Beatnik Bandit

Beatnik Bandit at the National Automobile Museum, Reno, Nevada

The Beatnik Bandit is a custom car created in 1961 by "Big Daddy" Ed Roth, originally as a project for Rod & Custom magazine.^[1] A Hot Wheels car was made based on the Beatnik Bandit.^[2] The thing that made the Beatnik Bandit different from most other cars, though, was that, instead of a steering wheel, it was controlled by a joystick. The engine is a supercharged 303 cubic inch Oldsmobile.

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References

• Cross, Gary S. (2008), Men to boys: the making of modern immaturity, Columbia University Press, p. 79, ISBN 0-231-14430-X 
• Humphrey, Wm Steven (2006-11-087:23,), "Talking Hot Rods", The Portland Mercury, Portland, Oregon, p. 44  Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Grushkin, Paul (2006), Rockin' Down the Highway: The Cars and People That Made Rock Roll, MBI Publishing Company, ISBN 0-7603-2292-9 
• Jessee, Terry (2000), Hot rod model kits, MBI Pub. Co, ISBN 0-7603-0731-8 
• Mott, Patrick (November 6, 1987), "HOT ROD HEAVEN In What May Be the World Custom Car Capital, Builders Cater to People Who Know Just What They Want-and Can Afford It;", Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, p. 1 
• Osgerby, Bill (2005), Biker: Truth and Myth: How the Original Cowboy of the Road Became the Easy Rider of the Silver Screen, Globe Pequot, p. 80, ISBN 1-59228-841-3 

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