brought back some childhood memories when I saw a pic of an early
1960's Indy car race. I've always loved the oval grill look and the big tires with no fairings, etc....anyone know if models were made of that era of cars?
not really sure what to call them to do a proper model search...
thx - Craig
Are you talking about the front-engine cars? Those are called "Roadsters" in the parlance now. I'm not sure about injection molds...but a quick Google showed slot cars and diecast models.
Just look up "watson roadster" and you'll get loads of entries.
Stephen Bierce
There was a Willard Battery Special done by AMT more than a few years back. They are still available on ebay regularly, as a matter of fact there is one out there now. Just look up Willard Battery under Toys / Scale Models in the ebay index. I built one a long time ago. It was a pretty nice model.
Craig,
Do you live anywhere near Milwaukee? If so, you should try to get to the "Miller Meet" that's held at the fairgrounds racetrack there one weekend each July. It's sort of a "warbirds meet" for privately-owned Indycars and Sprint cars through the roadster era where you can examine the racecars closely, hear (!!) and watch them run around the track, and talk with their owners. The meet's name derives from the elegant Miller racecars of the 1920s and '30s that were built in Milwaukee and considered the "American Bugattis" of their day.
Charles Metz
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