Thursday, September 4, 2008

ED 'BIG DADDY" ROTH'S YELLOW FANG


Hey Ed "Big Daddy" Roth Drag Racing Fans!!!!!!
Here's a real boss shot of Ed's "Yellow Fang" in 1966.
This shot was taken by Mike and Carol Algire of the Standard 1320 Drag Racing Group.
The body was made of aluminum and took Tom Hanna six months to complete.
Steve Swaja designed the car and the chassis was built by Jim Davis.



6 comments:

Ken Mitchroney said...

Cool! But where did you get it?

Unknown said...

Very cool...if I may take it into Photoshop and clean it up a little. AWESOME Picture. The most favorite car by Roth of mine. Have more? Thank you for posting.
Jack

Unknown said...

I cleaned it up some. Can I send it to you? It looks much better. If you have original I would clean it up much better.
Jack

Jeff DeGrandis said...

HEY KENNY MAN!!!!!!
I HOPE ALL IS GOING WELL FOR YOU IN PORTLAND.
IT WAS SENT TO ME BY MIKE AND CAROL ALGIRE WHO BELONG TO THE STANDARD 1320 DRAG RACING GROUP WITH ME.
I ALSO JUST RECEIVED THE DECEMBER 1965 HOT ROD WHICH HAS A SPREAD ON ROTH'S YELLOW FANG. I'LL POST IT.
TAKE CARE BUDDY AND WE'LL TALK SOOOON!
YOUR CARTOON FINK PAL...JEFFY

Jeff DeGrandis said...

JACK; I'M GLAD YOU DID THE FANG PHOTO!!!!
I DO HAVE VARIOS SHOTS OF THE FANG FROM DIFFERENT FANG FANS.
I DO NOT OWN THE ORIGINAL AND IT'S OWNED BY MIKE AND CAROL ALGIRE.
EMAIL ME A COPY OF THE CLEANED UP VERSION YOU DID. I BET IT LOOKS SUPER BOSS!!!
TAKE CARE BUDDY AND I'LL POST MORE SOON.
YOUR FELLOW FANG PAL....JEFF

Donet said...

Hi all,
Thats me. Thats me driving the pickup at Castlereagh drag strip in 1966 in NSW Australia for George Schreiber ( The Bushmaster) during the first Aus visit by the American Drag racing team.
If you want any more info email me at don.net@bigpond.com.

Regards,
Don Hartley