Ed Roth Mysterion (1962)
If you want to learn a whole lot more about the Mysterion, I have provided the following link to an article covering the Mysterion recreation, and a whole lot of background to the original car:
www.hagerty.com/media/buying-and-selling/ed-roth-mysterio...
And a link to wikipedia about Ed Roth himself:
At hand though, LUGNuts' 22nd Build Challenge (from somewhere around late 2010) was titled 'Who's Your Big Daddy' - this was a challenge to build a car in the style of an automotive design legend who influences your own work, or who you admire. I didn't know at the time, but 'Big Daddy' is one of the terms used to describe Ed Roth himself (as an aside - I do believe that Ed Roth and his creations are a big influence on LUGNuts' founder Lino Martins).
Nonetheless, the Mysterion, shown here had been on my 'to do' list under this build theme since 2013. Finally built, it was a tricky car to reproduce, one of the reasons it had sat on the list for so long without making through to a build.
The Mysterion is one of Roth's most famous creations, and it has certainly passed the test of time - the bubble top and wheel design sets it build period, but otherwise, it looks like it could have been created last year. It is certainly a weird, but extremely well executed car.
LUGNuts was formed, in part, to see Lego replication of cars just like this, and it is certainly a fitting build, this October, on the LUGNuts' birthday anniversary.
Ed Roth Mysterion (1962)
If you want to learn a whole lot more about the Mysterion, I have provided the following link to an article covering the Mysterion recreation, and a whole lot of background to the original car:
www.hagerty.com/media/buying-and-selling/ed-roth-mysterio...
And a link to wikipedia about Ed Roth himself:
At hand though, LUGNuts' 22nd Build Challenge (from somewhere around late 2010) was titled 'Who's Your Big Daddy' - this was a challenge to build a car in the style of an automotive design legend who influences your own work, or who you admire. I didn't know at the time, but 'Big Daddy' is one of the terms used to describe Ed Roth himself (as an aside - I do believe that Ed Roth and his creations are a big influence on LUGNuts' founder Lino Martins).
Nonetheless, the Mysterion, shown here had been on my 'to do' list under this build theme since 2013. Finally built, it was a tricky car to reproduce, one of the reasons it had sat on the list for so long without making through to a build.
The Mysterion is one of Roth's most famous creations, and it has certainly passed the test of time - the bubble top and wheel design sets it build period, but otherwise, it looks like it could have been created last year. It is certainly a weird, but extremely well executed car.
LUGNuts was formed, in part, to see Lego replication of cars just like this, and it is certainly a fitting build, this October, on the LUGNuts' birthday anniversary.