Art & Inspiration Show Rods

Just post up pictures and any facts that you can.

Here is a couple.

 

Some more, and I know... search, but why bring up years old posts.

 

Here are some recent pics of the "Mega Cycle" That I did the full Restoration on. It was In Ol Skool Rodz & Iron Horse magazines!
FRITZ

 

Man I like that C cab rod.

 

I agree! Freakin makes my neck thicker just lookin at it!!

 

My Clone of Roth's "Outlaw" It Is in the Speedway Motors Museum in Lincoln NE. The best spot on copy you'll ever see. right down to the brake lines & tail pipes! The "Mega Cycle" & my "Outlaw" clone are in a new book by Alan Mayes
called "Hot Rods"
FRITZ

 

The C cab was built by Chuck Miller- won the Ridler award in 68- it started life as a T-Bucket.

 

Another one from Roth Studios circa 1967 the "Druid Princess"
I restored the Princess when I lived in Long Island New York.
This thing actually Ran & drove !
Became friends with Larry Watson as he guided me through the mysterious "Veiling" process.
FRITZ

 

Although I've always liked Roth, some of his cars were a bit..."unusual". But one I always loved was the Mysterion, here's a pic of Big Daddy and the long-lost original



As well as the probably nicer clone

 

The Outlaw has to be my all time favorite Roth car.

 

I love show rods.....I have collected through the years everything to build one.

 

More "Mysterion" pics from the R&C photo shoot.
I Did the paint and striping on it in 2005
FRITZ

 

Fritz, Is your Outlaw on loan or did Speedy buy it?

 

So Fritz, what is the "veiling" process on the druid? Does it have something to do with the paint?

Larry

 

I'd give anything to even SEE the Mysterion clone, and you worked on it??? Very talented man you are...

 

Luckily I scanned my showcar postcards for just such an emergency...

Roth, of course...

 

Some of Carl Casper's work:

 

Dan Woods' Milk Truck:



Dave Stuckey's Boot Hill Express:



Stuckey's Lil' Coffin:



Gene winfield's Strip Star. I think he still owns this one:



Cosma Ray by Daryl Starbird:

 

My favs... Show Rods.. from the Mind to Reality.. Cool cars..

 

60's Barris weirdness:

 

Boothill Express is my all time favorite.

 

How about a crap drawing of an idea I had and the Boothill Express at Beeline

 

I had the boot hill express and the lil coffin models when i was younger, the lil coffin allways seemed weird to me without the a pillars. Dig that t phone booth and where has all the angel hair gone.

 

Speedy Bill bought it ! the man knows a good job when he sees it !

so Far as I know The "Mysterion" is at a specialty Car lot some place in Florida. Thanks For the Kind words man!

FRITZ

 

I have never been the same since I saw Ed Roths Mega Cycle at the state fair in Hutchinson Kansas September of 1967.Fritz let me come to his place to see his restoration of it and I was taken back to that same feeling of awe that I had when I was a kid.Thanks Fritz, that reunion will stay with me for a lifetime.

 

I just spent a week with Ron Matinez owner of the Invader, a 60''s show car that was a 2 time winner of the AMBR '67 & '68.

I was suprised to find out that the body was made out of aluminum. Twin 400 pontiacs,twin auto's and twin jag's outback. It does run as Ron drove it inside the Expo Center at the Louisville Nat's.


Ron cleaning it up.





Darrel Mayabb, talking to Ron about the Invader.

 

Jay Ohrberg owns a bunch

 

MIght as well toss this in the ring, not from the 60's but might as well be!
my new show rod the "Baja Bandeeto"
built out of a VW and other assorted junk!
FRITZ

 

Every time I see that thing, my heart skips a beat. Really nice work man.

 

Man...This is one of the coolest threads ever!!!!