Syncro Rocket Gas-Powered Racing Tether Car Kit, 1938-1939
THF157100 / Syncro Rocket Gas-Powered Racing Tether Car Kit, 1938-1939
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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. Syncro Devices, Inc., of Detroit, Michigan, made this model kit of an open-cockpit racer about 1938. Syncro built approximately 75-100 kits during its two years in production.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Kit (Set)
Date Made
1938-1939
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
at Henry Ford Museum in Driven to Win: Racing in America
Object ID
2013.47.19
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Eric Zausner and the E-Z Spindizzy Foundation.
Material
Balsa (Wood)
Metal
Plastic
Rubber (Material)
Cardboard
Color
Light brown
Black (Color)
Silver (Color)
White (Color)
Blue
Red
Dimensions
Height: 3.125 in (box)
Width: 18.875 in (box)
Length: 12 in (box)
Weight: 9.5 lb
Inscriptions
Top of box lid:
ROCKET | RACER | MINIATURE | RACING CAR | FOR 1-5 TO 1-4 H. P. MOTORS | A COMPLETE KIT READY FOR ASSEMBLY
Front of box lid:
MANUFACTURED IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN--U. S. A.
Side of box lid:
Syncro Rocket Racing Car | SYNCRO DEVICES, INCORPORATED | 743 BEAUBIEN STREET, DETROIT, MICHIGAN
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