I used to live in Southern CALIFORNIA and flew model airplanes and RC boats I used to hang around Whittier Narrowest RC park one Sunday while there I met old man McCoy the owner of McCoy model engine Co. He was in his 90s at the time he was a master machinist He was at the tether track A 60 ft. Diameter circle running unlimited versions of those cars Most of those cars + chassis are hand built the unlimited class was approximately 1 cubic inch the .19 C.I engine you have was manufactured by his contact. It is a rear roter racing glow engine The cars engines chassis gearing bodies and most parts were hand made they are spark ignition and run at close to 30000 RPM putting out app 6 HP turning counter clockwise at spead so well over 100 MPH. They start by placing a broom stick in the cockpit and pushing counter clockwise on the polished 12 " wide track the pilot goes to the center and stands on a pad the track is surrounded by a double 1 inch chain link fence about 2 ft. His I found these machines FASCINATING
What a cool parts kit. Looks like an upgraded version of an erector set. I’ll bet Mustie could put that bigger engine together with all those parts in that kit.
Sizing-wise, I think they're like model aircraft engines. For example : a "19" would be 0.19 cubic inch, a "40" would be 0.40 cubic inch etc. In the UK, our early engines were 'diesels' (no spark) these were rated in cc's. Later, we had 'Glow-plug' engines. These had a tiny heater filament that would glow when attached to a low voltage battery (about 2v I think). Once started, you could disconnect the battery and the heat of combustion would keep it going. Even earlier, (20's and 30's ?) the spark ignition ones like you've got there were common. There should be a contact breaker driven off the crankshaft plus a coil and condenser set-up somewhere else. I think the modellers of the day used fairly large 12v lead-acid cells for starting and dry cells for operating once started.
Nice! I flew line control planes with Enya glow-plug engines. Always returned home with a bag of wood splinters and torn doped fabric rags. Great times! Yes, the engines scream! The trick was to know someone who’s Mom was a nurse so you could get a syringe for feeding fuel straight into the cylinder, kinda like that bottle Mustie has.
I just watch an auction with on of these ..went for over ,2,000$,,,,,,Dulling brothers car.. On CMT.bigger then those.I figure you got a few grand worth of cars and parts id guess…,if your in to rc I have well over 3,000$ worth of nitro rc trucks cars boats plans… motors starters you name it..after market upgrade parts Controllers….I will sell ya..3 warhead nitro trucks 4×4 2 nitro boats ..1 nitro plane 1 battery plane.. 1 nitro car…buggy…..
Wow, Mustie – sweet find! I had an old, large (approx 17" long, 9" high, 7" wide) silver streamlined racing car w/closed cockpit, open in rear, made of balsa wood. It had been my former brother-in-law's car that I remember from the '50s. No motor, large Bonneville-looking wheels w/hard rubber tires, and two eyelets on the lower frame on the left side. Didn't have any use for it, didn't have a clue as to what it was worth, put it on eBay for a low price ($50) and said didn't know what it was. Didn't take long for buyers to let me know what it was and approximate age ('30s – '40s). Also received some web links about these tether cars, which were tremendously popular at one time – they were even raced on indoor slot tracks, much like the old electric slot car shops were in the '60s. I had no idea, and was completely shocked at what it sold for it over 5 years ago – over $1400.00. Folks, it's really worth looking these tether cars up on the 'net. Who knew????
They are NOT motors, they are engines!
Way too cool. I knew a guy in Seattle who built these
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Not 19cc's, that stood for .19c.i.,
one nineteenth of a cubic inch.
Some of those tether cars today go over 200m.p.h.
They used ink pen bladders to pressure feed the motors. It was a unit that you charged and then installed.
Hey just saw your tether car collection very cool, would you be interested to sell
I used to live in Southern CALIFORNIA and flew model airplanes and RC boats I used to hang around Whittier Narrowest RC park one Sunday while there I met old man McCoy the owner of McCoy model engine Co. He was in his 90s at the time he was a master machinist He was at the tether track A 60 ft. Diameter circle running unlimited versions of those cars Most of those cars + chassis are hand built the unlimited class was approximately 1 cubic inch the .19 C.I engine you have was manufactured by his contact. It is a rear roter racing glow engine The cars engines chassis gearing bodies and most parts were hand made they are spark ignition and run at close to 30000 RPM putting out app 6 HP turning counter clockwise at spead so well over 100 MPH. They start by placing a broom stick in the cockpit and pushing counter clockwise on the polished 12 " wide track the pilot goes to the center and stands on a pad the track is surrounded by a double 1 inch chain link fence about 2 ft. His I found these machines FASCINATING
Very very cool I would like to get it to cut the car racing
What a cool parts kit. Looks like an upgraded version of an erector set. I’ll bet Mustie could put that bigger engine together with all those parts in that kit.
Sizing-wise, I think they're like model aircraft engines. For example : a "19" would be 0.19 cubic inch, a "40" would be 0.40 cubic inch etc. In the UK, our early engines were 'diesels' (no spark) these were rated in cc's. Later, we had 'Glow-plug' engines. These had a tiny heater filament that would glow when attached to a low voltage battery (about 2v I think). Once started, you could disconnect the battery and the heat of combustion would keep it going. Even earlier, (20's and 30's ?) the spark ignition ones like you've got there were common. There should be a contact breaker driven off the crankshaft plus a coil and condenser set-up somewhere else. I think the modellers of the day used fairly large 12v lead-acid cells for starting and dry cells for operating once started.
I can see someone upgrading and putting remote control servo's in it and etc..cool old toys
Nice! I flew line control planes with Enya glow-plug engines. Always returned home with a bag of wood splinters and torn doped fabric rags. Great times! Yes, the engines scream! The trick was to know someone who’s Mom was a nurse so you could get a syringe for feeding fuel straight into the cylinder, kinda like that bottle Mustie has.
I just watch an auction with on of these ..went for over ,2,000$,,,,,,Dulling brothers car..
On CMT.bigger then those.I figure you got a few grand worth of cars and parts id guess…,if your in to rc I have well over 3,000$ worth of nitro rc trucks cars boats plans… motors starters you name it..after market upgrade parts
Controllers….I will sell ya..3 warhead nitro trucks 4×4
2 nitro boats ..1 nitro plane 1 battery plane..
1 nitro car…buggy…..
worth some money that stuff…
It is very old go to a hobby store with it and they can tell you exactly everything about it
Wow, Mustie – sweet find! I had an old, large (approx 17" long, 9" high, 7" wide) silver streamlined racing car w/closed cockpit, open in rear, made of balsa wood. It had been my former brother-in-law's car that I remember from the '50s. No motor, large Bonneville-looking wheels w/hard rubber tires, and two eyelets on the lower frame on the left side. Didn't have any use for it, didn't have a clue as to what it was worth, put it on eBay for a low price ($50) and said didn't know what it was. Didn't take long for buyers to let me know what it was and approximate age ('30s – '40s). Also received some web links about these tether cars, which were tremendously popular at one time – they were even raced on indoor slot tracks, much like the old electric slot car shops were in the '60s. I had no idea, and was completely shocked at what it sold for it over 5 years ago – over $1400.00. Folks, it's really worth looking these tether cars up on the 'net. Who knew????
some really cool stuff i had a black widow as a kid i wish still had it