Ed Roth's Surfite

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The Surfite is a show rod built by Ed Roth. The cartoonish Surfite was Ed Roth's third asymmetrical show car. Penned by his buddy Ed Newton, the build was completed in 1964. The Surfite did not have a bubble top, but it flirted with the popular surf trend and came with an off-set surfboard holder.
The Surfite photographed at an indoor car show in Denver, Colorado in 1965. Photo from The Ronn Ives Photo Collection.

The Surfite is a show rod built by Ed Roth. The cartoonish Surfite was Ed Roth's third asymmetrical show car. Penned by his buddy Ed Newton, the build was completed in 1964. The Surfite did not have a bubble top, but it flirted with the popular surf trend and came with an off-set surfboard holder.




 

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