On Friday, July 3, Steve & I attended the 24th annual Good Guys Heartland Nationals at the Iowa State Fairground.

The weather was perfect & we saw some really great hot rods, custom cars & rat rods!


We also spotted several Rat Finks! Rat Fink was created by Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, who built custom cars starting in the late 1950's. He also designed & created drawings of cars & monsters, & spray paining t-shirts with his designs. When he painted monsters driving custom cars, people lined up at his booth. His most famous creation was Rat Fink; by 1963 teenagers across the country were buying Rat Fink models & t-shirts!
The first Rat Fink we spotted was this Surf Rat on the back wondow of a rat rod truck.

This next one was on the engine hood of a rat rod.

This next one was on the ignition key of a rat rod.

And this last one was on the back of a rat rod.

Of course, we also stopped at our favorite booth inside the Varied Industries Building!

There I found another Rat Fink t-shirt to add to my collection & another Rat Fink charm in a color I didn't have (he's sitting on my hat in the picture)!

Here's a close-up of my new charm . . .

And, of course, I wore my Rat Fink jewelry to the show, including a necklace I made with an official Rat Fink charm that I picked up at the Good Guys show last year . . .

Charm bracelet made with official Rat Fink charms, as well as record, dice, tiki doll, & 8-ball charms . . .

And earrings made with official Rat Fink charms . . .

We sure do love those hot rods, custom cars, rat rods & of course, Rat Fink!
To see more of my jewelry, check out my website at http://paulinesjewelrybox.com.
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