Dooling "Pee Wee" Gas-Powered Racing Tether Car, 1942
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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. Dooling Brothers, of Los Angeles, California, manufactured a complete line of open-cockpit and streamliner models. Company owners Tom, Harris and Russell Dooling were successful tether car racers themselves.
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. Dooling Brothers, of Los Angeles, California, manufactured a complete line of open-cockpit and streamliner models. Company owners Tom, Harris and Russell Dooling were successful tether car racers themselves.
Artifact
Model car
Date Made
1942
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, California, Los Angeles
Creator Notes
Car manufactured by Dooling Brothers. Engine manufactured by Bunch Model Airplane Company.
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Driven to Win: Racing in America
Object ID
2013.47.56
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Eric Zausner and the E-Z Spindizzy Foundation.
Material
Aluminum (Metal)
Paint (Coating)
Plastic
Rubber (Material)
Color
Black (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 4.5 in
Width: 6.25 in
Length: 12 in
Inscriptions
Body, decal: BUNCH | TIGER | AERO
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