High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! American Hot Rod is a reality television series that originally aired between 2004 and 2008 on The Learning Channel and Discovery Channel. The show documented the crew at Boyd Coddington`s car shop and their personal struggles to build hot rods and custom vehicles under extremely tight deadlines. It was made on location at Coddington`s car shop in La Habra, California. The series became well known for the constant turnover of crew members due to dismissals, walkouts and firings. Some have attributed this to Boyd`s management and Duane`s attitude creating a very stressful environment to work in. Some of these ex-employees went to work for Chip Foose, a former partner of Coddington.