Red Metal Body Track Rail Race Car, Circa 1952
Located in London, GB
Fabulous scratch built model race car, circa 1952. A track car, such as this one, raced on the surface of a board track usually consisting of 4-6 lanes.
Aluminum, Brass
Unavailable
H 5 in W 13.5 in D 7.5 in
Ohlsson & Rice Rare Streamline American Art Deco Tether Race Car Model No. 88 with Trailer circa 1950
By Ohlsson & Rice
Located in New York, NY
OHLSSON & RICE (founded 1941) Los Angeles, CA Tether Race Red car Model No. 88 Gas powered tether car racer 1950 Steel and various metals with the car and trailer details pain...
Steel
Bugatti Race Car Model
Located in New York, NY
This is a large Bugatti race car model , based on the Bugatti T 35 Type.
Nickel, Brass
20th Century Model Glass Car By Daum, France, c.1980
By Daum, Xavier Froissart
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A rare model race car designed by Xavier Froissart and realised by Daum, France, circa 1985.
Glass
Electra ‘Buck 2A’ Tether Car, circa 1947
Located in London, GB
Russell formed the British Model Car Club in 1944 and later, through the Drysdale Press, published Model Race Cars, which described many of the early cars and advertised plans for 7 ...
Aluminum
Streamlined Wood Race Car
Located in Peekskill, NY
This aerodynamic designed race car must have been very futuristic for its time. I believe this was a large and early tether car. There is still an inside cable to work the steering ...
Streamlined Wood Race Car
Located in Peekskill, NY
This aerodynamic designed race car must have been very futuristic for its time. I believe this was a large and early tether car. There is still an inside cable to work the steering ...
French Model of a Glass Car by Daum, circa 1980
By Daum, Xavier Froissart
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A rare model race car designed by Xavier Froissart and realized by Daum, France, circa 1985.
Glass
Art Deco Race Car Roadster Model / Paperweight in Cast Bronze
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Art Deco cast bronze race car/roadster figurine resembling the speedcar popularized by the 1935 Monopoly game piece (ca. 1930s, USA). Attractive, versatile decorative object which ca...
Bronze
Sold
H 9.06 in W 7.09 in D 18.9 in
1930s Art Deco Race Car Metal Model, Highly Detailed, Collectible Decorative
Located in Milano, IT
Decorative Model Car - Art Deco Race Car - Man Cave Collectible A highly detailed, extremely attractive model of a classic racecar, replica of the miniature-engine scale models used...
Stainless Steel
GAS POWERED MODEL RACE CARS
Located in New York, NY
These three exceptional late 1940s gas-powered model race cars in polished aluminum, each with a model airplane engine for power, were designed to be connected by a tether wire to a ...
Aluminum, Steel
Superb American Model Race Car, 1950
Located in New York, NY
A true 12 to 1 scale model of the famous "Offie" midget race car painted in the livery of the Fred Gerhardt Offenhauser, in which Bill Vukovich won the 1950 AAA National Midget Champ...
Aluminum, Steel
AMERICAN SPRINT CAR
Located in New York, NY
A classic, late-1940s gas-powered model race car in polished aluminum with a model airplane engine for power, designed to be connected by a tether wire to a post in the ground and r...
Aluminum
EXCEPTIONAL MERCEDES W196 R GRAND PRIX RACE CAR MODEL
Located in New York, NY
This is a very well made, one-of-a-kind, hand-painted model of the Mercedes W196 R Streamliner, one of the most famous race cars in Grand Prix history.
Aluminum, Steel
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