In the 60s Steve was a friend of my family. I was about 10 years old and he gave me a signed autograph with him in the picture and this car. I still have it to this day. Seeing your video brings back a lot of memories.
@@hawkeyepierce3199 yeah, I can, but I need to find the picture I recently moved into a new house and everything is in boxes, but I know I have it because I would never ever throw that out. It was a treasure for me since I was about 10 years old. I’ll keep you posted. Thank you.
That is the ultimate! I saw this when I was about 11 years old. My father worked all the shows in LA so he took me with him on a weekend morning. let me wander from before the doors opened to closing time. Sensory overload and I don't remember ever getting tired. Every row up and down over and over. Thanks Dad!
Glad to see it still exists. Some Kiwi dude went to the trouble of building an exact clone, but there aint nothing like the real deal!Glad it's in Dave's hands for restoration; he's the master!!!
So damn cool it's finally seeing the light of day! I feel a bit of sadness for Steve Scott If all he's said about how he lost the car & the broken promises he'd get to buy it back are true. Without a doubt tho it's in good hands! I have endless respect for the dedication Dave & Beau have put into saving these old show rods. As far as I'm concerned all the car guys that hate on these old show rods are guys that have forgotten how to have fun and have an imagination. Kids lost interest in custom cars when builders began only building cars to impress eachother.
The day I've been waiting for...I'm old enough that I remember when "The Uncertain T" broke into the scene and like a fart in the wind,disappeared. I KNEW that it would show up someday.That day is here,thank you!I've been patiently waiting for a copy of the model kit to fall in my lap for years now.( unbuilt examples sell for big money) I submit that you guys show it in it's as found condition for a year or so.Seeing that red metalflake under the green says it all. Once it's restored,questions of it's "genuineness" will be raised.Presently it's indisputable...
Wow! Super cool! In my 60 years, I have never heard of this car. Thank you so much for showing it to us and being the next caretakers of this piece of automotive history.
Ed Roth basically put that car on the map. He sold tons of t-shirts and posters of that car. See the Kustomrama site photo ''Born Bad. Steve built that car but Ed made it an icon. The model was $2.99 at Woolworth's in the Bronx.
Happy to hear & see that the Uncertain T has resurfaced ! Considering it's current condition I'm also happy to hear that it will be restored to it's original appearance. History needs to repeat itself with a reissue of this icon in model kit form. I imagine this would be entirely doable for the Galpin team ! Hopefully they'll reach out to the guys over at Round 2 models & make it happen for all the fans of this car.
I heard about this car and it going missing years ago from a friend. Always found it very compelling and really hoped one day it’ll finally be discovered and here it is!! Now hopefully we can find chassis 39 of the McLaren F1 that went missing in Mexico back in the late 1990’s
I have a buddy with a 29 roadster first place winner of the National Roaster show... its also been hidden away for close to 55 years. Al Rogers, ’29 Ford Roadster Named "Seven Year Itch".. its still all original
Let’s all be buddies we can be one big ol group of buddies and have like a pizza party and i can like sleep on y’all’s couch and watch t.v. And drink y’all’s beer it would be great and we can be like best of the best of buddies just make sure the beer keeps flowing and the pizza stays hot of course id be in charge of the t.v. Remote control because im the remote control sensei my new buddy old pals
I'm almost 65 and I've been building models for over half a century. I remember this iconic show car. I never got to see it in person, but photographs were everywhere, as was the Monogram model kit; which I unfortunately never got to build. Here's hoping that Atlantis Models has the tooling, and will bring back this groundbreaking piece of Kar Kulture, one day soon. Thanks for sharing this with us! My Like is in the 1.9Ks
My most favorite Hotrod. I've always loved this car. I have a picture of me standing next to Martin Bennetts recreation/clone from New Zealand when it was at World of Wheels in Kansas City. I'm glad it's been found.
Discovered hot rods as an early teenager in the 60's, although I was never a fan of the 'wild' showcars but there are 4 cars here; all black, all fords, 3 roadsters and a five window coupe, that are truly gorgeous!
I've always been more of a JDM weeb but seeing this thing has renewed my interest in American cars and hotrods. They do have a certain charm to em. I mean I'm two years older than Steve when he built this in his parents garage. Wish I had that level of skill.
It seemed like no big deal at the time but I was there in 1965 at the Pacific Motorama in Vancouver when Steve Scott brought the car up. He was just polishing it when I approached him with a friend of mine. The car was way too cartoonish for me and so I said nothing, as I recall. But my friend had many compliments and Steve replied that it was your appreciation which made it all worthwhile for him to be there. But I did take one black & white picture of the car. An enlargement of that picture now stands behind a model of it which I partially scratch built much later. As soon as I knew that the Monogram model kit was rare and valuable, I knew that this would be a car worth building a model of. Is Steve still around, I wonder.
At one point, Steve Scott, was trying to crowd fund his own version of the model kit. Some actually sent him money, but it never took off. Apparently he is not an easy person to work with and will sue at the drop of a hat. Monogram claims they destroyed the molds for this kit, yet somehow some parts have shown up in other kits. Hopefully now that the car is found they will fix the molds, if they do exist, and bring back the kit for fans and collectors.
I still have the model..built up painted all there except rope and figure! I put it in clear model case. Been thinking about selling it but don't know where!!!!!
Crazy thing is I saw this model when I was a kid at a garage sale codent get it back then and haven't seen enething like it since I still would love to have won
I had a 27 t body and had the same idea for the tilted body but not as much. I had to move and leave it behind because i had too much stuff to transport too far. I was born in 59 but was too young to have the model kit or seen it in a car craft mag . Nice to know now i was not the only one to think of something like this and yes i would have driven it as a normal car to work and fetch food.
I had no idea Galpin had a collection of that kind of scope. I always figured it was a bring your kids, free hot dogs, promotional, low content type of display that wouldn't be worth going to see, not considering the kind of business volume the prodigious Galpin group has.
I think the only other '60s showrod on this level that's still missing is Cushenberry's Silhouette, and it doesn't probably carry as much swagger as the Uncertain-T.
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Fact is ROTH'S got paid to bring their cars to the shows. So Uncertain T probably did win big trophys back in the day. Meanwhile, it never stomped Roths ROAD AGENT, Beatnik Bandit, etc. They were not in the running for trophys.😮
Love it! I saw the model as a kid (I was 5 yrs old), bought it but it was before I new how to paint models so I assembled it in its white plastic state out of the box. Saw it in the magazines back in the day, just always felt a connection to this thing. I still have the assembled model in a display box that sits behind my desk on my bookcase. ua-cam.com/channels/Q0OdCsiP1HXr-qfJeQRryw.html
I think that I really would of took this car pretty fast to scrap yard no doubt about it none what so ever people for real people for real okay thanks Charles Williams
Whoever the clown in the white hoodie doing the interview is, was definitely the wrong guy for this job. He knows nothing about what he is looking at nor talking about, etc. etc. HORRIBLE interview.
Roth destroyed the original Mysterion. Dave Shuten built an exact clone which is as close as we'll get to the original. There is an amusing story that Ed wanted to report the bubble top body as a crashed alien spaceship.
In the 60s Steve was a friend of my family. I was about 10 years old and he gave me a signed autograph with him in the picture and this car. I still have it to this day. Seeing your video brings back a lot of memories.
Could you possibly up load a little video on your Channel of you showing us the picture and giving a little story? That would be so awesome! 👏🏻🙏🏼
@@hawkeyepierce3199 yeah, I can, but I need to find the picture I recently moved into a new house and everything is in boxes, but I know I have it because I would never ever throw that out. It was a treasure for me since I was about 10 years old. I’ll keep you posted. Thank you.
Just following to see the picture once you find it. I would love to see it as well
That is the ultimate! I saw this when I was about 11 years old. My father worked all the shows in LA so he took me with him on a weekend morning. let me wander from before the doors opened to closing time. Sensory overload and I don't remember ever getting tired. Every row up and down over and over. Thanks Dad!
Lucky kid
Glad to see it still exists. Some Kiwi dude went to the trouble of building an exact clone, but there aint nothing
like the real deal!Glad it's in Dave's hands for restoration; he's the master!!!
So damn cool it's finally seeing the light of day! I feel a bit of sadness for Steve Scott If all he's said about how he lost the car & the broken promises he'd get to buy it back are true. Without a doubt tho it's in good hands! I have endless respect for the dedication Dave & Beau have put into saving these old show rods. As far as I'm concerned all the car guys that hate on these old show rods are guys that have forgotten how to have fun and have an imagination. Kids lost interest in custom cars when builders began only building cars to impress eachother.
The day I've been waiting for...I'm old enough that I remember when "The Uncertain T" broke into the scene and
like a fart in the wind,disappeared. I KNEW that it would show up someday.That day is here,thank you!I've been
patiently waiting for a copy of the model kit to fall in my lap for years now.( unbuilt examples sell for big money)
I submit that you guys show it in it's as found condition for a year or so.Seeing that red metalflake under the green says it all. Once it's restored,questions of it's "genuineness" will be raised.Presently it's indisputable...
Wow! Super cool! In my 60 years, I have never heard of this car. Thank you so much for showing it to us and being the next caretakers of this piece of automotive history.
Ed Roth basically put that car on the map. He sold tons of t-shirts and posters of that car. See the Kustomrama site photo ''Born Bad. Steve built that car but Ed made it an icon. The model was $2.99 at Woolworth's in the Bronx.
Big Daddy Ed Roth and his Rat Fink tee shirts... As a 70 year old that brings back fond memories..
Yup and a fued with Walt Disney made rat fink happen!
Happy to hear & see that the Uncertain T has resurfaced ! Considering it's current condition I'm also happy to hear that it will be restored to it's original appearance. History needs to repeat itself with a reissue of this icon in model kit form. I imagine this would be entirely doable for the Galpin team ! Hopefully they'll reach out to the guys over at Round 2 models & make it happen for all the fans of this car.
Awesome! Amazing it’s still complete and not stripped down and harvested for any parts.
Yes I remember this car ! As a kid I loved Hot Rod magazines. Really enjoyed all the outrageous customs.😊
I heard about this car and it going missing years ago from a friend. Always found it very compelling and really hoped one day it’ll finally be discovered and here it is!! Now hopefully we can find chassis 39 of the McLaren F1 that went missing in Mexico back in the late 1990’s
I have a buddy with a 29 roadster first place winner of the National Roaster show... its also been hidden away for close to 55 years.
Al Rogers, ’29 Ford Roadster Named "Seven Year Itch".. its still all original
Let’s all be buddies we can be one big ol group of buddies and have like a pizza party and i can like sleep on y’all’s couch and watch t.v. And drink y’all’s beer it would be great and we can be like best of the best of buddies just make sure the beer keeps flowing and the pizza stays hot of course id be in charge of the t.v. Remote control because im the remote control sensei my new buddy old pals
Wow! What an incredible find & story!! Congrats!! 👍
I'm almost 65 and I've been building models for over half a century. I remember this iconic show car. I never got to see it in person, but photographs were everywhere, as was the Monogram model kit; which I unfortunately never got to build. Here's hoping that Atlantis Models has the tooling, and will bring back this groundbreaking piece of Kar Kulture, one day soon.
Thanks for sharing this with us!
My Like is in the 1.9Ks
My most favorite Hotrod. I've always loved this car. I have a picture of me standing next to Martin Bennetts recreation/clone from New Zealand when it was at World of Wheels in Kansas City. I'm glad it's been found.
Thanks for keeping the dream alive!
Discovered hot rods as an early teenager in the 60's, although I was never a fan of the 'wild' showcars but there are 4 cars here; all black, all fords, 3 roadsters and a five window coupe, that are truly gorgeous!
This is incredible!
I remember hearing about this in Texas, In the early 70s.
My dad was a Hot Rot guy then. And had a magazine cutout framed in his office.
I've always been more of a JDM weeb but seeing this thing has renewed my interest in American cars and hotrods. They do have a certain charm to em. I mean I'm two years older than Steve when he built this in his parents garage. Wish I had that level of skill.
It seemed like no big deal at the time but I was there in 1965 at the Pacific Motorama in Vancouver when Steve Scott brought the car up. He was just polishing it when I approached him with a friend of mine. The car was way too cartoonish for me and so I said nothing, as I recall. But my friend had many compliments and Steve replied that it was your appreciation which made it all worthwhile for him to be there. But I did take one black & white picture of the car. An enlargement of that picture now stands behind a model of it which I partially scratch built much later. As soon as I knew that the Monogram model kit was rare and valuable, I knew that this would be a car worth building a model of.
Is Steve still around, I wonder.
Wow❤nice
I'd love to see a series of videos where they are restoring this car to its original state. Very cool
At one point, Steve Scott, was trying to crowd fund his own version of the model kit. Some actually sent him money, but it never took off. Apparently he is not an easy person to work with and will sue at the drop of a hat. Monogram claims they destroyed the molds for this kit, yet somehow some parts have shown up in other kits. Hopefully now that the car is found they will fix the molds, if they do exist, and bring back the kit for fans and collectors.
We are glad to hear that the Uncertain T is in the Galpin collection and will be restored to its former glory.
Awesome video. I got to help set this car up in a display in the 60's in Lincoln, Nebraska when he had it in a car show there.
WOW GREAT FIND
That is so awesome and I'm lucky enough to own one of the original model kits! Not a 3d print or resin copy 😊❤
🐭👍
This is amazing a true legend , also X sonic just hanging out wow
Cool,the last one!
Thanks for sharing the find, can't wait to see it in Detroit
Congratulations
Hi there bro that shithot looking hotrod ilove old kustoms and hotrod mate keep up the great work mate
We need to see the restoration. 😊😊
Could you possibly do the bathtub car and the Pink Panther cars story please????
Yes....a holy grail model kit, indeed!
I do not remember even seeing that kit on the shelves, unlike Lil Coffin !
Always loved the car and never could afford the model Kit !!!!
I totally remember this car from the 60s
If there is such a thing as a car that deserves to be restored and driven… This is it!!!
I had that model, yes the models were mostly $2.00 at the time.
I still have the model..built up painted all there except rope and figure! I put it in clear model case. Been thinking about selling it but don't know where!!!!!
Crazy thing is I saw this model when I was a kid at a garage sale codent get it back then and haven't seen enething like it since I still would love to have won
I had a 27 t body and had the same idea for the tilted body but not as much. I had to move and leave it behind because i had too much stuff to transport too far. I was born in 59 but was too young to have the model kit or seen it in a car craft mag . Nice to know now i was not the only one to think of something like this and yes i would have driven it as a normal car to work and fetch food.
Rat Fink approves.
I understand wanting to restore it but there’s so many clones why not leave it as found.
I had no idea Galpin had a collection of that kind of scope. I always figured it was a bring your kids, free hot dogs, promotional, low content type of display that wouldn't be worth going to see, not considering the kind of business volume the prodigious Galpin group has.
very cool hot rod👍👍 so is this where youre at now David? no more Jalopnik?
How can one place have all these famous show rods? I would expect this at maybe a place like The Petersen, but I didn’t know Galpin Ford had a museum.
What’s my name doing in there? Ha ha. What an incredible hot rod this is.
Keep us informed on thr restoration
dont get the extreme lengths to hide it
There is another video where a guy from New Zealand build a replika following the modell, but stearing right.
I would love to have a clone of that
I remember that cars from magazines when in high school
1:32 the coolest car ever? Possibly.
What happened to The Paul Revere and the Raiders Coach??
WOW! This car has been missing for so long. Its in good hands at Galpin.
What about Bill Cushenburys Silhouette? Where is that?
I think Isky T is the most famous hot rod, MIlner's duece coupe, two lane blacktop 55. 41 willy's from hot rod.
I have a 1963 Monogram Big T kit in the box, just wondering it that car is still around..
I would love to see Jay Leno have this on his show.
I think the only other '60s showrod on this level that's still missing is Cushenberry's Silhouette, and it doesn't probably carry as much swagger as the Uncertain-T.
Let's hope they do a diecast model of this car.
He says it's the biggest one left hiding, but what about Silhouette? The top and some parts were found after it was stolen in '83 but that's it
Anyone notice the vintage pinball machines?
Built this model when car in mags and shows. Seen couple.times
Approved beast 💪
There was a similar car here in Oz in the 60s. Clone? No idea. Still around again no idea.
This car? Drive it?? With no front brakes?
Unless you happen to find the original Mysterion body floating out in the Midwest somewhere, this is pretty high on the holy grail list...😎
Doesn’t it need a lot more rust to be one of David’s many holy grails?
I'll see you in Detroit
I know Steve Scott and some of this story is not true. I think it belongs with its original owner, that wants it back dearly.
Don’t restore it!!! The way it sits is the story of its journey. It is its soul
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Nice hair
I remember it from the 60's when I was a Kid. I thought it was Big Daddy's creation.
Another icon going to get over restored?
Fact is ROTH'S got paid to bring their cars to the shows. So Uncertain T probably did win big trophys back in the day. Meanwhile, it never stomped Roths ROAD AGENT, Beatnik Bandit, etc. They were not in the running for trophys.😮
Where's that Love Button
that’s my holy grail model kit i’m a builder
Where's the Dream Truck
Love it! I saw the model as a kid (I was 5 yrs old), bought it but it was before I new how to paint models so I assembled it in its white plastic state out of the box. Saw it in the magazines back in the day, just always felt a connection to this thing. I still have the assembled model in a display box that sits behind my desk on my bookcase. ua-cam.com/channels/Q0OdCsiP1HXr-qfJeQRryw.html
Where’s the Rat Fink
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I think that I really would of took this car pretty fast to scrap yard no doubt about it none what so ever people for real people for real okay thanks Charles Williams
$85 Top price on ebay
Now find VANESSA! ❤
Whoever the clown in the white hoodie doing the interview is, was definitely the wrong guy for this job. He knows nothing about what he is looking at nor talking about, etc. etc. HORRIBLE interview.
The Mysterion is the biggest holy grail
It’s a repro
Roth destroyed the original Mysterion. Dave Shuten built an exact clone which is as close as we'll get to the original.
There is an amusing story that Ed wanted to report the bubble top body as a crashed alien spaceship.
Blackie's Blackie is the biggest, given its history and provenance. Bar none.
Gaplin buying up all the show cars and hoarding them away for themselves.
Why does guy look like Dracula? 😂
Restore it? You want the original so you can make it look new.....this will never made sense to me.
Even for 1965 it's the Goofyist thang I'm evah done seed....
Please dont restore it.
Agreed. There is already a clone, or 2, that represent it in show condition so I'd leave this alone except for getting it running and driveable.
Awkward TV guys always score the big “discovery”. Couldn’t be any more staged or it’d be a soap opera
His baby? Didn't take very good care of his baby.
Please don’t restore it!!!
Please don’t restore it!
I gave you a thumbs down because you only talked about the car history and not about the car. You didn't mention the engine size or the transmission.
Ian Rouselle would love this .....this needs to be restored and placed in the customizers museum.
It will be..By Galpin