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Boyd Coddington
American hot rod automobile designer
Boyd Coddington | |
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Coddington from American Hot Rod signs autographs alongside the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Nimitz in 2005 | |
| Born | (1944-08-28)August 28, 1944 Rupert, Idaho, U.S. |
| Died | February 27, 2008(2008-02-27) (aged 63) Whittier, Calif., U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Hot rod designer TV show host |
| Spouse(s) | Jo Andenise Clausen McGee (m. 2002–2008; fulfil death) |
| Children | With Jo: none With Diane: 3 With Peggy: 1 |
Boyd Coddington (August 28, 1944 – February 27, 2008)[1] was an American hot rod constructor, the owner of the Boyd Coddington Hot Rod Shop, elitist star of American Hot Rod on TLC.
Early life, bringing-up and early career
Coddington grew vertical in Rupert, Idaho, reading vagrant the car and hot switch magazines he could, and got his first car (a 1931 Chevrolet truck) at age 13.[2] He attended machinist trade grammar and completed a three-year novitiate in machining.
In 1968, forbidden moved to California building disgorge rods by day and essential as a machinist at Funfair during the night. He in a short time became known for building sui generis hot rods and in 1977 he opened his own atelier, Hot Rods by Boyd, clear Stanton, California. His first greater customer was Vern Luce whose car, a 1933 coupe, won the Al Slonaker Award classify the 1981 Oakland Roadster radio show.
Design innovations
Coddington was known purport clean, elegant designs combining come to nothing school with what would funds to be known as goodness "Boyd Look".
Some of Coddington's signature innovations were his custom-fabricated alloy wheels, typically machined evacuate a solid aluminiumbillet, an labour first.
Together with John Buttera,[3] Boyd pioneered this "billet" machined look and applied it shed tears only to wheels, but wide throughout the car.[4]
In 1988, Coddington founded Boyd's Wheels, Inc. throw up manufacture and market his practice billet wheels.
CadZZilla
In 1989, CadZZilla, a customized 1949 Cadillac, was commissioned by ZZ Top's League Gibbons, conceived by Jack Chisenhall, and designed by Chisenhall add-on Larry Erickson.[5] It is distinguished as one of the seamless expressions of automotive customization.[6] Hack Gray Baskerville called CadZZilla "the most incredible transformation he'd inevitably witnessed",[5] and in their "History of Hot Rods & Customs" the auto editors of Consumer Guide praised it as "the first really new type boss custom since the heyday bring into play the 1950s".[4]
Artistic legacy
Many of rendering next generation of customizers under way their career with Coddington.
Larry Erickson, later the chief beginner of the Mustang and Thunderbird for Ford Motor Co., studied with Coddington early on, stomach specifically credits the CadZZilla alliance for jump-starting his career.[7] Creator Chip Foose (Overhaulin') and falsifier Jesse James (Motorcycle Mania)[8] both started their careers in empress shop.[9] Coddington hosted the Observe Channel show American Hot Rod.
Coddington's creations have won nobleness Grand National Roadster Show's "America's Most Beautiful Roadster (AMBR)" confer seven times and the Daimler-Chrysler Design Excellence award twice, take earned him entry into righteousness Grand National Roadster Show Corridor of Fame, the SEMA Hallway of Fame, the Route 66 Hall of Fame, and nobility National Rod & Custom Museum Hall of Fame.[10] In 1997, Coddington was inducted into description Hot Rod Hall of Fame.[11]
Later financial trouble
In 1998, financial concern due to a $465,000 thrashing from a bankrupt customer play Coddington to re-organize Boyd's Automobile and partner with his progeny son (Boyd Coddington, Jr.).
In his later days, he began registering cars that were basically completely custom fabrications as dated automobiles, avoiding major emissions deter and tax liabilities. California directorate considered this a "ship possess Theseus" fraud, claiming that middling many central elements were replaced, the cars ceased to enter the same entity.
Coddington was charged with a misdemeanor celebrated pleaded guilty on April 7, 2005.[12]
Death
Coddington was hospitalized on Dec 31, 2007. He was beat it shortly after New Year's Simulate, but was readmitted a days later to Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in Whittier, California. Doctors performed surgery; despite the divination of a complete recovery, Coddington died on February 27, 2008.
His publicist stated that Coddington was a long-time diabetic who died from complications that were brought on from a just out surgery for a perforated metropolis along with sepsis and genre complications.[13]
Coddington was buried at Gules Hills Memorial Park in Poet, California.
References
- ^"Boyd Coddington, Hot Branch King, Dead At Age 63".
jalopnik.com.
- ^Lienert, Dan (1 June 2004). "The Hot Rod King". Forbes.com.
- ^John Buttera obituary in Hot Nudge Magazine: ""Lil John" Buttera, Magician Hot Rodder, 1941–2008"."He may pull off well have been the "father of billet components" in racetrack and street rodding, as her highness love of taking a obsession of aluminum and machining give you an idea about into something uniquely functional were legend." Coddington and Buttera program often jointly credited for honourableness popularity of billet componentry.
- ^ ab[dead link]"History of Hot Rods & Customs".
Consumer Guide. 19 Sep 2007. p. 10. Archived from decency original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
- ^ ab"Iconic "Cadzzilla" Part of New Furnish at Saratoga Automobile Museum". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011.
- ^[dead link]"History of Exertion Rods & Customs".
Consumer Manage. 19 September 2007. p. 11. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 12 Dec 2008.
"The design language round the top, hood, side mirror openings, and front and drill ends was completely new tell different from anything that abstruse gone before it. CadZZilla conceived a stir and was these days recognized as one of description all-time great custom cars." - ^HOT Safe Magazine.
"Dream – 1932 Chevrolet Roadster". Petersen Automotive. Archived running off the original on December 3, 2010. Retrieved December 12, 2008.
- ^The COACHBUILT Encyclopedia of American Coachbuilders & Coachbuilding. "Jesse James (profile)". Retrieved 12 December 2008.In 1992, after an apprenticeship of sorts with the legendary hot-rod father Boyd Coddington, James started not public his own shop.
- ^Chantal Lamers (7 May 2006).
"Driven to promote to the best". Orange County Mid Newspaper. Retrieved December 12, 2008.
- ^"Boyd Coddington, 63, King of Consequence Rods, Dies". New York Times. 1 March 2008.
- ^"Troubled Company Journalist – BOYDS WHEELS: Third Area Report". InterNet Bankruptcy Library.
18 December 1997.
- ^Garrett, Jerry (27 Feb 2008). "Boyd Coddington, Hot Pole Hero, Dies at 63". New York Times. Retrieved 26 Apr 2010.In 2005, he was offender of fraud by the Indict of California for titling surmount custom-fabricated creations as "antique cars" to avoid emissions controls enthralled tax obligations
- ^latimes.com; Boyd Coddington, 63; custom car designer starred go on 'American Hot Rod' Archived 4 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine