American Hotrod. Coddington Dead, Dwayne Fired, Shop Shut.

[SHAM]

Just came across this online, to be honest I didnt even know Coddington had died.
According to the rumors on the Coddington forum, the blonde wife Jo took over and Dwayne looked for a payrise for his new level of responsibility and got the boot.

The Coddington Garage Closes their Doors One Coddington company closes as another plans to move June 16th, 2008--- La Habra, Ca Boyd Coddington Hot Rods will be closing their doors, Friday June 20th, 2008. After the untimely death of their founder, Boyd Coddington in February, the Coddington Garage team and family tried to continue on with business as usual. The battle they faced was too much to handle. After Boyd’s passing, his wife Jo took over the business. She had rather large shoes to fill in the absence of her husband. With the team of machinists, fabricators, and paint and body guys behind her, she gave it a shot. Unfortunately, running both the hot rod shop and the wheel shop was too much for her handle on her own. The cars and builds that are not complete at the time of closing will be moved to two new shops. Both shops are being run by former Boyd Coddington employees. Dan Sobieski, a fabricator and long time Coddington employee, will be opening his own shop July 1st. Sobieski will be taking a few from the Boyd Coddington team to his new shop in Anaheim, Ca. Abraham Rodriguez, a newer employee, will also be working on some of the vehicles at his shop. His specialty is in paint and body, but his shop will be able to do anything the Coddington Garage did. Jo will continue on with the wheel shop. There are plans for the company to move from their location in La Habra in the near future. For further information please contact Jo Coddington

[Karaahmetoglu]

R.I.P to Boyd, but doesn't he have a son? Who owns a part of his father company?

[Seiran]

That's a shame. I thought Boyd was one of the best in the business. It's probably best that this is happening though, because his wife is a bitch, and would just run the company into the ground.

[eechoss]

Just read on wiki, that he died from complications from a recent surgery. RIP, I really enjoyed his show.