Ed "Big Daddy" Roth (March 4, 1932 - April 4, 2001) was an artist and the creator of "Rat Fink" and other characters, custom car builder, and one of the people responsible for the "Kustom Kulture" / Hot rod movement of the 1960s in Southern California. He's best known for his grotesque caricatures, typified by "Rat Fink," depicting imaginative, outsized monstrosities driving representations of the hot rods he and his contemporaries were building. He's less well known for his innovative work in turning Hot Rodding from crude backyard engineering where performance was the bottom line into a refined artform where aesthetics were equally important, breaking new ground with fiberglass bodywork. He's also known as "Mr. Gasser" to the hot-rodding community. He kept active in the field of counter-culture art and hot-rodding his entire adult life, and passed away working on an innovative hot-rod project involving a compact car that was a radical departure from the dominant "tuner" performance modification style. March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... A custom car is a passenger vehicle that has been modified to improve its performance by altering or replacing the engine and transmission and to make it look like no other car on the road. ... Kustom Kulture is an all-encompassing term used to describe the artwork, the vehicles, the hairstyles, and the fashions of those who drove and built custom cars and motorcycles in the United States of America from the 1950s through today. ... T-Bucket hot rod Hot rods are older, often historical, cars. ... The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd) - Land 404,298 km² - Water 20,047 km² (4. ...
Ed was able to do his homework and keep up with the rest of the class while he drew pictures of airplanes, hot rods, and monsters.
Ed's first car was called the "Little Jewel" and then shortly after that came the "Outlaw", which showed the world that anyone could design and build a car without being some kind of certified automotive engineer.
EdRoth's artwork can be found throughout the late '80's and mid-'90's in underground comics produced by Roth and Sloane.
Ed was able to do his homework and keep up with the rest of the class while he drew pictures of airplanes, hot rods, and monsters.
Ed's first car was called the "Little Jewel" and then shortly after that came the "Outlaw", which showed the world that anyone could design and build a car without being some kind of certified automotive engineer.
EdRoth's artwork can be found throughout the late '80's and mid-'90's in underground comics produced by Roth and Sloane.
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