![]() Starbird traded the vehicle some years later to an unidentified collector in Texas. Ownershipįellow automotive customizer Darryl Starbird purchased the vehicle from Roth in 1967 for US$750.00. It was thought that the three beams when combined would produce an intense white light the view came from the then-new medium of color television. The vehicle's near distinctive feature was its asymmetrical front end with red, green together with blue tinted headlamps. Reportedly, the hydraulically operated hood did non fit alive due to rushed fiberglass work. The Orbitron was, in fact, one of his few customs to take a hood. ![]() It was one of the very few completed cars Roth deemed to be a "mistake" because he felt the car did not show alive since the heavily chromed engine and almost of the chassis were hidden. Other mechanical features allocated a 1956 Chevrolet rear end, dropped Ford front axle beam, assumption to him by General Motors. One of a series of ordinary doorbell push-button switches atop the hood activated the top from the outside. Topping the cockpit was a custom-made, hydraulically operated Plexiglas bubble top. The cockpit, vintage at the extreme rear of the vehicle in the race of a dragster, was lined with fake fur and shown an 11-inch General Electric "1-Touch" portable television inserted in the console. The body was hand-laid fiberglass, hiding Roth's extensive chrome work to the chassis. Constructionīuilt in 1964, the vehicle was powered by a 1955 or 1956 Chevrolet V8 as living as was backed by a Powerglide automatic transmission. ![]() ![]() The Orbitron is the custom car built by Ed Roth together with feared lost until its rediscovery in Mexico in 2007.
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