[Land-speed] Boyd Coddington Passes

[John Szalay]

Car-building legend Boyd Coddington, whose testosterone-injected cable TV reality show "American Hot Rod" introduced the nation to the West Coast hot rod guru, has died.
 He was 63.
 Boyd Coddington won numerous awards for his creative car customizing designs.
 Coddington died Wednesday at Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in suburban Whittier. His La Habra office spokeswoman Amanda Curry wouldn't disclose the cause of death.