Vintage Tether Cars

46, nice job! Too bad your method was so labor intensive; I imagine you could sell a bunch of those if they were priced in line with other cars.

 

Here is a boat from the late 40's

 

i saw barry on starage wars find one and it was german made from the '40's-'50's and worth a ton! pretty wild to watch go arouind the track.

 

Walking around the RCX show last weekend was cool,but when I saw the tether car booth...I was hooked!!!
Here's some of the beauties they had...




This one belongs to Crazydaddyo.....

 

This one was nice...

 

I have never seen these streamliner style cars before. They are badass!!! The guy in the booth said they can go 200mph!!!

 

Here's their club logo

 

This one looks alot like the one in the picture...

 

I was browsing around on e-bay yesterday and there's a Roy Richter tether car for $45k....

 

Bob,
That is my jet car. It was built by a guy during world war 2 that works in a ship yard

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Bob,in the booth,told me it was yours. Does it still work?

 

I'm sure it could, but I don't want to push something that is that old.


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Here what a pulse jet is like when it runs

 

Tether Cars are Beautiful, Art, Mechanical marvel.
I own the last incarnation from Cox, called a Shrike.
.049 prop driven.
I run the thing every summer and we all laugh like
kids watching it go.
A friend has a few real ones in a collection,
pretty cool to look and actually touch them.

 

After procrastinating for months, I finally redid my website.

Check it out at: www.mitecars.com

 

I've been lurking on this thread since it opened, guess I'll throw in.
I inherited my uncle's "F" years ago. Pretty rough, engine is seized, missing a lot of parts.
There isn't enough money out there to buy it.


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John, the new website looks fantastic.

Great job.

Thanks for all of your help.

 

Nice site. No Fugi though?

 

Oh they are there.

You only get to see the tip of the iceberg.

 

Excellent job John - the new site looks better than ever with so many cool cars.
Sorry to hear about all the procrastinating - sounds painful!!!!!!!!

 

After an article in a small uk magazine, my young son was inspired by a simple aero car.
Although a new build, I think the Webra engine is 70's, it was my cousin's hand down but I could never get it going.
It has been made from three ash planks cut to an appropriate profile.
Still have a little work to do but great fun, quick and cheap.

 

Them are so bad ass...

 

In the new Goodguys Gazette it says they are going to have tether car races in Pleasanton this year. Check it out.

 

I'm looking for info on John Carlson mite cars from the midwest around 1948 to 1953 . My dads car, that I still have , is a McCoy.019 , stocking re-inforced , balsa body , with a 1 piece bridle in the pan . John Lorenz has verified that much , but I want to find out more.My dad's car has an AMRCA emblem on it , but I don't know what years exactly he ran the car. Sadly, my dad has been gone for 10 yrs. now , and now I want to know more! Any help would be greatly appreciated ! My dad's name is John Louis Rothfuchs and he raced the car around Michigan City In. thanks for any help ! chrisrothfuchs63

 

Why can't I find any pictures of John Carlson cars?

 

I was given this June 1946 POPULAR MECHANICS magazine several years ago by good friend "Bad Bob", thought I'd share with you folks here on the HAMB. Some really great looking cars in this thread, great history also.

 

Thanks for the info, but mites are different than Rail Cars. Great article though !