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American Hot Rod is a Discovery Channel TV series that follows the construction of various hot rods and custom cars in Boyd Coddington's shop. Viewers follow the crew of Boyd Coddington in their struggle to get the custom cars finished before they reach the extremely tight deadlines. The show is also well known for its regular firings.

Person	Position
Boyd Coddington	Owner/Manager
Jo Coddington	General Manager
Duane	Shop Manager
Scott	Fabricator
Lee	Metal work
Ralph	Body Work
Todd	Advertising
Greg	Wheel Salesperson
Brad	Fabricator/assembler
Dan	Fabricator/assembler
Al	Fabricator/assembler

Some of the cars featured in the show are: the Alumatub, Silver Bullet, Vern Luce's coupe, Cadzilla and many more of Boyd Coddington's custom creations.

Members lost

The first member to leave the team was Chad Geary, better known as "Bluebear". On January 21, 2005 (Episode 23), Charlie (who did body and paint) departed, going to work for Boyd's rival Chip Foose after getting a better offer and tiring of Boyd's abusive management style. Shortly thereafter, Thomas left because of a difference of opinion with the boss; he disagreed with Boyd about how the cars should look and be put together. Mike was fired for designing wheels for Chip Foose. He was using Boyd's computers and doing the design work while on the clock. Following these departures, the team was short-staffed. In 2005, the 60 year-old metal worker Roy died, leaving the team to look towards Lee to get the metal work done.

Season 1: (1999)

Image	Title	Original Airdate
	"Junkyard Dog Pt 1"	Jan 13th 2004
	On this episode of American Hot Rod, Boyd Coddington and his crew resurrect a classic '56 Chevy. Rescued from a rust bucket grave yard, but turning this Junkyard Dog into a high end Hot Rod, pushes tensions to breaking point and puts the Coddington crew's metal to the test. The talents and the tempers, the drama and the drive.

	"Junkyard Dog Pt 2"	Jan 20th 2004
	Episode number 2 of the series finds the team dealing with extensive metal work problems particular to a car brought forth from the junkyard for resurrection into a hot rod.

	"Junkyard Dog Pt 3"	Feb 6th 2004
	The "Junkyard Dog" has taken shape. The body is nearly finished and for once they look like they're ahead of schedule. Charlie starts to paint the car but his Dad is ill and he has to leave. The team celebrate Tommy's birthday with a party at Boyd's house.
	"Junkyard Dog Pt 4"	Feb 13th 2004
	The paintwork is finished, the body remounted and the car is off to Gabes to have the interior done. Gabes pulls out all the stops and finish the car early. The car gets back to Boyd's for the final touches and Charlie arrives back, following the death of his father. With Charlie back the car is done on time for unveiling.

External link

Discovery Channel Fan Page for American HotRod

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 == Members lost==
-The first member to leave the team was Chad, better known as "Bluebear". On [[January 21]], [[2005]] (Episode 23), Charlie (who did body and paint) departed, going to work for Boyd's rival [[Chip Foose]] after getting a better offer and tiring of Boyd's abusive management style. Shortly thereafter, Thomas and Mike left because of a difference of opinion with their boss; both disagreed with Boyd about how the cars should look and be put together. Following these departures, the team was short-staffed. In 2006, the 60 year-old metal worker Roy died, leaving the team to look towards Lee to get the metal work done.
+The first member to leave the team was Chad Geary, better known as "Bluebear". On [[January 21]], [[2005]] (Episode 23), Charlie (who did body and paint) departed, going to work for Boyd's rival [[Chip Foose]] after getting a better offer and tiring of Boyd's abusive management style. Shortly thereafter, Thomas left because of a difference of opinion with the boss; he disagreed with Boyd about how the cars should look and be put together. Mike was fired for designing wheels for Chip Foose.  He was using Boyd's computers and doing the design work while on the clock.  Following these departures, the team was short-staffed. In 2005, the 60 year-old metal worker Roy died, leaving the team to look towards Lee to get the metal work done.
 === Season 1: (1999) ===