Everything was chrome plated by Model Plating in Bell Gardens. Front axle was a dropped early Ford V8-60 tube axle with finned Buick drums and Lincoln brakes. The front of the frame featured a handmade four bar setup with a cross leaf spring on a suicide perch. The frame was hand made out of 2x4 inch rectangular tubes. The engine was hooked to a Powerglide two-speed transmission. The 283 motor was painted blue, and dressed up with Corvette valve covers and three chromed Stromberg 97's. Under the hood, the Orbitron featured the engine from Ed Roth's own 1955 Chevrolet daily driver. Dirty Doug and Dick Cook assisted Ed in the building process. The lights were intended to function like television tubes, which when illuminated together would create a strong white light beam. The distinctive nose of the car incorporated a set of red, green and blue lights.
Newt designed the Orbitron to look like a slingshot dragster with space age influences. The car was designed by Ed "Newt" Newton.
The Orbitron is a bubble top show car built by Ed "Big Daddy" Roth in 1964.
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