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BOYD'S BACK; Famed rodder returns to his roots.(News)
Byline: MARK VAUGHN
Boyd Coddington, the craftsman who redefined hot rodding in the 1980s and '90s only to become a victim of his own success, is back.
Boyd and company are building hot rods again just like they did 20 years ago when he was a lowly machinist at Disneyland who worked on his creations in his garage after work. The success of his operation, particularly the wheels, soon caught the eyes of investors. At their peak, the Coddington companies were worth $120 million and traded on the NASDAQ. Then the success started getting out of hand. Investors came in and tried to squeeze profits beyond breaking points while Coddington slowly lost more and more control of an increasingly bigger operation. Bankruptcy, buyouts and reorganization followed (AW, Aug. 24, 1998).
Through it all Boyd kept plugging away and now has rights to the name Boyd Coddington, lost temporarily in the darkest years. In the last two years, Coddington has produced three notable rods: Led Zephyr, a take on a 1938 Lincoln; an aluminum 1929 Model A Pickup called Aluma Truck; and now the ...
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- Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal January 23, 2006 700+ words
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Source: HighBeam Research, BOYD'S BACK; Famed rodder returns to his roots.(News)