. Once again sorry about the mis-information and RIP Boyd.

Nice write up on Boyd I found on another site..
http://www.competitionplus.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5573&Itemid=6




Brent

[DRJDVM's '69]

RIP Boyd

Never met the man.

If its really true that he was nothing like his persona on TV, its a shame that it will be the way most people think and remember him.

[surreyboy]

It really hit home when i was in my garage today, looking at my wheels and thinking we probably would still be rocking 15 in cragars if it wasnt for him,not saying the man just means a set of wheels, but the magnitude of what he did for the industry.We lost one of the greats

[gionni]

RIP Boyd...:(

[andrewmp6]

I hate seeing him go he wasn't that old and did so much for people like us.He will be deeply missed by all.

[Garage Dog 65]

Back when Boyd started the shop he had a bunch of our hero's working with him at the time. Can you imagine how cool it would have been to be working with that crew at the time ? Lil' John back in the machine shop smoking like a fiend and cursing at anything that moved - Boyd's laugh and silly shirts - Chips designs - Jesse James - what a blast that must have been huh ! Yeah, I'm sure there were bad times, fights, and bust business deals - but aren't there always bad times. Remember the good stuff.

Thanks for all the projects - billet stuff - and guidance/support of an industry we all love ! RIP

[Steve1968LS2]

Thought you guys might like to read this:

http://www.popularhotrodding.com/hotnews/0802phr_boyd_coddington/index.html

[Ricochet]

Nice read Steve. Thanks for sharing. He was and will continue to be an inspiration to many. This loss will be felt hard by everybody in/out of the industry.

Brent

[Jason@Driverz]

R.I.P

Boyd was a true pioneer in our industry and will be missed by many!

I thought this was a good artical on the Good Guy's web site.

http://good-guys.com/news/newsStory.aspx?newsid=925

[fvike]

Boyd Coddington was building clean smooth rides 20 years ago, when all others built flaked out chrome monsters. Truly "The Master".

RIP.

[mazspeed]

Thought you guys might like to read this:

http://www.popularhotrodding.com/hotnews/0802phr_boyd_coddington/index.html

That's a nice piece Steve.

[jeff hanson]

We all owe him a debt of gratitude for everything he has done for the best hobby in the world! You ARE and always will be the man Boyd! RIP:hail: