Ed Big Daddy Roth

Ed Roth, born in 1932, was the King of the Custom Car Culture Scene  (a.k.a.Kustom Kulture) in Southern California in the 1950's and 1960's. In addition to creating the Rat Fink comics and other far out artwork,  Ed Big Daddy Roth was also well known for creating some unbelievable custom show cars, such as the ones pictured below.

A man of multiple talents, Roth initially started out as a custom car painter and detailer, specializing in pinstriping and lettering.  He then branched out into customized air-brushed t-shirts, which took off to the point where he was able to mass market them quite successfully.

His shirts are famous for outrageous hot rods, and the wild looking monsters often seen driving them.  He was also one of the top custom car designers of his era, and even had models of his cars created by Revell for the hot rod model hobbyists. If you who played with Hot Wheels as a child, you will probably be familiar with some of Roth's designs on some of the popular miniature toy cars.

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Here are a few of Ed Roth's custom car creations.

The Beatnik Bandit

The Orbitron

The Outlaw