Big Daddy refused to let them have it, sparking a court battle that resulted in him suing his sons and his ex-wife. He won the fight shortly before his death in 2001.

For a SoCal kid in the mid '60s attending a custom car show and walking up to "Big Daddy" Roth and talking to him he was a pretty neat guy. Ed wouldn't miss a beat he'd just keep airbrushing a ...