Mid 60's RC Quarter Midget

[railey72]

Just received this the other day from a guy who has had this on a shelf for the last 40 some years. It looks to be about 1/8 scale and has a 19 Mccoy. It's crazy how much detail this car has for it's age. The body is fiberglass and the chassis and suspension are aluminum.

[bearrickster]

Thats pretty cool

[NRG]

Thats AWSOME
looks to be hardly used from pics too. Any plans or are you leaving it as is ?

great vintage find.

[metallicats33]

Wow, that's some piece of machinery. Do you know if it runs?

[Jay Dub]

Love it!. You can tell that just about everything on that car is hand made-right down to the tires. They look to be machined from solid stock! Where did you find it?

[Lowgear]

That looks like it was really far ahead of its time!

[railey72]

The pictures really don't do the car justice. I have not tried to start it but the engine compression appears fine although I don't really plan on running it. I will probably just leave it as is. It has made it this far untouched so I would hate to change anything. If anything I would sand the body down and give it a better paint job.

[a01butal]

You might destroy the original untouched value of this if you paint it. You may want to check with some antique toy appraiser and also collect any information on its history from the previous owner. This car being all hand made makes it quite collectible by true antique and vintage toy collectors. In the 1:1 car collector hobby this would be called a survivor and the same is true of antique furniture in that as soon as you refinish it you cut the value by way more than half. Also it looks like a hose clamp was used to make something I'm not sure what it is maybe a brake band. Really cool find you've got there Doug.

[mrlexan]

Doug, if it were me, I would leave just as you received it. That is too freekin cool! Keeper for sure.

[scr8p]

that's awesome! it looks just like the "real" 60's quarter midget i had when i was 7 or 8. the same color, too.

[fastang]

Don't touch it! Its beautiful the way it is!

[Jay Dub]

I would have to agree, leave it alone. The only thing I might do is find some period correct radio gear for the shelf. -Jeff

[fastang]

Could you snap a pic of it next to a RC10/JRX2/Ultima/etc so we can get an idea of the size?

[railey72]

Guys, I really appreciate the comments. The car will absolutely stay just like it is. Changing anything about the car would really subtract from it's history. The paint job is a far cry from matching the level of engineering but it definitely gives the car it's character. From what the seller has told me, this car was made in the mid 60's by a tool and die maker for his grandchildren. The DN on the front is actually the builders initials. The seller was good friends with this guy and they were in a model boat club together. Sometime in the mid 70's he traded him for the car and it sat on his shelf ever since. It is a really unique piece and I am lucky to have had it passed along to me. Jeff, I was thinking it would have been really cool if it still had the original radio gear. Does anybody have any suggestions as to a period correct system? The only brand that comes to mind is Kraft.

[bearrickster]

I heard a saying that fits peaces this, it said that we are only caretakers of these peaces of art to carefor for a short time before we pass on to the next person to then care for them.