Product Package for a Cox "Thimble Drome" Gas-Powered Racing Tether Car, circa 1947
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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 box contained a kit from the L.M. Cox Manufacturing Company of Santa Ana, California. Company founder Roy Cox later expanded his business into model airplanes and slot cars.
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 box contained a kit from the L.M. Cox Manufacturing Company of Santa Ana, California. Company founder Roy Cox later expanded his business into model airplanes and slot cars.
Artifact
Packaging
Date Made
circa 1947
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2013.47.12
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Eric Zausner and the E-Z Spindizzy Foundation.
Material
Cardboard
Color
Vermillion (Color)
Black (Color)
White (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 4 in
Width: 9.75 in
Length: 5.25 in
Inscriptions
Top of box: Roy Cox | THIMBLE DROME | Champion Side of box: Roy Cox THIMBLE DROME | Champion METAL CONSTRUCTION | DEMOUNTABLE RUBBER TIRES | DETAILED SCALE REALISM End of box: L. M. COX | MFG. CO. SANTA | ANA, CALIF. | Made in U. S. A.
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