Big Daddy" Rat Fink" Roth
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Bikeguy Joe
Godfather of Motorized Bicycles
The Beatnik Bandit was my all time favorite when I was a kid.
grouchyolfart
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Man, I used to build all those models. Far out, man.
GoFastBicycles
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Dave31
Active Member
Speaking of models, does anybody know where to find any bicycle models? I have been looking and have had no luck. I would like to make some Motorized Bicycles models. Would be cool to make models that look like our MB's.
Bikeguy Joe
Godfather of Motorized Bicycles
I don't think I have ever seen a bicycle kit model.....dang, now I gotta go hit up ebay.
Bikeguy Joe
Godfather of Motorized Bicycles
Here's a couple for all you old guys. The first is a Rat Fink that has been hanging on the wall in my garage for a while, signed by the man himself.
The other is a quiz: First prise to anyone who can identify the guy with the flat top haircut sitting in my car. No hints except that he is a hot rodding icon.
Tom
The other is a quiz: First prise to anyone who can identify the guy with the flat top haircut sitting in my car. No hints except that he is a hot rodding icon.
Tom
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Bikeguy Joe
Godfather of Motorized Bicycles
Von Dutch?
Bikeguy Joe
Godfather of Motorized Bicycles
The only one I could find....very small 1/35th scale.
TAMIYA 1/35 GERMAN SOLDIERS WITH BICYCLES MODEL KIT - eBay (item 110263894254 end time May-16-09 14:29:44 PDT)
Braaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
Thank you for playing, but that's not right. Next?
Dave31
Active Member
Thanks Joe, that will work. Now just got to find little motors that are the right scale. We have a nice hobby store in town, think I will pay a visit and see if they can help.
Bikeguy Joe
Godfather of Motorized Bicycles
That kit is VERY SMALL... like about 2" long maybe.
Dave31
Active Member
Dick Kraft?
Nope.
Hint: He was featured in a 1957 issue of Life magazine with that car that made him famous.
Tom
Bikeguy Joe
Godfather of Motorized Bicycles
77 Sunset Strip.....
Fair posted at 5:51, Joe did at 6:01.
Fair got the name right, Joe got the TV show that featured the car.
Kookie (Ed Burnes), on 77 Sunset Strip drove the 'T' roadster that was built by Norm. He went on to build several other cars that saw service in TV and movies and even had a number of small acting parts. He's still going strong, carving wooden rocking horses, skull gear shift knobs and recently got into some metal sculpturing. Neat guy and I was honored to have him sit in my car at a local show in 2003.
Tom
Fair got the name right, Joe got the TV show that featured the car.
Kookie (Ed Burnes), on 77 Sunset Strip drove the 'T' roadster that was built by Norm. He went on to build several other cars that saw service in TV and movies and even had a number of small acting parts. He's still going strong, carving wooden rocking horses, skull gear shift knobs and recently got into some metal sculpturing. Neat guy and I was honored to have him sit in my car at a local show in 2003.
Tom
Thought I should share this with you guys. Its one of my most treasured photos.
Norm Grabowski and me at a car show in 03. I can recall when I was just a kid and would watch 77 Sunset Strip and drool whenever the roadster was shown. I had to wait a lot of years but to actually have the guy who built that car sit in mine was a treat beyond compare. Good memory.
Tom
Norm Grabowski and me at a car show in 03. I can recall when I was just a kid and would watch 77 Sunset Strip and drool whenever the roadster was shown. I had to wait a lot of years but to actually have the guy who built that car sit in mine was a treat beyond compare. Good memory.
Tom
