Ed Roth
Looking back at photos of rodders in the ‘50s, the apparel of choice was the plain white T-shirt. Rolled up sleeves to hold the pack of cigs and, when available, a pocket on the left chest area.
However, by the later part of that same era, a rebel of sorts from Southern California started to change that with his custom airbrushed shirts called “WEIRDO T’s.” Ed Big Daddy Roth was selling them at car shows and events.
He figured out
