| RE:Boyd Coddington. Is this true? |
Subject: RE:Boyd Coddington. Is this true? by bogus on 2008/2/28 15:13:32 Quote: I can't say how many years I've been following his work. He used to be in all the magazines when I was a lot younger. Then he kind of fizzled out or soemthing. Then one day I saw an ol' 55 shoebox that he built and what a nice car it was. I told the owner he probably paid too much, but he didn't care because Boyd built it. I don't remember all the details, but in the late 80s, the hotrod and collector car business was super hot. He licensed his name to products and such (B Coddington) and the costs went nuts and he was bought out by some Japanese investors and he lost control of the name. It took him several years to recover, financially, and he did, but came back as Boyd Coddington. That's why he vanished for a while. For some reason, I don't believe that he had a TV persona, I think what you saw is what he was. A hard ass who was genuinely having a hard time with his fall from grace. |
