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Roth trailered the Bandit around the US to various car shows, towing it with a
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Beatnik Bandit is built on a shortened Oldsmobile chassis. While one source says that it was of 1955 vintage, most believe that the chassis actually dates from 1950. The front suspension is independent with kingpins and A-arms and in the back is a solid axle with trailing arms. Coil springs are
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bomber to the car but was unsuccessful, so a custom plexiglas canopy was made. Roth claimed that he produced the part himself in a pizza oven by blowing the plastic sheet up like a balloon, but it is believed that it was actually produced by Acry
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fitted with twin Ford carbs and a GMC 4-71 supercharger courtesy of Bell Auto Parts. The engine was built by Fritz Voight. There is extensive use of chrome plating, including most of the exposed engine and all of the front suspension parts. The transmission is a 4-speed
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without much input from Roth. There are at least two stories for the origin of the car's name. One is that Roth approached
Henning with the idea for the car and asked him "What am I going to call it?", to which Henning replied "You've got the
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Beatnik Bandit was one of the "Sweet 16" original 16 Hot Wheels designs. Mattel issued a 10,000-unit special edition in 2001, just months after Roth's death. They also released a larger 1/18 scale version.
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the body. Pictures in a magazine article seem to hint at the existence of one but no such molds have ever been found. The car was painted at Larry Watson's
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signed a contract with Roth to develop kits for them in 1961. Revell issued a 1/25 scale model of the
Beatnik Bandit developed by Roth working with
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