Those of us who were around at the time remember the 1961 Beatnik Bandit as the outrageous, trend-setting show car that set the course for custom car builders well into the 1960s; a bubble-topped cartoon-on-wheels hand-built by the iconic beatnik himself, Ed “Big Daddy” Roth.The presence of Beatnik Bandit was one of the greatest treats of the recently held Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, where it took its place among a bevy of Roth’s other wacky creations presented in a class of their own...
