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Boyd Leon Coddington (born 1944)[1] is the owner of the Boyd Coddington hot rod shop and star of American Hot Rod on the Discovery Channel. 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ...
American Hot Rod is a Discovery Channel TV series that follows the construction of various hot rods and custom cars in Boyd Coddingtons shop. ...
Discovery Channel is a property of Discovery Communications primarily packaged as a network entertainment brand distributed in virtually every pay-television market in the world. ...
Background Coddington grew up in Rupert, Idaho, where he got his first car (a 1931 Chevrolet truck) at age 13.[2] He attended machinist trade school at Idaho State University and completed a three year apprenticeship in machining. In 1966, he moved to California building hot rods by day and working as a machinist by night. He soon became known for building unique hot rods and in 1977 he opened his own shop, Hot Rods by Boyd, in Cypress, California. His first customer was Vern Luce whose car (a '33 coupe) won the Al Slonaker Award at the 1981 Oakland Roadshow. In 1988, Coddington founded Boyds Wheels Inc to manufacture and market custom automobile alloy wheels made from billet aluminum. In 1997, Coddington (along with his then chief designer Chip Foose) was inducted into the Hot Rod Hall of Fame.[3] In 1998, Coddington had to re-organize Boyds Wheels as the result of bankruptcy.[4] On April 7, 2005, Coddington pleaded guilty of perpetrating a "Ship of Theseus" fraud. Coddington had registered completely custom-fabricated, hand-built cars as antique automobiles in order to avoid emissions and tax liabilities. [1] Rupert is a city located in Minidoka County, Idaho. ...
Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ...
Chevrolet (IPA: ʃɛv. ...
A machinist is a craftsman who uses machine tools to make parts or alter parts by cutting away excess material. ...
Idaho State University is a university located in the southeastern Idaho of city of Pocatello (pop. ...
T-Bucket hot rod Hot rods are older, often historical, cars. ...
Location of Cypress within Orange County, California. ...
Oakland, founded in 1852, is the eighth-largest city in California[1] and the county seat of Alameda County. ...
RoadShow（路訊通, formerly known as 資訊娛樂共åŒç‡ [paraphrased as Integrated View of Information and Entertainment]） is a Multi-Media On Board (MMOB) service on transit vehicles in Hong Kong. ...
Magnesium alloy wheels, or mag wheels, are sometimes used on racing cars, in place of heavier steel or aluminium wheels, for better performance. ...
Billet is a term used in manufacturing to refer to a cast product. ...
Chip Foose (born October 6, 1963 in Santa Barbara, California) is a renowned hot rod shop owner and star of Overhaulin on TLC. He began working as a project designer for his fathers company at age seven. ...
April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Ship of Theseus is a replacement paradox also known as Theseuss paradox. ...
An antique car is generally defined as a car over 25 years of age, this being the definition used by the Antique Automobile Club of America and many other organisations worldwide. ...
The word emission generally means sending something out. ...
A tax (also known as a duty) is a financial charge or other levy imposed on an individual or a legal entity by a state or a functional equivalent of a state (e. ...
As of 2006, Coddington has a 50,000 square feet garage located in La Habra, California and has 70 employees. La Habra is a city located in the northwestern corner of Orange County, California, United States. ...
Trivia - Episodes of the Discovery Channel TV show American Hot Rod indicate that a fierce rivalry exists between Coddington and his former chief designer and company president Chip Foose.
- Coddington's creations have won American Most Beautiful Car seven times.[2]
Chip Foose (born October 6, 1963 in Santa Barbara, California) is a renowned hot rod shop owner and star of Overhaulin on TLC. He began working as a project designer for his fathers company at age seven. ...
References - ^ People base in the Intelius.com
- ^ a b Lienert, Dan (June 1 2004). The Hot Rod King. Forbes.com.
- ^ Troubled Company Reporter - BOYDS WHEELS: Third Quarter Report. InterNet Bankruptcy Library (December 18 1997).
- ^ Troubled Company Reporter - BOYDS WHEELS: Reorganization Plan Filed. InterNet Bankruptcy Library (July 23, 1998).
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