The star of American Hot Rod (on TLC) and owner of Boyd Coddington Hot Rod Shop, Boyd Coddington died on February 27, 2008 at the age of 63. Coddington started his hot rod building career in Cypress, California after graduating from Idaho State University. He then expanded his operations to include an alloy wheel manufacturing company, and a 50,000 square foot auto-body shop in La Habra, California.
