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- Zip Grandell Special Gas-Powered Racing Tether Car, 1940-1950 - 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 is one of about six or eight models built by Charles "Zip" Grandell. Note the front-wheel-drive differential housing, and the suspension leaf springs at rear.
- 1940-1950
- Collections - Artifact
Zip Grandell Special Gas-Powered Racing Tether Car, 1940-1950
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 is one of about six or eight models built by Charles "Zip" Grandell. Note the front-wheel-drive differential housing, and the suspension leaf springs at rear.