Custom Builder/Restorer Mark Moriarity, was inducted into Darryl Starbird's National Rod & Custom Hall of Fame on February 15th this year , and then, on July 26th of this year he was also inducted into the KKOA Hall of Fame.  I was privileged to be at both Ceremonies when it happened.   Mark is one of the nicest guys you'll ever find, and a "car guy" through-and-through. After restoring Ed Roth's "Rotar" and "Road Agent",  Mark built his own "bubble top": "The Futurian",  he's also currently finishing up the restoration of Bill Cushenberry's "Car Craft Dream Rod". During the last few years, there has been a resurgence of the iconic "bubble top",  first brought into the era of  Rods & Customs by the Legendary Darryl Starbird with his "Predicta".  And, in this one-on-one Interview,  Mark tells Jonnie how Ed "Big Daddy" Roth told him to actually BUILD a "bubble top".  Is it easier than you thought ?  Maybe, maybe not...it all depends on hard you really want to build one ! PLUS, take a look below at what could be the VERY first automobile to wear a "bubble top" !    JK      (Above: Could this be the rarest, original "Bubble Top" of all ?  Built by George Bartell in Detroit, it was called the "Hollywood Streak" and was based on a '42 Buick.  Actually,  if you look closely, you'll see that he butted the front-halves of  TWO  '42 Buicks together !  It was shown in the April, 1946 Issue of Popular Mechanics Magazine.)                        (Above left: The one that started it all !   Darryl Starbird's "Predicta" !!;  Above right: Gary Meyer's/Elden Titus-built "Vampyre")                           (Above: A great pic of the Interior & Bubble Top of  "The Futurian")                   (Above: Gary "Chopit" Fioto's "Beatnik" With Its Giant-Sized Bubble Top ! )        (Above left: the restored "Road Agent by Mark Moriarity; Above right: Ed "Big Daddy" Roth with "Rotar")                         (Above left: the Car Craft Dream Rod (AMT) Model Kit; Above right: Mark's in-progress restoration of the "Dream Rod")