All American "Hot Rod" Gas-Powered Racing Tether Car, circa 1955
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Tether cars, gas-powered model race cars, peaked in popularity in the years surrounding World War II. They were raced individually while tethered to a central pivot, or against each other on a scaled-down track. Not all tether cars were modeled after race cars. This one, from the All American Company of Los Angeles, resembles a Ford Model A "highboy" fenderless hot rod.
Tether cars, gas-powered model race cars, peaked in popularity in the years surrounding World War II. They were raced individually while tethered to a central pivot, or against each other on a scaled-down track. Not all tether cars were modeled after race cars. This one, from the All American Company of Los Angeles, resembles a Ford Model A "highboy" fenderless hot rod.
Artifact
Model car
Date Made
circa 1955
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Driven to Win: Racing in America
Object ID
2013.47.164
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Eric Zausner and the E-Z Spindizzy Foundation.
Material
Aluminum (Metal)
Iron alloy
Rubber (Material)
Dimensions
Height: 3 in
Width: 4.75 in
Length: 9.25 in
Weight: 1.375 lb
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