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Happy B-Day Ed "Big Daddy" Roth

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AF

In honor of what would have been Big Daddy's 80th B-Day on March 4th, here's a article from a 60's issue of Modern Man with some photos of him in and on the Surfite (as shown on P.237 of BOT). With his space-aged cars & crazy Hot Rod monsters, Ed, a So Cal "kid" who passed away in 2001, still inspires many artists of the recent resurgence of TIKI art.




Happy B-Day Rat Fink!

Happy BD EBDR!

BK

Happy Birthday, Big!

Big Daddy at Rat Fink Reunion at Mooneyes, Santa Fe Springs, Ca 1998.

Surrounded by a couple of Rat Finks (one with very bad hat hair)


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love the post

And, coincidentally, here is one of his greatest early creations, recently spotted in the Southward Car Museum in New Zealand:



Toto, j'ai l'impression que nous ne sommes plus au Kansas !

[ Edited by: Club Nouméa 2012-05-10 19:47 ]

Happy B-day to "Big Daddy" Roth

BK

Met him years, ago. Super nice guy who seemed kinda uncomfortable with all of the attention. Rat Fink is on my bar right now!
Happy Birthday, Big! We miss ya!

Happy B! Big Daddy in the race track in the sky....

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