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> > "AC" <xxxx@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> > For anyone that knew him or cares:
> >> >
> >
http://jalopnik.com/361736/boyd-coddingtons-company-releases-statement-cause-of-death-still-vague
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> Oddly enough I care.
> >>
> >> I used to watch his American Hotrod series, it was the only "reality"
> >> show
> > I
> >> actually liked. But I lost touch with it.
> >>
> >> This is the first I've heard of his death, and frankly, I'm a gutted.
He
> >> came across as a great guy. Sure the TV show made him look a bit of a
> >> tyrant, but you could tell that underneath that he was basically a
good
> > man.
> >>
> >> AC
> >
> > Perhaps, he was pretty nasty toward anyone that wasn't, what
> > he perceived to be, "loyal" to him and had some strikingly less
> > than generous things to say about a former friend and employee,
> > the gifted Chip Foose, who committed the great and unforgivable
> > (in Boyd's eye) crime of (the horror) going into business for himself.
> >
> >
>
> I wouldn't deny any of that. Many times I thought him a complete
ass-hole.
> In fact, since reading your initial post, I've been hoping arround the
> forums and read some pretty terrible stuff.
>
> However, the overall impression I got was that of a man who was
essentially
> an artist, but had to run a business to allow his 'art' to flourish.
Like
a
> stereotypical artist, he didn't really understand people or business at
all.
> Had he been able to just design cars, I think he and those around him
would
> have been much happier. But underneath it all I think he was a good
bloke.
>
> AC
Yeah I too wouldn't want my life to be splayed open to
public scrutiny for all to view, as can happen when one
is the subject of the type of exposure a politician or
celebrity receives. We're all flawed, only human, with
myriad foibles and peccadillos.
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