"Trackmaster" Gas-Powered Racing Tether Car Kit, 1939
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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 "Track-Master" front-wheel-drive model is one of ten such units produced by the Aircraft Manufacturing Company of New York.
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 "Track-Master" front-wheel-drive model is one of ten such units produced by the Aircraft Manufacturing Company of New York.
Artifact
Model car
Date Made
1939
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2013.47.157
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Eric Zausner and the E-Z Spindizzy Foundation.
Material
Aluminum (Metal)
Leather
Plastic
Rubber (Material)
Color
Orange (Color)
Inscriptions
body, hand painted: TRACK-MASTER 9
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