The movie, Confessions of a Hot Roddin’, Pinstripin’, Kustomizin’ Teenage Icon is set to be released later this year. In addition to the reunion, Ed Roth is being honored this year in a new documentary by Canadian film maker Ron Mann. His most famous cartoon character was a rodent named Rat Fink, which became very popular in the 1960s and was featured on posters, T-shirts and more. He then moved on to building cars from scratch and quickly became known as an artist rather than a mechanic, with his creations earning the title “sculptures on wheels.” He financed his passion by making cartoons and T-shirts, including drawings of cars and monsters driving cars. An avid hotrod enthusiast from the age of 12, Ed Roth started out by fixing up old cars in his garage. Ilene Roth met her husband after he moved to Manti from California in 1987. Videos and slides of Ed Roth’s life will also be shown each evening of the reunion. On Saturday, there will also be a Dutch oven dinner at 6 p.m. People who want to be in the parade should meet in parking lot of Kent’s Market in Ephraim at 6:30 p.m. Other special events include a car parade on Friday night from 7 to 8 p.m. The “stripers” will pin stripe “anything conceivable, as well as air brushers. There will also be air brushers and pin stripers at the reunion all three days.
The reunion will also include musical performances by the bands Kindred Spirit, All That Jazz and Plan B, as well and displays of show cars. The museum is also open to the public year-round by appointment.
It includes displays of Ed Roth’s art work and other memorabilia. The museum, which is an addition on Ilene Roth’s home, will be open during the reunion. The reunion will be held from noon to 9 p.m. The event is held at the museum that Ilene Roth created for her late husband, located at 404 East 300 North in Manti. She came up with the idea for the reunion and it is now an annual event. His wife, Ilene Roth, decided she needed to find a way for people who loved and respected her late husband and his work to honor his memory. He died in Manti on April 4, 2001, at the age of 69. Roth was famous for designing and building hotrod cars and for creating the cartoon characters the Beatnik Bandit and “Rat Fink” in the 1960s. The event honors the life of the renowned artist/car designer Ed Roth. Hundreds of people are expected in Manti for the third Annual Ed ‘Big Daddy’ Roth’s Rat Fink Reunion May 12-14. Highway 89.Īnnual Ed ‘Big Daddy’ Roth’s Rat Fink Reunion May 12-14
This is part of an occasional series by the Sanpete Country Travel and Utah Heritage Highway 89 Alliance on the people and places along U.S.