Hot Rods by Ed "Big Daddy" Roth [Paperback]

Ed Roth (Author), Tony Thacker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 15, 2007

From the mind of Mr. Gasser himself, with behind-the-scenes pictures from his own files, comes the story of the life and times and art of this icon of hot rodding and visionary of Kustom Kulture. Since Ed "Big Daddy" Roth first told his tale, a whole new generation has discovered the creator of Rat Fink, Beatnik Bandit, and Mysterion-and this now-classic illustrated autobiography gives new and old fans alike a look into the shop and studio. ""The Salvador Dali of the movement,"" Tom Wolfe called him, ""a surrealist in his designs, a showman by temperament, a prankster""–and Roth’s larger-than-life personality comes across here as he tells how he arrived at his famous ""plaster and fiberglass"" method of constructing his sculptures on wheels (It could be done ""by people with little or no talent and I had both,"" as he put it.) and shows off some of his more outlandish models. A fitting tribute to an outlaw legend, this book brings Big Daddy’s work to wild and wonderful life, and lets us hear the man’s incomparable voice one more time.

Editorial Reviews

Review

AutoArt Magazine, November/December 2007

“Reveals his life and work in his own words and pictures, preprinted for a new generation that has discovered his art.”

Book Description

The firsthand story of this icon of hot rodding and visionary of Kustom Kulture, with input from fellow builders, painters, and hot rodders, and a raft of pictures from inside Ed “Big Daddy” Roth’s own shop and studio. Reprinted for the first time since Roth’s death in 2001, this book revisits his creations such as Rat Fink, Beatnik Bandit, and Mysterion, his famous plaster-and-fiberglass sculptures on wheels, and the circumstances that made them click with a whole new automotive culture beginning in 1960s Southern California.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Motorbooks; 1st edition (March 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0760328935
• ISBN-13: 978-0760328934
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,180,978 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Big Daddy's book on his cars., February 20, 2000

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Too Tubby Too Long "Grandmas Attik" (Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hot Rods by Ed Big Daddy Roth (Paperback)

This man is a cultural icon for the period, and this book allows him to tell his story, with counterpoint from other participants. The photos of the cars are great. This is not an unbiased history, but gives a flavor of the real character of this character. Highly entertaining read for the car nut.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hot Rods by Ed 'Big Daddy' Roth, November 27, 2002

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Darrell Nungester (Floyds Knobs, Indiana United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hot Rods by Ed Big Daddy Roth (Paperback)

This is one of two books that I owe about Ed "Big Daddy" Roth (the other book is "Confessions of a Rat Fink"). If you love hot rods and "Rat Fink" cartoons, both of these books should be in your collection. If there was a "Hot Rodder Hall of Fame", Big Daddy deserves to be in it. I grew up loving cars and I have several old comic books with cartoons drawn by Big Daddy. In this book, Big Daddy tells some of his secrets about the hot rods he built. Good pictures too.

4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars this book tells all about ed roth, February 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Hot Rods by Ed Big Daddy Roth (Paperback)

this book is the bible of custom car fans and wanna be big daddys alik