Ed Newton

{{short description|American custom car builder}}

Ed Newton (nicknamed "Newt") is an American custom car builder.

Newton designed the Panthermobile (with Bill "Leadslinger" Hines and Joe Baillon), as well as "Big Daddy" Roth's customs Orbitron and Surfite, among others.{{cite web |url=http://jalopnik.com/the-return-of-the-pink-panthermobile-1787019000 |title=The Return Of The Pink Panthermobile |last=Torchinsky |first=Jason |date=September 24, 2016 |website=Jalopnik |publisher= |access-date=May 22, 2017 |quote=}}; {{cite book |last=Ganahl |first=Pat |date=January 15, 2011 |title=Ed 'Big Daddy' Roth - His Life, Times, Cars, and Art |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MYY6vqRzLn4C&q=Ed+Newton+car+builder |location= |publisher=CarTech Inc |page=91 |isbn=978-1934709672 |author-link= }}