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09-24-2010, 11:19 PM | #1 |
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An article about an unusual type of antique auto
Here's a very interesting article about "spindizzies". I had never heard of them!
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/au.../26TETHER.html Doug
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09-24-2010, 11:56 PM | #2 |
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Re: An article about an unusual type of antique auto
thanks for sharing that looks like a car we had as kids (my dads)
very interesting, Ken |
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09-25-2010, 08:02 AM | #3 |
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Yes, very interesting as I had never heard of them before. unbelievable speed! I am dreaming of that yard sale too!
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09-25-2010, 11:26 AM | #4 |
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Re: An article about an unusual type of antique auto
Anyone remember the Schuco Midget racers? They were a free running wind up that were outlawed on the play grounds where I lived in the 50's.(LA) They were like rockets and suposedly injured anybody that got in their path.
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09-25-2010, 11:34 AM | #5 |
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I remember them well. VERY fast little wind-up cars. Years ago I looked for a new source. Never could find them. You'd think they would as popular today as they ever were.
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09-25-2010, 11:54 AM | #6 |
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09-25-2010, 02:20 PM | #7 |
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Good Grief TUBE !!!
Hope they use a NASA approved line for that tether. If that thing got loose you'd have to look in the next state for it!! |
09-25-2010, 02:55 PM | #8 |
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These are properly known as "tether cars", not "rc car" as the video labeled them. There is nothing "rc" (i.e., radio controlled) about them. The wire on which they run is very heavy piano wire, probably at least 1/16" thick. If you note the track, there is a barrier right adjacent to the track of the car as well as a substantial fence adjacent to the site.
Two track in the U.S. I am aware of: one in Anderson, IN and the other at Whittier Narrows Park in South Elmonte (i.e., Los Angeles) California. If you have a chance to see one of these guys run in person, take it! |
09-25-2010, 03:16 PM | #9 |
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I have a car that also would have been run on a tether. Mine has the name "thimbledrone" one the underside. They ran on a gas powered engine. I played with mine as a kid at my grandmothers. Mine doesn't look as if it ever had the gas engine installed, still very neat.
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09-25-2010, 03:35 PM | #10 |
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Le Roy Sabbatini is a friend of mine, his Museum is worth looking up on Google, a Master
body man an painter, he taught at the local CC in Fresno. A real NEAT guy, look him up! Dudley |
09-25-2010, 09:31 PM | #11 |
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From the text and pictures in that article, it was hard to figure out how these cars were actually powered (apart form the fact they had a model-airplane style engine).
If you go to http://www.mh-aerotools.de/airfoils/cox_models.htm and scroll down a bit, you will find a nice photo of a disassembled car and a description of the drivetrain. Doug
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