In December of 1966 this touring auto show came to the Houston Colisseum. Although it is not featured in this catalog, the Batmobile was there also. I wanted to see it, and my father actually took me. My brother and mother were probably there too, but I don't remember for sure. I was 7. Just another treasured item I have managed to hang onto all these years. For more awesome Kustom Kar Kulture, check out The Magnetic Brain. For awesome Hot Rod & Surf music to go with all this stuff, check out The Black Sea Surfer.
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Prof.: Oh, Lord! Ed "Big Daddy" Roth! As a kid, I collected a whole line of his characters cast in plastic - all those hands clutching impossibly high gear shifts. Hot Damn! There was always something nearly intimidating about his drawing (and style) that I loved. Thanks for the blast!
love this kinda stuff..In addition to monster mags..Hot Rod and motorcycle magazines,especially Chopper,were my favorites.
man like kool...
If your a Rat Fink fan you can watch "Big Daddy Roth" short film
Tales of the Rat Fink here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gys-6znFEC8
I saw many of the custom cars long ago in Chitown and funny cars.
The Crawling Eye~~O`
Bad ass stuff!
I wonder if anyone still has (and wears) their loud flourescent custom airbrushed monster ROACH shirt?
Very cool! It's great that you've kept this for all these years. I'm a hot rodder at heart. One of my sites is classicdragsters.com. I've got some photos of a Starbird show. I know it's not dragsters, but I love the wild customs also.
you don't choose them, they choose you...
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