Ed "Big Daddy" Roth Tribute Thread!

[weldonmc]

Hey HEPCAT ...you may be right ...there is quite a price difference in this ad isn't there. Thanks for the link to VSR. I've been in contact with Greg Holland for 3-4 years and I have been in constant contact with Jack Lister for 6-8 years now ...he got ME started in collecting ROTH drawings. When I find something new I send it to him and vise versa. He also stays in contact with ED NEWTON! I ran across NEWT's Facebook page and he has several of his drawings that I colored posted there ...I was shocked and I am very proud that he liked them enough to post them. I have too much fun coloring them and for him to post them almost made me cry with pride!

Hey INKFINK ...I didn't know Chuck sold his FINKOSEL ...I'll bet there will never be another one of those.

I'm glad you liked Gary's figures. He had the "BAD NEWS" figure finished and painted, and a very detailed PURE HELL altered started ...the figure is incredible. His "GET PUNCHED" is built and needs a few punches built and then I'll paint it. I'll try to get a few pictures posted here but it's getting harder and harder for me to stop and take the time to take them anymore ...and I don't know why.

Weldon

[Hepcat]

Here are a couple of pics of my still sealed Mr. Gasser in BRM Racer slot car kit:





The Rat Fink in Lotus Ford slot car kit has to this point eluded me. I actually had a deal with a comic shop owner in Vancouver to buy one for $100 fifteen years ago but he never sent it after I paid for it. He claimed he knew he had it somewhere but had not been able to find it. He returned my money after about two months. A year later I heard that he ended up selling it to someone else for $250 or so.

[Hepcat]

Who needs The MAN? I took this first tranche of pictures of my "Big Daddy" Roth T-shirts without his assistance. The first five are T-shirts offered by Roth licensees:











These next three though  I commissioned for my own use from designs in old ads that I had copied and then Photoshopped:

[CreepysFan]

 Man Hep, those shirts are out of this world.  Especially the two Wild Child ones. 

[weldonmc]

Cool pics HEPCAT ...Those RF slot cars are certainly getting harder to find thses days and I don't get to see many tees like these anymore either. I found some better pics of the ones on your tees and I'll get them posted for those that may want to see some sharper and more detailed view of everything in those pics:







   

[bigbud]

Hey, those T-shirt decals are super! Are the still available somewhere?   Buddy

[Hepcat]

Cool pics HEPCAT ... I found some better pics of the ones on your tees and I'll get them posted for those that may want to see some sharper and more detailed view of everything in those pics:

Yours put the officially licensed T-shirt designs to shame.

Hey, those T-shirt decals are super! Are the still available somewhere?

A few are available:

http://www.ratfink.com/rat-fink-t-shirts-1.php

Unfortunately, the focus is now entirely on Rat Fink and the current offerings no longer have the charm that they did in the old days.

[Hepcat]

Here's another tranche of my "Big Daddy" Roth T-shirts. These I ordered from Ed himself in the early nineties and even gave him a call in Manti, Utah to check on the status of my order. I added the streaks of neon paint because that's the way the T-shirts came from Ed's shop back in the mid-sixties! The first two pics are the front and back of the same shirt:





These now are individual shirts with the design very properly on the back:

[Hepcat]

Here's another tranche of my "Big Daddy" Roth T-shirts:

[weldonmc]

HEPCAT ...those are some NEAT-O shirt designs and you have more than anybody I know too. I found these matching designs in my colored collection:











I managed to get 3 of your last group that I did not have too ...THANKS!

[Hepcat]

I found these matching designs in my colored collection:

I like yours better!

I managed to get 3 of your last group that I did not have too ...THANKS!

I'll post one more tranche.

[weldonmc]

Back in '63-'64, Hillbilly Crash Helmets hit the scene. I think MOUSE came out with them first but they were pretty NEAT. Big Daddy advertised them for $1.98 and he always paid the shipping fee ...and I still couldn't afford to buy one from him. In the mid 60's the BEACH BOY movies came about and one Cool Cat wore one. I found an old hat and painted one up for myself ...it wasn't that good but I had one. All of the kids in my neighborhood wanted my hats. I was constantly looking for more hats to paint and when I found one I always sold or traded my last one to one of them. I've painted quite a few over the last 48 years. My family still makes fun of me for wearing those hats ...and I still wear them!

Big Daddy also sold SURFER HELMETS ...and the price was way out of my range. I found one on eBay a few years ago and recently had it replated

Here's my "latest" R.F. hat and my rechromed SURFER's HELMET. Hope you like them...

[bigbud]

Hey guys! I found these water-lift decals at a local flea market. Ever seen them before or know anything about them?    Buddy

[weldonmc]

Hey guys! I found these water-lift decals at a local flea market. Ever seen them before or know anything about them?    Buddy

Hey Buddy ...I can remember seeing these for many years but can't offer any info about them other than they were being made by IMPCO ...and they made a few decals for ROTH too.

[Hepcat]

I believe that company's name was spelled IMPKO but I know nothing more. I have a few "Big Daddy" Roth decals made by IMPKO though.

I always loved those hillbilly hats sold by "Big Daddy" Roth! They were zany!  I never had one though. I wonder how much an authentic Roth hat goes for these days?