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SteveM
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tether car

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Can anyone identify this tether car (sometimes called a spindizzy)?

There are no names cast into the shell, only the number 5.
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I just think it is the neatest contraption I wish I saw. (as a child and way later). Can you describe the reason for that red ball ? I think it drops down as a braking device when the camber is out of whack. Probably wrong but it is neat anyway.
I bet there were kids who had these and they went more than dizzy. They probably got ideas from them, tuned things up and learned stuff.
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I think this is it: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/384917099376126180/

"1940’s Matthews V Streamliner McCoy.60 Tether Car"

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Rex wrote:Image
Bingo!

Thanks, Rex.

I searched thru PILES of pictures and could not find one with the cylinder head exposed like this one.

Spro, I'm not sure what the ball is. I don't have it at my house, so I can't check.

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If the ball is rubber, it would give some cushion to the front "suspension". I have to wonder it it isn't missing something that would keep the engine from sucking air (and grit) off the pavement right behind the rear wheels..
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rudd wrote:If the ball is rubber, it would give some cushion to the front "suspension".
I think that is correct (actually, that's the REAR suspension - it's front-wheel drive).
rudd wrote:I have to wonder it it isn't missing something that would keep the engine from sucking air (and grit) off the pavement right behind the rear wheels..
Worse than that, with the motor in front, anything in the air is going to go straight in.

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