Hey folks, my first post on here for a very long time for no other reason than up until now I've had nothing worth posting. But now I have something that might be of interest some of you.Sometimes people can really surprised you! Back in early December of last year I won an early 60s Von Dutch flying eyeball keychain from a guy on eBay, who claimed to have links with the whole hotrod and custom fraternity back in the day. I... was a bit sceptical but wanted the item for my leather jacket zipper anyway. Long story short, when it hadn't arrived before Christmas I thought I had been had and chalked it up to experience. In the mail this morning was an envelope smothered in rat Fink and other monsters style stickers. When I opened it up it was full of goodies, including keychain which look very much like the real deal to me. But what really blew me away was a brief note thanking me for my purchase and stating that he had included his own personal service program from Ed 'Big Daddy'Roths funeral service! Not only that, but the guy that he got my key chain from (Bert Grimm, who also knew Kenneth Howard) was a speaker at the service. That certainly adds some authenticity to his claims in my book. How cool! Written on the PayPal invoice is; "enjoy and my heartfelt thanks, proud to say I always "give" to real finksters. Cheers all my best to you and yours, respectfully Jack Liston a nativeborn Van Nuys/SFV/LA/SoCal finkster & Roth art lover, still finkin' since 1957 MA-ZOOM-MA! I don't know if Jack is on here, or if anyone here knows him, but I would like to return my thanks. Paul
Very cool...I've bought old original "Big Daddy" waterslide decals from Bert Grimm, found him to be a very righteous individual. Congrats on your score!!
Paul,I wondered what you have been up to because you have been MIA for a while,,glad to have you back. BTW,Ed was in the Air Force.HRP
Bert as I recall was "Bert The Shirt" who printed all of Roths T shirts... I met him at a fink get together in Wendover... A super nice guy.
Good to see your post Paul. Glad it turned out to be better than you expected. How are those Pinto hinges holding up? Joe
Joe,hinges still stong as an ox.Thanks for the kind words everyone.I'll try not to be such a stranger. Paul
Paul, its always great to hear from you, beginning to think you may have moved on from the HAMB! Maz is one of the straightest shooters on here and just a good guy! Its hard to imagine you not being looked after. Don't be a stranger mate! Doc.
Hey Paul, the Hippie types call that Karma. Congrats, it couldn't have gone to a more generous and deserving guy!
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