Roth was one of the first to seriously modify cars, not for performance, but to turn them into rolling works of art. Orbitron was the creation of Ed Roth, a founder of the Kustom Kulture car craze in 1960s Southern California. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.Built in 1964, the Orbitron was lost for decades before it was finally found being used as a dumpster outside a sex shop in the town of Juarez, Mexico, in 2007. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap It was totally restored at Galpin Auto Sports. The original fiberglass, chassis and engine were totally intact. The Orbitron went missing for many years, and only recently turned up in Mexico. Ed got the idea to use the three primary coloured headlights, so when they turned on and focused in one spot they would create a white beam. Roth was a key figure in Southern California's Kustom Kulture and hot-rod movement of the late 1950s and 1960s.Įd Roth built this car in 1964, he thought it was not as popular as others he had built, maybe because the Chevy engine was hidden from view. Description 1964 Ed Roth Orbitron (21680775541).jpgĮd 'Big Daddy' Roth was an artist, cartoonist, illustrator, pinstriper and custom car designer and builder who created the hot-rod icon Rat Fink and other characters.
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