“Being a huge fan of Big Daddy Roth, it’s a great privilege and honor, not only to own this car, but to bring it back to its former glory,” Boeckmann says. Ed ‘Big Daddy’ Roth’s Orbitron, a far-out bubble-topped show car built in 1964 and lost shortly thereafter, was recently uncovered in northern Mexico, serving as a makeshift dumpster in front of an adult bookshop! Michael Lightbourn – nicknamed ‘the West Texas Scout’ for his ability to find abandoned automotive treasures – spotted and rescued the fiberglass-bodied hot rod, which is missing its original acrylic bubble top and front end but is otherwise fairly complete, down to the original engine, chrome Astro wheels and most of its bodywork.īeau Boeckmann of Galpin Motors acquired the car shortly after its recovery from Mexico, and plans to completely restore the car to its original condition at Galpin Auto Sports (G.A.S.) with input from Roth experts and employees that were part of the original build. – A lost artifact from the pinnacle of the Custom era has been found, and what Hot Rod Magazine dubbed ‘the most incredible barn find ever’ is now in California for a complete and faithful restoration.
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