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The Beatnik Bandit is a custom car created in 1961 by Ed "Big Daddy" Roth. The car features a clear bubble canopy. The car features a clear bubble canopy. Speed and direction are controlled by a central joystick in the cabin.
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 ...
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.
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The engine was a leftover from one of Roth's 1955 Chevrolets, having been removed to make way for a then-new Mark IV big-block given to him by General Motors. It was one of the very few completed cars Roth deemed to be a "mistake" because he felt the car did not show well because the heavily chromed engine and most of the chassis were hidden.
Big Daddy Kane (born 1968), American rapper; Big Daddy Kinsey (1927–2001), American Chicago blues singer and musician; Eric "Big Daddy" Nord (1919–1989), American Beat Generation-era nightclub owner, poet, actor, and hipster; Ed Roth (1932–2001), American artist, cartoonist, illustrator, pinstriper and custom car designer and builder
To help combat rising prices at McDonald’s the chain announced plans to offer a $5 value meal to help consumers. A McDonald’s Big Mac sandwich now sits at an average price of $5.29, up from $3 ...
Don Garlits in 2007 Garlits in 1987. Donald Glenn Garlits (born January 14, 1932, Tampa, Florida) is an American race car driver and automotive engineer.Considered the father of drag racing, he is known as "Big Daddy" to drag racing fans around the world.