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2. Ed Roth - Wikipedia

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   Ed Roth. Ed "Big Daddy" Roth (March 4, 1932 – April 4, 2001) was an American artist, cartoonist, illustrator, pinstriper and custom car designer and builder who created the hot rod icon Rat Fink and other characters. Roth was a key figure in Southern California 's Kustom Kulture and hot rod movement of the late 1950s and 1960s.

3. Rat rod - Wikipedia

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   Rat rod. A rat rod, as usually known today, is a custom car with a deliberately worn-down, unfinished appearance, typically lacking paint, showing rust, and made from cheap or cast-off parts. [1] These parts can include non-automotive items that have been repurposed, such as a rifle used as a gear shifter, wrenches as door handles, or hand saws ...

4. Electra Bicycle Company - Wikipedia

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   Models carried hot-rod names like "Rockabilly Boogy" or "Rat Rod". The company even offered balloon tires with flame-patterned tread. [8] In a more explicit tribute to the car culture, Electra brought out a "Rat Fink" model, licensed by the estate of legendary hot-rodder 'Big Daddy" Ed Roth. "We have spent a lot of time at hot rod hangouts ...

5. Hot rod - Wikipedia

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   1932 3-window with a classic-style [ 1] flame job and Moon tank, reminiscent of Chapouris ' California Kid. Hot rods are typically American cars that might be old, classic, or modern and that have been rebuilt or modified with large engines optimized for speed and acceleration. [ 2] One definition is: "a car that's been stripped down, souped up ...

6. Troy Ladd - Wikipedia

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   Troy Ladd (born April 4 in Newport Beach, CA) is an American designer and builder of custom cars and hot rods from Burbank, CA known for building traditional styled vehicles. [1] After obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Business from Vanguard University, Troy formulated a business plan for Hollywood Hot Rods, taking into account location, size of ...

7. Rat Fink - Wikipedia

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   Rat Fink[ 1] is one of several hot rod characters created by artist Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, one of the originators of Kustom Kulture of automobile enthusiasts. [ 2] Roth conceived Rat Fink as an anti-hero to Mickey Mouse. Rat Fink is usually portrayed as either green or gray, comically grotesque and depraved-looking with bulging, bloodshot eyes ...

8. The California Kid (custom car) - Wikipedia

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   The California Kid is a customized 1934 Ford three-window coupé built by Pete Chapouris . The '34 was on the cover of Custom Rod in November 1973, along with a similar coupé built by Jim Jacobs. [a] It attracted the attention of television producer Howie Horowitz, [b] who wanted it for a TV movie, "The California Kid". [1]

9. Altered (drag racing) - Wikipedia

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   Altered is a former National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) drag racing class and a current drag racing chassis configuration that forms the basis of many classes of NHRA Competition Eliminator. The altered is " [s]ometimes called the poor man's [d]ragster". [ 1] While the emblematic altered is a short-wheelbase roadster with exposed engine and ...