Great read on Roth cars to be featured at Amelia Island next March. https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2017/...ia-island-concours/?refer=news#comments-block
I do plan on driving it. One of the main reasons for building it was to get a video of it running down the road. However even if it were remotely street legal, there is NO WAY to survive sitting it in for more that a couple minutes. There is NO room for legs, the steering wheel is an inch or two over the seat, the ******s take up all the foot room, and the shifter is right where your left knee is supposed to be. It is the poster child for trailer queen!!
Willys36, those two side shots show it to its advantage. You did a really nice job. I'm not big on the Cyclops headlight but, hey, that was Ed Roth's mindset. Also, thanks for addressing the driving aspect of show cars and some street cars. It ain't always possible.
The biggest mistake people make in critiquing Roth's work is ***uming he built custom show cars. Think about it; Ed NEVER built a Detroit based steel show car. The closest he ever came to that was his Ford Model A sedan (a pedestrian custom by any standard - basically a scalloped paint job and chrome wheels), his 50s Ford pickup that was dead stock except for the wild scalloped red and white paint job to advertise his paint shop, and his '55 Chevy 'g***er' that had big wheels, removed front bumper, and cheesy little bolt on hood scoop. He was not a car customizer. His creations were free-form art that happened to be in the form of the automotive genre. He worked in fibergl*** and was devoted to form over function - truly art, not transportation. When you look at it from that perspective his genius comes shining through.
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