Nine years ago (April 4, 2001), we lost Ed “Big Daddy” Roth. I felt fortunate that two months prior I had a chance to say hi to Ed and get him to autograph a couple of T-shirts at the Chicago World of Wheels car show. Growing up, Ed’s T-Bucket inspired fiberglass creation also had a tremendous influence in my hot rod aesthetic. In tribute, I’ve put together a brief video on that monumental hot rod, including some of the recreations of the Outlaw as well.
(04/25/10 UPDATE) I just learned that the Outlaw body and grill moulds are For Sale with exclusive license rights! http://www.ratfink.org/outlawproject/
To my knowledge they really haven’t sold hardly any since the Jimmy C refurbishment of the original moulds was undertaken.
And, they were supposed to be in full production in 2002.
I guess the big question is just how many Outlaw clones does the world want?
And, if you’re using an Outlaw body and not building a clone it’s just going to be an odd-looking takeoff on a T-Bucket.
I’m a huge Outlaw lover and it will be interesting to see how this plays out.
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Ed Roths roadster was also one of my favorites. It was this rod that enspired the paint work on the T-Bucket in my book. You’ll notice the similarity of the two cars. My other favorite car of all time was the Rod and Custom ‘Dream Truck’ of the 50s. My current project (a 59 Apache) and the subject of my 3rd book, will emulate this trucks color scheme , white with burgundy scallops.
Nice blog, John!
Chester