This entertaining color photo history of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, the mad-cap artist and custom car maker, contains photographs from Ed's personal collection, from co-workers and friends, and from magazine files. Ed tells the story -- in his own inimitable style -- of such creations as "Rat Fink" and cars like The Outlaw, Beatnik Bandidt, Druid Princess, Surfite, Road Agent and Mysterion. Recollections from past co-workers and collaborators including Robert Williams, Dirty Doug, Fritz Voight, George Barris, Bob Larivee, Sr. give insight into Ed Roth and his wacky and innovative cars.
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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.”
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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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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Big Daddy's book on his cars.,
By 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.
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Hot Rods by Ed 'Big Daddy' Roth,
By 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:
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this book tells all about ed roth,
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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
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Big Daddy, Dirty Doug, Druid Princess, The Baron, Beatnik Bandit, George Goodrich, Street Rodder, Larry Watson, Tony Thacker, Dick Cook, Tweedy Pie, Robert Williams, Von Dutch, Griff Borgeson, Dan Woods, Movie World, California Cruiser, George Schreiber, Joe Henning, Long Beach, Air Force, Greg Sharp, Bell High, Roger Kilborn, Slauson Avenue Browse Sample Pages:
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Big Daddy, Dirty Doug, Druid Princess, The Baron, Beatnik Bandit, George Goodrich, Street Rodder, Larry Watson, Tony Thacker, Dick Cook, Tweedy Pie, Robert Williams, Von Dutch, Griff Borgeson, Dan Woods, Movie World, California Cruiser, George Schreiber, Joe Henning, Long Beach, Air Force, Greg Sharp, Bell High, Roger Kilborn, Slauson Avenue Browse Sample Pages:
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