O&R Tether Car: looking for year and parts

[sprintcar nut 2]

Hi i am looking for a year of this car and if anyone knows where to buy parts for it thanks for looking

[factory 487]

On 1/16/2019 at 3:46 PM, sprintcar nut said:

Hi i am looking for a year of this car and if anyone knows where to buy parts for it thanks for looking

 

We don't get many request for O&R models or engines that predate the O&R Compact engines, I have a few of the model plane engines in my collection (will try & photo them together one day & post it here).

 

I found this advert (in my saved pictures folder) for the toy midget racer (car) from 1954, if that helps to roughly date it, they were available without an engine for toddlers and with an engine for use as a tether car by older children (& presumably grown-ups too).

 

I also have pictures of the instructions with it named as the O&R Motorjet, including the parts list;

 

Hope this helps.

 

David

 

P.S. I think I have some pictures of the engine somewhere, which I will add here when I find them.

[factory 487]

Reproduction replacement parts for the car seem easy enough to find;
 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/372548092769

 

An engine may be a bit harder to find.

 

David

[sprintcar nut 2]

Thank you so much it is a start and those parts on ebay are cheap enough and the diagram very helpful

 

[factory 487]

Here are some pictures of two parted out/in bits engines that I saved pictures of, they are a little different to the standard model plane versions.

 

 

David

[factory 487]

I've just bought a 1951 Ohlsson Rice catalog for the model plane engines, tether car & accessories (that predate the Compact engines), I will add some more pictures when it arrives.

 

David

[CNew 404]

Very cool- I’ve always toyed around with the idea of getting one of the old tether cars. Looking forward to more photo!

 

Hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving!