TMCP 393: Jo Coddington: Women in Racing and Hot Rods, Promoting Automotive Products, and Life with Boyd Coddington on and off of TV!

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Robert Kibbe

Automotive, Leisure, Business, Careers

4.8 • 701 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2019

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

This week I spoke to Jo Coddington, racer, car enthusiast, TV celebrity, and Motorsports spokesperson. She became a household name along with her husband Boyd Coddingon on the television show American Hot Rod, but that was not at all where she really gained her start in the industry. Jo was born in Woodvine Iowa, but grew up "out west" in Phoenix Arizona due to allergies that had no known cure at the time. She was raised in a racing family and after graduating from a go kart, she moved into dirt sports. Jo tells the story of her dad not allowing her to come home until she had rebuilt the race engine she had blown up. She worked on it at a friends garage and thought she could talk him into fixing it, but he was in on the plan with her dad. Years later Jo admits that making her build that engine just reinforced her desire to be involved and could not keep her out of the garage.

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0:00.0	The Muscle Car Place Online Podcast, episode number 393.
0:03.9	This week, our guest is Joe Cottington, racer, shop owner, product spokesperson, TV celebrity,
0:10.2	and wife of the late Boyd Cottington.
0:12.5	Now, for the women in the audience listening who want to build and race and follow their dreams,
0:17.5	this interview is to show you that you absolutely can.
0:20.7	And if you first saw Joe on the old TV show American Hot Rod, we talked about that too.
0:26.2	Was what they saw on TV real?
0:28.8	No.
0:30.1	There's nothing real about reality.
0:34.7	This is the Muscle Car Place, weekly online podcast.
0:38.9	Brought to you by National Parks Depot.
0:41.6	This is the weekly show dedicated to people worldwide who love American muscle cars.
0:47.5	Whether you're buying them, selling, restoring, or even racing them, this is the place for you.
0:53.9	Now, here's your host, Rob Kibby.
0:57.8	Yes, indeed, I am, Rob Kibby, and welcome to the Muscle Car Place podcast.
1:01.9	Well, lots to hit today.
1:04.0	Welcome, everybody, by the way.
1:05.5	Great interview coming up with Joe Coddington.
1:07.6	I'm going to get caught up on a lot of listener mail.
1:10.0	Vintage Air is back with the summer special.
1:12.2	That's good news because it's basically summer now.
1:15.7	And my automotive life has been almost completely consumed as of late on my generally
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