Dooling "Mercury Deluxe" Gas-Powered Racing Tether Car, 1939-1940
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Artifact Overview
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 Details
Artifact
Model car
Date Made
1939-1940
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
at Henry Ford Museum in Driven to Win: Racing in America
Object ID
2013.47.8
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Eric Zausner and the E-Z Spindizzy Foundation.
Material
Aluminum (Metal)
Leather
Rubber (Material)
Paint (Coating)
Technique
Casting (Process)
Color
Silver (Color)
Maroon
Blue
Red
Dimensions
Height: 11 in
Width: 10 in
Length: 19 in
Inscriptions
On body:
[Eagle decal] KRAUS | AMERICAR | TACOMA
On front tires:
DOOLING BROS. | LOS ANGELES, CAL.
On rear tires:
GARDNER | 6.00-17
On battery:
GENERAL | MODEL | MOTOR | IGNITION [...]
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