Boyd Coddington Dead ???

[Tool Pimp]

Has anyone heard about this?


If its true RIP

[jimbo74]

yup, i heard about it on another site.... sad....

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/02/27/state/n103701S80.DTL

[Tool Pimp]

  that sucks.............

[alwayzbroken]

I assume it was health related?

[abnormaltoy]

Yeah...his health stopped.

[Duffil]

[Toymin8r]

I feel bad for his family.

It was his show that helped convince me that I could do some of the fab work that I ended up doing to my truck myself  I figured that if some of the clowns he had working for him could create those hot rods I could do some simple cutting and welding on truck.


R.I.P. Boyd Cottington

[Talon84x4]

R.I.P.

[kneedownnate]

Yeah...his health stopped.

  and now I have steak chunks on my screen...

[Rocksurfer]

Yeah...his health stopped.

R.I.P.

[dizzydevil]

bummer

[topar]

RIP I did not like his show though.  They always seemed to be more worried about getting it done than quality. 

[kneedownnate]

RIP I did not like his show though.  They always seemed to be more worried about getting it done than quality. 

X2, I lost a lot of respect for him and his company after watching quite a few episodes of that show.  He was too worried about setting tight deadlines and pushing cars out quickly.  He held an attitude similar to american car manufacturers, where you push product out as quick as possible, and when the engineers tell you parts aren't fine tuned well enough you reply "just get it out, we'll fix them when the customers bring it back".

[NT-OUTBACK]

RIP

I hate to say it having worked in the industry sometimes you want to work slow but customers won't stop calling asking when its going to be done; even when its under contract for a certain date.

[Plekto]

Guy had a lot of stress, so it's not too surprising, really.  Sad to see him go.

Course I think we'll be seeing those nutjobs from OC Choppers for many years. 

[TheCookieMonster]

Course I think we'll be seeing those nutjobs from OC Choppers for many years. 

i hadnt heard about this yet.. RIP

[topar]

Guy had a lot of stress, so it's not too surprising, really.  Sad to see him go.

Course I think we'll be seeing those nutjobs from OC Choppers for many years. 

They keep building bigger and more expensive shops and homes wait till the TV folks pull the plug on them.  Then it will be hay guys come on someone buy a bike from us we got bills

[kneedownnate]

I hate to say it having worked in the industry sometimes you want to work slow but customers won't stop calling asking when its going to be done; even when its under contract for a certain date.

I know this all too well.  I have to go out and fix boats while people are panicking because they think they're going to drift into shore and blow up (thanks hollywood!), then they're standing over me constantly asking what's wrong or when I'll be done so they can relax   Or, in the case of the college kids, some flat-biller bro is spilling who knows what alchoholic beverage on me...