ED Roth's "Canned Heat" kit

[Tye Brown]

Hey man, Can anybody tell if this is a rare kit & how much would you expect to pay for one man?

Peace

Edited January 21, 2012 by Good Ol' Boy Tye

[Tye Brown]

Yep that's it man

[Mercman]

This is a repop of the Roth Outlaw kit. Notice the difference's . Mainly the intakes on the engine. Also different tires on the rear. Been along time since I built both.

[Tye Brown]

Ok cool man thx I'm not gunna buy it then I already have the Outlaw and the Canned Heat isn't that much different man

Peace

[Mercman]

Another one would be the Tweedy Pie kit, and the re-release. They also did the Mysterion in 2 versions if I remember correctly.

Edited January 21, 2012 by Mercman

[Mercman]

I understand that Revell modified the reissues of Roth's cars in the '70's so they could put them out without Roth's name on them.

At the time he was associated with the Hells Angels and they didn't want to have anything to do with it.

That is correct.

[Craig Irwin]

No matter what Revell does with the kit, the sixties are over...man.

Bummer.

[randx0]

No matter what Revell does with the kit, the sixties are over...man.

says the guy named for a campy sixties tv series

[Dr. Cranky]

I've had a few of these Roth kits over the years, and they are nice as collectors items, but I find them a real chore to put one together. Too often all the parts have flash and seams and the chrome is not the best quality.

It's never my cup of tea, but I do raid them for parts here and there . . .

[jbwelda]

i thought and still think it was atrocious how revell treated ed roth when his interests diverged into motorcycles and certain motorcycle clubs. it was like he became a pariah overnight though obviously revell didnt have a problem profiting on his creations without his name attached. they went for this squeaky clean image that was pretty much 180 degrees from what most hot rod people were in real life. this was right about when i got out of models and into real cars so it wasnt that much of a thing back then but in retrospect i think revell still owes ed roth a giant apology. in many ways, at least to me back then, roths cars were what kept me in the hobby as long as i was. and the fact they continued to put out his designs without his name in flimsily disguised versions was beyond belief...either he signed away his life in his contracts or he didnt like lawyers because outside of those two possibilities, i dont see why he didnt sue them out of existance when they were doing that.

all that said thanks for bringing up this kit and posting the photo of the box art...i have never seen or even heard of this kit before.

ps: the sixties are over only if you want them to be. go occupy something.

Edited January 21, 2012 by jbwelda

[randx0]

My name doesn't come from the series...man...it's a blend of two cars...man.

my mistake .Silly of me to associate the resident batmobile expert with the 60's...man.

You're funny!

Edited January 22, 2012 by randx0