Article: 6TH ANNUAL RAT FINK PARTY, CAR SHOW SET EVENT INSPIRED BY LATE 'BIG DADDY' ROTH.(News)

Byline: Daily News

PALMDALE - Car builder Ed ``Big Daddy'' Roth, whose outlandish custom cars and even more outlandish hot-rodding cartoon monsters made him famous in the 1960s, is the inspiration for a weekend gathering of custom-car and hot rod aficionados.

The sixth annual Rat Fink Party and Kustom Kulture Extravaganza and charity art auction Saturday at a Palmdale drag-race course is expected to draw cars, motorcycles and even custom bicycles from all over California and as far as Phoenix.

``This is going to be phenomenal this year. The guys not only get to show their vehicles, but they get to race them,'' organizer ``Moldy'' Marvin said.

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