Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's Excaliber/Excalibur/Outlaw



In 1959, Ed "Big Daddy" Roth unleashed on the unsuspecting hot rod world his first scratch-built fiberglass car -- "Excaliber." It was named after King Arthur's mythical sword with magical powers because it used a sword for a shifter. However, Ed initially misspelled the name: later corrected it to Excalibur and then changed it altogether to Outlaw for the sake of simplicity.

With an even more rakish look than Grabowski's T-bucket this car also sent my mind reeling with ideas and inspiration.
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Russell Shubin + Robin Donaldson said...

Excellent Gallery of photos John !

here's a related story...

http://federicodecalifornia.wordpress.com/2010/04/20/thou-shalt-drag-big-daddy-roth-lives-a-true-california-genius-•-1963/

Cheers, Fred

April 21, 2010 at 11:51 AM

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