R.I.P Boyd Coddington

jumpy · 02-27-08, 08:33 PM

Apparently.

Used to watch the show on sky every now and then. Didn't always like the cars styling, but the engineering was always great.

pitty.

You guys over the pond hear much of this?

Defiance · 02-27-08, 09:08 PM

Hiya,
If it's true he's passed away t'is sad in a way

I did like the cable show of his american hotrod, then again that wayne/dwayne ? could never figure his name (i'm going deaf you see) seemed a over-employed lazy bully gobshyte but maybe in rl he was a decent guy

I now watch now n again overhaulin, I see some of boyds staff jumped ship to foose and who could blame them really as he seems to embrace ideas and skills instead of feeling threatened by them (the guy wayne/dwayne)

Well sad as it was a watchable show that i think still runs over here across the pond

Adios

Def

Dang it Jumpy lol, I thought you was an american cousin asking us lol

PS: Jumpy for gawds sake please don't watch the uk pimp my ride, It will make you cry or cringe

jumpy · 02-28-08, 04:53 PM

^^
lol

I've seen that show a couple of times and it was bloody awful hehe. Yer, pimp my Ford Escort, or pimp my Rover 214 :rotfl: try a wikepedia entry for those vehicles and you'll see what I mean.

AVGWarhawk · 02-28-08, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jumpy

^^
lol

I've seen that show a couple of times and it was bloody awful hehe. Yer, pimp my Ford Escort, or pimp my Rover 214 :rotfl: try a wikepedia entry for those vehicles and you'll see what I mean.

He never pimped escorts or rovers that I recall. It was always Americn muscle cars and Deuce coups, old timers, etc. You must be thinking about X-ibit and Pimp my Ride

jumpy · 02-28-08, 11:44 PM

Yer, I was refering to the UK version of the show 'pimp my ride' not american hotrod.

FIREWALL · 02-29-08, 12:03 AM

He made his name by winning the award "The Worlds Most Beautiful Roadster" at the Oakland Roadster Show.

Bob Villia raced Tim Allen in a Home Inprovement episode also in that car.

Coddington had a HUGE industrial park in OC but lost it all due to bad management and business sense.

Such a loss. He designed such cutting edge Rods.

Syxx_Killer · 02-29-08, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by FIREWALL

Bob Villia raced Tim Allen in a Home Inprovement episode also in that car.

The yellow car in that episode was a Coddington creation? That's interesting. I always thought it looked like the Plymouth (now Chrysler) Prowler.

FIREWALL · 02-29-08, 12:17 PM

Nope. But I saw a beautiful silver Prowler yesterday while at the hospital. It cheered me up.

02-27-08, 08:33 PM	#1
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	R.I.P Boyd Coddington Apparently. Used to watch the show on sky every now and then. Didn't always like the cars styling, but the engineering was always great. pitty. You guys over the pond hear much of this? __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

02-28-08, 04:53 PM	#3
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	^^ lol I've seen that show a couple of times and it was bloody awful hehe. Yer, pimp my Ford Escort, or pimp my Rover 214 :rotfl: try a wikepedia entry for those vehicles and you'll see what I mean. __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

02-28-08, 11:44 PM	#5
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Yer, I was refering to the UK version of the show 'pimp my ride' not american hotrod. __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

02-29-08, 12:03 AM	#6
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	He made his name by winning the award "The Worlds Most Beautiful Roadster" at the Oakland Roadster Show. Bob Villia raced Tim Allen in a Home Inprovement episode also in that car. Coddington had a HUGE industrial park in OC but lost it all due to bad management and business sense. Such a loss. He designed such cutting edge Rods. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

02-29-08, 12:17 PM	#8
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Nope. But I saw a beautiful silver Prowler yesterday while at the hospital. It cheered me up. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

02-27-08, 09:08 PM	#2
Defiance Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: UK Posts: 908 Downloads: 673 Uploads: 0	Hiya, If it's true he's passed away t'is sad in a way I did like the cable show of his american hotrod, then again that wayne/dwayne ? could never figure his name (i'm going deaf you see) seemed a over-employed lazy bully gobshyte but maybe in rl he was a decent guy I now watch now n again overhaulin, I see some of boyds staff jumped ship to foose and who could blame them really as he seems to embrace ideas and skills instead of feeling threatened by them (the guy wayne/dwayne) Well sad as it was a watchable show that i think still runs over here across the pond Adios Def Dang it Jumpy lol, I thought you was an american cousin asking us lol PS: Jumpy for gawds sake please don't watch the uk pimp my ride, It will make you cry or cringe