1. Boyd Coddington was an American hot rod designer, the owner of the Boyd Coddington Hot Rod Shop, and star of American Hot Rod on TLC.
11 Facts About Boyd Coddington
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Boyd Coddington attended machinist trade school and completed a three-year apprenticeship in machining.
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Boyd Coddington soon became known for building unique hot rods and in 1977 he opened his own shop, Hot Rods by Boyd, in Stanton, California.
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Together with John Buttera, Boyd Coddington pioneered this "billet" machined look and applied it not only to wheels, but broadly throughout the car.
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In 1988, Coddington founded Boyd's Wheels, Inc to manufacture and market his custom billet wheels.
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In 1997, Boyd Coddington was inducted into the Hot Rod Hall of Fame.
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Boyd Coddington was charged with a misdemeanor and pleaded guilty on April 7,2005.
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Boyd Coddington was discharged shortly after New Year's Eve, but was readmitted a few days later to Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in Whittier, California.
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Doctors performed surgery; despite the prognosis of a complete recovery, Boyd Coddington died on February 27,2008.
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Boyd Coddington's publicist stated that Coddington was a long-time diabetic who died from complications that were brought on from a recent surgery for a perforated colon along with sepsis and kidney complications.
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Boyd Coddington was buried at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, California.