Dynamometer, Built by B.B. Korn, 1938
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Tether cars, gas-powered model race cars, were popular in the 1930s and 1940s. Barney Korn was among the most skilled builders. His models were exceptionally detailed. Korn even made model cars, boats, and airplanes for Hollywood movies. Korn built this working dynamometer to test his model cars. It was adjustable for rear or front-wheel-drive models.
Tether cars, gas-powered model race cars, were popular in the 1930s and 1940s. Barney Korn was among the most skilled builders. His models were exceptionally detailed. Korn even made model cars, boats, and airplanes for Hollywood movies. Korn built this working dynamometer to test his model cars. It was adjustable for rear or front-wheel-drive models.
Artifact
Dynamometer
Date Made
1938
Creators
B.B. Korn Specialty Manufacturing Company
Korn, B.B. (Barney), 1903-1996
Place of Creation
United States, California, Los Angeles
Creator Notes
Designed by Barney Korn and made by B. B. Korn Specialty Manufacturing.
Keywords
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Driven to Win: Racing in America
Object ID
2013.47.89
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Eric Zausner and the E-Z Spindizzy Foundation.
Material
Glass (Material)
Iron alloy
Wood (Plant material)
Inscriptions
plaque: Dynamometer Built - 1938 - Res. - 1984 - By - B.B. Korn tachometer: Hyde Park Model Supply Co. . . . Los Angeles, 41, Calif. Motor: GE . . .
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