Halloween quiz: Who or what is your favorite pop culture monster of all time?
A) Freddy Krueger
B) Jason
C) the Creeper (from Scooby-Doo)
D) Frankenstein
If you responded with any of the answers above, you should probably move along—and turn in your torque wrench while you’re at it. Your answer should be none of the above, because for hot rodders, there’s only one sane and correct response: Rat Fink.
Created as a Mickey Mouse anti-hero by the legendary Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, Rat Fink became an icon of 1950s and 60s “Kustom Kulture” scene. Roth designed and engineered custom cars, including his famous “Beatnik Bandit” and “The Outlaw,” and created drawings and T-shirts to finance his automotive inventions.
No drawing was more famous than Rat Fink.
Today, Rat Fink remains incredibly popular among hot rodders, surf musicians, punk rockers, and underground comic creators alike. And we can’t think of a better time to celebrate the legend of Rat Fink, hot rodding’s #1 monster, than Halloween.
Here are a few ways…
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