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Ed


            Ed Roth was born March 4th, 1932 in Beverly Hills, California. Ed and his younger brother, Gordon, were raised in a German speaking home. When Ed began attending school he learned to speak English and discovered his artistic talent. young Mr. Roth found no problem in keeping up with his school-work while he could continually be found drawing pictures of everything from airplanes, to Hot Rods, and especially his signature monsters.
             Henry Roth, Ed's father, was very strict with the two boys. Henry kept the boys out of trouble by furnishing them with there own tools and a workshop. Ed's father was a cabinet maker and it was in his workshop where Ed learned to make some wild things out of wood. .
             Ed began driving when he was only twelve years old. In 1946, shortly after World War II, Ed purchased his first car. That car was a 1933 Ford coupe. Ed graduated high school in 1949 and went on to college to major in engineering in order to advance his knowledge of automobile design. Ed did well in college but grew bored with his engineering and physics classes because they simple had nothing to do with cars.
             In 1951 at the age of nineteen Ed joined the Air Force. In Denver Colorado Ed attended Bomb Site school where Ed learned many map-making skills. While in the Air Force Ed also became a talented barber on the side. For a short time Ed was stationed in Africa he was then transferred to South Carolina where Ed spent the next four years until his honorable discharge in 1955.
             By this time Ed owned several cars, was married, and had five children, all of them boys. Ed began work at Sears in the display department and began painting and pinstriping cars after work. While Ed's family was growing so did his bills. Ed began working for "The Baron" and his grandson Kelly. While at home, using simple tools, junkyard parts, and a new material called Fiberglass Ed created one-of-a-kind cars in his garage.
             Ed's first car made with his new technique was "The Outlaw" (pictured here).


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