History Need help with the Orbitron restoration

I was just out in California visiting my buddy Davey Shuten who is restoring the Orbitron. In the old pictures you can see a logo printed on the spinners of the wheels with a crossed flag pattern. Everything on the car is being painstakingly put back just the way it was and he needs to find a good pic to re-print the logo on the spinners.

Thanks in advance!

PS, I changed the name of the post to a topic someone would actually read.

 

I know the spinner but am no help otherwise.

 

scan the old photos you have and put them on here. maybe somebody can help.

a better thead title might be, "can i have some help re-creating graphics?

 

Yea man picks would help man .lol.

 

Yeah, man.

 

i think if he had picks he wouldnt need our pics?

 

I guess you didn`t see the LOL.after my post....................

 

That's a big 10-4 buddy. There aren't a whole lot of Orbitron pics out there and only one of them showed the logo and it was an unreleased photo that was purchased from Pat Ganahl. The logo on it is really fuzzy but Moriarity found an ad in an old hot rod magazine that had the same logo on one of the spinners. The quality of the print wasn't good on it either. I don't have the access to scan either pic but any of the old ASTRO wheels and spinners should have had the same logo.

An interesting fact, I crawled around underneath the Orbitron and you can see from the inside where Ed originally tried to install the "Pods" that were in the original illustration only to hack them off. He must have figured out that it was too hard to get into the car with them on there and removed them.

by the way changing the title worked. You all looked at it. Ha ha ha

 

Hey Aaron it was good to see you out here.... Until next time. take care.....Lucky

 

RADIR has crossed flags ...

did radir ever make slots?

 

In the magazine I have that has it on the cover,it says that they are Cal Custom-style two-bar spinners. No close-ups though. If it's the ones i'm thinking about,I have one! I'll have to dig through my garage. If I find it,i'll bring it to you guys.

 

It's not thr Radir one. The one I think your looking for has two flags that cross. Similar to Corvette flags,but they are square flags,not the "waving" flags.

 

I know you guys have done your research and have these photos.....I cannot find any upclose of the wheels.

 

Any body tried to reverse the color on the pics to a negative so then the opposite outline may show?

I dunno how but i have seen stuff on negs that disappear on right images...
Good luck i'll play with these pics and see

any current pics from the retrieval may be better

 

It says Left....

 

I have never seen so much chrome in one place.

 

The one I have has flags like H ,but a two-bar just like the old Cragar two-bars.

 

I dunno! Lotta chrome on your Coupe, ha ha ha!!!

 

The crossed flag theme is a "daytona " style in my 59 almqusit catalog they show a wheel cover with them too...

Look for the daytona two bar knock off
i'll bet they were in every type of magazine even jc whitney

how does the knock off bolt to the lug cover ?
I did a simular thing in the eighties using keystone sunspoke basket lug covers center hub with a 3 bar knock off... It all bolted to the center cap

now finding nos set thats the challenge ...
Maybe sports car nuts or the "vette "set may help

 

Seriously.. I was standing next to it and everything is chromed except the Block,
Trans and 3rd member,,,

2700 + chrome pieces... and the dammm frame...They have more in chrome than I have in my whole car... for real tho...hahahahahahaha

 

The best is you don't even see it...

 

That is correct Bob, that is the logo that he is looking for. Squarish flags.

They had 4 new spinners recast from the one original one that was left on the car so they aren't looking for NOS ones, just the logo to reprint on the spinner.

Yeah, I think the chrome bill is over 30 grand so far. Insane. The car is definitely in the right hands for the restoration. I don't think any one else could afford the bill. ha ha ha

 

Was gonna say what was up above Daytona made such things ,,may be have a pic
as we had some square lake pipes by them

 

Id rather pay 30g for chrome that 30 bucks for billet!

 

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