Boyd Coddington nasceu o 28 de agosto de 1944 em Idaho, EUA. Foi casado com Jo Andenise Clausen McGee, Diane Marie Ragone Elkins e Peggy Jeanne King. Morreu o 27 de fevereiro de 2008 em Whittier, Califórnia, EUA.
He was a machinist by trade, working at Disneyland during the day and
tinkering with cars in his home garage at night and on weekends. Alumni
from his shop include Jesse James and Chip Foose, who went on to open
their own shops and star in reality TV shows.
The viewers of "American Hot Rod" are.....people who lived in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, and loved these cars. Now they have money. (from a 2004 Associated Press interview)