Darryl Starbird Bubble Top King And More,is a master craftsman, when it comes to building custom cars.He is the Bubble Top King making both single bubbletops, but double bubble top custom cars too.He taught his son the craft as well.At one time he owned the two major car shows:The Grand National, and the Sacramento Autorama.The car is the Predicta in the original color.
Rod and Custom is another old car magazine that was a very small hot rod magazine with about thirty pages.But do not that size fool you,those original small magazines packed alot of punch.Later about the late 1990s they made it the same size as Hot Rod Magazine.They also have this new feature called"Dream Car of the Month"Some these drawings have been turned into real customs.
ReplyDeleteEd Roth Was A Genious He Started as a artist drawing his famous "Rat Fink" He would desighn other Fink Characters.He is also famous for His Fiberglas custom cars.Outlaw,Beatnic Bandit, Mysterion,,Orbitron,Road Agent,Driud Princess,His Motorcycle Truck that held a custom motorcyle but did not fit.The only car that was not built by him originally was the Tweety Pie.He bought from a man,who shortened a 1932 ford Frame to fit on a 1923 Model T.But Ed Roth Known as "Big Daddy"redid the car to represent his personality.Around 1993 "Big Daddy Ed Roth" came out with the Beatnic Bandit II also know as the Beatnick Bomber.Both Beatnic Bandits are In Harrahs In Reno Nevada,along with the original Outlaw Custom.
ReplyDeleteEd Roth also came out with a variety of three wheeled trikes.In the late 1970s he came out with "Rubber Duck" trike,but in the 1990s he came out with his best, a 1934 Ford trike with flames, and beatiful chrome forks, and mags.The man was a living genious,he invented a method of using old soaked newspapers in special liquid mixture.This served as the mold.When this fully dried,he carefully removed it and then he poured fiberglass, into the mold to make his fiberglass customs.Ed Roths sons know this method, and the man who bought "The Road Agent."He begged Ed Roth to teach him his craft.
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