"Finally, I got wise to why they were snoopin'! My trailers!! They were so wild with big blatant signs and pinstriping in clown colors. So I got me a cherry '60 hearse and painted my trailer black to match and painted "Chapel of Memories" on it and never got bugged by a Smokey Bear again."

"I guess the best part of the Outlaw was when Revell Model Company called me and wanted to make a model out of the car. It was trilling to think that Outlaw was chosen to compete with the likes of the AMT "Ala Kart" kit. By the by, that's when Revell tagged me with the "Big Daddy" moniker."

"Most of the guys I new had nick names. Kelly never went for it, neither did Watson or Jeffires. I always thought they would have made out better if they did. I didn't know where Von Dutch or Slimbo or even The Baron picked up on their aliases but when Revell started making the Outlaw as a model kit Henry Blankfort called me into his office and said, "Your name needs a boost for the kits." I agreed butnever was sharp enough to pick up on the groovy "nom de plume". I'd always have been called "Big Daddy" at Bell High but Revell figured that I oughta go with the "Dutch" movement and call myself something like "Spider" or "Roach" or something cornball like that. It didn't appeal to me a bit. At about this same time there was this hippy movement in LA where guys'd let their beards grow and recite poetry at this coffee houses. The head stud muffins for these places were dubbed "Big Daddy".

Reissues of the Outlaw model kit are now available for $ 14.95 +S+H 

"Strickly stupid! I never even went to see 'em but Henry decided to replace the "Big Ed" with "Big Daddy". I figured since I had five rug rats at home and since I was big (250 pounds at 6'2") the name fit pretty good. I guess over the years it worked good for me. Theonly other Big Daddy of note is Don Garlits, the drag racer. Lotsa "finksters" get the two of us mised up! Anyway Revell was happy and so was I. Especially when the royalty checks came rolling in."

"The Outlaw was the first of a lot of car models to come from Revell. I sold it in 1970 to Jim Brucker for 50 bucks. He was a car collector and I figured if he got it he would make sure it got into the right places. I was right! The Outlaw was refurbished to it's original condition by Harrah's." (Currently the Outlaw is owned by the Petersen Automotive Museum Los Angles California.)