Today In Labor History April 4, 2001: Ed Big Daddy Roth died on this date. Roth was a custom car designer, pin-striper, cartoonist and leading figure in the Southern California, working-class, Kustom Kulture. He invented the Rat Fink cartoon. He also designed numerous well known hotrods, like the Beatnik Bandit, the Surfite (seen in the film, Beach Blanket Bingo) and the Orbitron.

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