Automotive Performance Group, the company that gained control of Boyds Wheels and Hot Rods by Boyd during the bankruptcy proceedings, sued Coddington for trademark infringement. The case was ...

And rightly so; Boyd Coddington was and still is perhaps the most revered hot rod and custom wheel designer in history. Now, Boyd Jr. and Chris, both respected designers in their own right ...

former president of Hot Rods by Boyd and Boyds Wheels. Coddington launched Boyds Wheels in 1988. “He was the first person to utilize billet aluminum in the manufacture of automotive wheels ...

And rightly so; Boyd Coddington was and still is perhaps the most revered hot rod and custom wheel designer in history. Now, Boyd Jr. and Chris, both respected designers in their own right ...

In 1997, Ernst & Young named Coddington “Entrepreneur of the Year.” But a year later, Boyds Wheels, his successful company that went public in 1995 and merged with Hot Rods by Boyd ...

A newer venture, Boyd Coddington Wheels, produces over 100,000 custom designed wheels per year and is larger than his hot rod business. His techniques developed in machining wheels from billet ...

Boyd Coddington died Feb. 27 at age 63. He left behind 10 partially built cars, dozens of designs and renderings of future cars, a hot rod consignment business and a custom wheel shop. And no will.

Boyd Coddington was also an entrepreneur with a driven desire to build his company and see his goal become reality. In the 1980's, Boyd literally re invented the wheel by creating the billet wheel ...

Boyd Coddington, the hot-rod innovator whose creations ... Alumacoupe and Chezoom redefined what a rod could be. His wheels were equally well known, particularly those shaved from billet aluminum.