Product Package and Assembly Instruction for "Speed Demon" Gas-Powered Racing Tether Car, 1930-1940

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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. This box is for a "Speed Demon" tether car from the Bunch Model Airplane Company. The car originally packaged in this box is also in the collection -- accession number 2013.47.9.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Packaging

Date Made

1938-1939

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2013.47.92.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Eric Zausner and the E-Z Spindizzy Foundation.

Material

Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)

Dimensions

Height: 4 in
Width: 8.25 in
Length: 28.75 in

Inscriptions

box: Speed Demon Gas Model Race Car Bunch Airplane Company The Speed Demon Presented by the World Famous Bunch Engineering Staff [specifications] . . . Contents . . . instruction sheet: Speed Demon Bunch Model Airplane Company Los Angeles California U.S.A. Design No. 3901 [specifications] Engineering Staff J.D. Bunch Chief Engineer H.A. Broughton Staff J.R. Cain Staff
Product Package and Assembly Instruction for "Speed Demon" Gas-Powered Racing Tether Car, 1930-1940