Anybody here remember the little plastic ratfinks from the 60's.

[texanwitch]

I had a lot of them, don't know what happened to them.

I seem to remember buying them from gumball machines.

They came in different colors and I think male and female, child ratfinks.

[MiddleFingerMom]

1. The RatFinks I remember all had to do with hot rods and racing...

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[texanwitch]

2. I think that is where they came from.

I big jar full of the things.

http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/138/

[Joe Fields]

8. loved them, had them....great artwork

[Sebastian Doyle]

3. I used to have some of those

damned if I know what happened to them.

I think there was even a RatFink song. Dunno who did the original, but the Misfits version kicked ass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_o38RqOEHg

[amerikat]

4. I remember them as model car kits.

I built models as a a kid but never got into the ratfink thing.

[Capn Sunshine]

5. Yeah, it was Car Culture- an offshoot of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth

he was the designer/ artist. Famous for his outlandish customs of the day. The Car customizers were looked upon as artists then, they were all somewhat Bohemian in a time ( late 50's-early 60's) of oppressive conformity.

Wearing Rat Fink on a T shirt horrified parents and was somewhat subversive. Von Dutch was among them, he was known for his custom paintwork like pin stripes , and also for his motorcycles. He lived near me in an old bus on about three acres in what is today downtown Calabasas. His art sells for hundreds of thousands of dollars, several select pieces over a million.

A few of Roth's Cars:

[BurtWorm]

7. Far out, daddy!

Those cars are gone!

:headbang:

[bif]

6. How about these?