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Ed "Big Daddy" Roth (March 4, 1932 – April 4, 2001) was an American artist, cartoonist, illustrator, pinstriper and custom car designer and builder who created the hot rod icon Rat Fink and other characters. Roth was a key figure in Southern California's Kustom Kulture and hot rod movement of the late 1950s and 1960s.
Rat Fink [1] is one of several hot rod characters created by American artist Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, one of the originators of Kustom Kulture of automobile enthusiasts. [2] Roth conceived Rat Fink as an anti-hero to Mickey Mouse. Rat Fink is usually portrayed as either green or gray, comically grotesque and depraved-looking with bulging, bloodshot ...
His skill at drawing hot rod and monster art, popular in Kustom Kulture, caught the attention of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, for whom Von Franco later worked. Von Franco became a builder of custom automobiles, gaining notoriety for building clones of Norm Grabowski 's Kookie, Kookie II and Lightning Bug t-buckets, [ 1 ] as well as a clone/expansion of ...
Swedish "raggare" with a 1960s American car at Power Big Meet. Locals in these countries, influenced by American culture, have created a local hot rod culture which is vibrant in Sweden, Norway and Finland where enthusiasts gather at meetings such as Power Big Meet and clubs like Wheels and Wings in Varberg, Sweden have established themselves in Hot Rod culture.
Odd Rods was a group of non-sports trading card/sticker series created by the Donruss company beginning in 1969. [1] The original series, entitled Odd Rods , introduced the theme of the series in 44 stickers: monsters in cars.
By 1958, Mouse was fascinated with the weirdo hot rod art movement that was founded a decade earlier in California. Having developed skills using an airbrush, he began painting T-shirts at custom car shows, where he met and then worked with Ed Roth, the leading exponent of Weirdo Hot Rod art.
The United States Hot Rod Association (USHRA) was an organization that sanctioned various motorsports. These included the Monster Jam monster truck series as well as motocross, quad racing and others. Having passed through multiple owners, the rights to the group are now owned by Feld Entertainment, [1] which continues to operate the Monster ...
The image is a caricature of legendary hot rod guru Clay Smith (1915–1954), well known for his red hair. [1] Mr. Horsepower is rarely without a cigar, but when he is, he has a "cigar replacement", such as a candy cane for the holidays. The character is well known among car aficionados. [2]