![]() ![]() I knew fiberglas existed but couldn’t get anyone to help me (except Dirty Doug later on) so I was gonna make me a body outa wood like the Shadoff Special guys’d done. “First I had the frame which was your basic ’29 Ford rails and fitted this junk Caddy engine into (junk but ran good). Shoes was good for about 4 days before I’d throw a coat of black paint on ’em.” My pants are always ruined by the end of each day, but in them days I’d have to throw ’em away each day. I got some of the gooiest messes ya’d ever wanna see. It seemed too far out for my brain so I just dismissed it ’til I saw the LIFE article. It was also very cheap! It could also be done by people with little or no talent and I had both. Ya could’a knocked me over with a feather. ” In Africa I had got this fantastic idea for a fiberglas car when I saw a picture of Henry Ford beatin’ the trunk of one o’ his new ’41 Fords with a sledge hammer and it wouldn’t dent. Roth's Beatnik Bandit - controlled by a central 'Joystick', (no steering wheel) and hand-blown bubble top, 1960 None of these Neo-Artistes sat and lamented on Things ‘Back in the Day’, but completely without the aid of computers or digital devices of any kind, Roth created a FantasyLand of FantasticNess we now Worship as California High Art …and Rightfully So ~ Matisse, Picasso & Dali before him, gazed for the most part Wholly and Phantasmagorically Into the Future. ![]() Though we now use any manner of digital technology to create Modern Art, preserve Nostalgia, Pop Culture & Retro-Everything, ( which I am Shamelessly Guilty Of ), One of the Most Iconic California Pop Maestro MasterMinds, Mr.
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