Antique Reproduction Indianapolis Spindizzy Tether 12.2" Model Race Car With Red Seat For a few short years before and after World War II, the ear-splitting shriek of hand-built model race cars, known as Spindizzies or tether cars, could be heard across America. The sport began in the late 1930s when some people decided to put a model airplane engine on a board with four wheels. Within a year there was racing of beautifully built cars that resembled the oval track cars of the period.The sport picked up steam in the post-war years, spreading across the country and leading several manufacturers to offer chassis, bodies and engines for the cars. The sport even influenced full-size automobile racing: It’s widely known that several hot rodding pioneers got the idea to run nitromethane from the burgeoning Spindizzy scene.Spindizzies resembled the full-size, open-wheel racers of their day. They raced against the clock, running either in metal grooves on banked wooden tracks, with several cars competing at once or alone on circular tracks, tethered by cables to a central pole.Spindizzy racing started in Los Angeles in the late 1930s when hobbyists began building miniature cars powered by the engines of their model airplanes, which were fueled by a mix of alcohol, castor oil, and gasoline.From the beginning, they were much more than simple toys. For example, the Indianapolis car from B. B. Korn Manufacturing Company, introduced in 1938, featured a hand-cast alloy chassis with five cross members, a louvered aluminum body and ball-bearing axles with rubber bushings. Engines especially designed for cars soon pushed the speeds to over 100 miles per hour. By the early 1950's they were going over 150 mph using the legendary Dooling 61 engine in a car that had ceased to look like anything on a big car track.For the race car aficionado or anyone who is mesmerized by a good-looking race car, this is for you. This nicely detailed, high quality, Indianapolis Spindizzy model is brand new, fully built & assembled (not a kit). The manufacturer is Authentic Models The Indianapolis Spindizzy model is completely hand-built & handcrafted of recycled polished aluminum and brass. The seat is made of leather. The wheels are aluminum and the tires are made of rubber. This reproduction Indianapolis tether car model was designed by using original blueprints and resembles the original spindizzy model down to the smallest detail.The model is packaged in an AM gift box with black & white checkerboard finish flag colors, no gift wrapping required. It is sure to become a conversational addition for your office or home decor.On Dec-19-18 at 12:12:04 PST, seller added the following information:
