Very nice thread.Thanks for posting to everyone who took the time to post. Good luck.Have fun.Be safe. Leo
As a kid growing up in the 70s and 80s it seemed like all the toys made for us were crappy, shapeless plastic junk. I was drawn to toys from the 50s when I could find them that were made out of metal, had real rubber tires, and looked like real cars. I still remember buying this for $3 at a junk store in Mammoth Springs, AR. I had no idea it would be so easy today to buy parts for this little hot rod, or maybe I wouldn't have sold it for $10 or $15 at a swap meet. I was junk dealer even as a kid.
I was going to ask Ryan to move the Tether Car thread from the main board over here, but it looks like a lot of the photos were lost to the Photobucket fiasco. So I'll post my small collection of cars over here, probably a better fit anyhoo. This is a Dooling Arrow that I restored about a year ago, powered by a Dooling 61 ten fin engine. I have since added the correct Dooling fuel shutoff to it. Mick
a boner, the car you showed in post #1, is that in your collection? I'm not sure what it is, kinda looks like a modified Bunch Speed Demon with a later front wheel drive, or a homemade special. Either way it is very cool. Mick
Mick, just a pic off the computer. I like the simplistic design.....makes me want to grab some old sheet metal and make a simular body. Maybe next winter! This one is interesting too.....the grill shell mounting bothers me, should be parallel with the firewall.
Thanks, I really like the Jimmie Miller Spcl too. This had to be one of the first gas powered model cars ever built. Here's my McCoy Hot Rod. McCoy .60 power, just needs batteries and on/off switch wired and it should be ready to go.
Here is a pic of my McCoy Hot Rod. Ordered kit direct from Dick McCoy many years ago. It's not finished off....just a roller, no engine.
An as run 1942 Hiller "Comet". These weren't especially fast and were considered more of a toy by serious racers, but are interesting because of the manufacturer, Stanley Hiller Jr. Stan started the Hiller Mfg Company when he was 16, employing his high school buddies, he was making 350 to 400 cars a month and in a year his company was making $100,000 a year. He went on to form the Hiller helicapter company. A very interesting man. Mick
Growing up in the 70's there was a field down the street from my house where people had been dumping trash forever. Some of the trash piles were so old and grown over they looked like part of the landscape. That is until I tried to ride over one with my bike and my front wheel disappeared down inside getting stuck. My friend Ralph had his machete with him so we started hacking the weeds away to get to where the tire was caught. After we freed the bike, I spotted a white teardrop shaped piece of metal with 4 wheels on it. Picked it up and turned it over to find an "airplane" motor on it. This really grabbed my interest as it was a lot bigger than the cox .049 motors I had on my plastic u-control planes. It had a red head and a tiny little champion spark plug like the one posted above. Took it down to the hobby shop where they told me it was a tether car and gave me a number to call. That gentleman asked to come over to see it and when he did he offered me $100 for it, big dollars for me at the time. After getting the parents approval the deal was done and I ended up getting my first motorcycle with the money(had been saving my newspaper route money for one and this put me over the top). Always wondered what that thing looked like whole but I've never seen another like it.
Two more: the number 1 I built the body I only had the pan. The Aluminum one I built it all. Both are static cars. Bob
Hutkikz, I'm guessing that what you found was probably a McCoy Teardrop, powered by a McCoy 60 Red Head engine. I don't have one but here's some I found on the web. Mick
Here is a very loose interpretation of a Bantam Midget. Hard part is getting some wheels, or at least tires. Should be able to find some blueprints on the web.
You're probably right. tho I don't remember the bent axle and I thought the engine was in the middle. But it was a long time ago and it wouldn't be the first time things were not exactly as I remembered them. Thanks for posting pics
Boner: here is a picture of my Doling Brothers number 6 car and the box that was used when it was raced.both 4sale Here is your chance to own the best. Bob ph.719 252 5632
Any of you guys heard of speed jobs? They were a mono line controlled airplane. I was told, speeds up to 175 mph, don`t know if was actual or scale speed. I could imagine actual by the shape and size engine for the size of the plane.
A Boner: They tell me the Dooling Bros.car with the Dooling 6.1 engine are rare.here are some pictures. Bob
Thanks, they look like they would be extremely fast. I`d like to see if any members own any speed jobs and post them up. If the OP would`nt mind hijacking of a tether car thread.
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