"Satan" Gas-Powered Racing Tether Car, 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. "Satan" cars were made by Leland Seghetti and the Lee Model Manufacturing Company of Vallejo, California. This was Seghetti's personal tether car.
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. "Satan" cars were made by Leland Seghetti and the Lee Model Manufacturing Company of Vallejo, California. This was Seghetti's personal tether car.
Artifact
Model car
Date Made
1946
Creators
Lee Model Manufacturing Company
Place of Creation
United States, California, Vallejo
Creator Notes
Manufactured by Leland Seghetti and the Lee Model Manufacturing Company of Vallejo, California.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2013.47.49
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Eric Zausner and the E-Z Spindizzy Foundation.
Material
Magnesium
Steel (Alloy)
Rubber (Material)
Paint (Coating)
Color
Dark blue
Silver (Color)
Black (Color)
Inscriptions
Tires: C-R | HAYWARD, CAL.
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