Cox Thimble-Drome "0-Forty-Five Special" Gas-Powered Racing Tether Car Kit, 1946
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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. Racers could build cars from scratch or from kits, or they could purchase fully assembled models like this Cox "0-Forty-Five." The package contains everything a person needed to get started.
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. Racers could build cars from scratch or from kits, or they could purchase fully assembled models like this Cox "0-Forty-Five." The package contains everything a person needed to get started.
Artifact
Model car
Date Made
1946
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Driven to Win: Racing in America
Object ID
2013.47.153
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Eric Zausner and the E-Z Spindizzy Foundation.
Material
Aluminum (Metal)
Cardboard
Rubber (Material)
Steel (Alloy)
Wire
Dimensions
Height: 3.5 in (packaging)
Width: 9 in (packaging)
Length: 11.25 in (packaging)
Weight: 2.375 lb
Inscriptions
side, car body: 76 grille, car body: TD fuel container: THIMBLE-DROME / FUEL / for RACING CARS / [ . . . ] product package: RON COX THIMBLE DROME / 0-FORTY-FIVE SPECIAL / READY-TO-GO KIT [ . . . ] / L.M. COX MFG. CO. / Santa Ana, Calif. / [ . . . ] / THIS BOX CONTAINS EVERYTHING NECESSARY TO OPERATE CAR EXCEPT STARTING BATTERY / PRODUCT NO K-45
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