Gardner Welsh "Deluxe" Gas-Powered Racing Tether Car, 1940-1941
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Tether cars, gas-powered model race cars, were popular in the 1930s and 1940s. They were raced individually while tethered to a central pivot, or against each other on a scaled-down board track. This model, with its cast aluminum body and sheet aluminum bellypan, was a product of the Gardner Welsh Engineering Company of Eagle Rock, California.
Tether cars, gas-powered model race cars, were popular in the 1930s and 1940s. They were raced individually while tethered to a central pivot, or against each other on a scaled-down board track. This model, with its cast aluminum body and sheet aluminum bellypan, was a product of the Gardner Welsh Engineering Company of Eagle Rock, California.
Artifact
Model car
Date Made
1940-1941
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Driven to Win: Racing in America
Object ID
2013.47.139
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Eric Zausner and the E-Z Spindizzy Foundation.
Material
Aluminum (Metal)
Leather
Plastic
Rubber (Material)
Color
Silver (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 7.25 in
Width: 9.5 in
Length: 18 in
Weight: 8.125 lb
Inscriptions
tires: VOIT / LOS ANGELES
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