Tethered Cars

History
David Giles Tethered Model Car Racing from 1937 to the present day	History A glimpse into tethered car racing in Britain

Long Lost Tracks
British Tracks List and links	Lyon Couzon au Mont D'or France
Nottingham MRCC Photo's from their Gamston track	Dieppe France
Sunderland MCC Barley Mow Park	Club de Modelisme de Cachan Paris France
Derby MRC Raynesway	Landikon Zurich Switzerland
Bolton MES Leverhulme Park	Save and Larje Ring, Göteborg Sweden
Medway Club Chatham track	AMCA Stade Jules Verne Algiers
	Eger Hungary. Not lost, just neglected
	Kastrup Denmark

Car Photo Archive
Joe Riding's Scrapbook	Roland Salomon's Albums
Lyndon Bedford's ETA Album	European Championship Woodside UK 1954

Manufacturers
Major British suppliers of tethered car equipment	Ten-Sixty-Six Products Company History
M & E Models Exmouth based car and model company	Ten-Sixty-Six Products MRC and Conquest Cars
Rowell Motors A history of this Dundee company	E & M Cars The Experimental and Model Co.
Rowell Motors High performance cars and engines from Scotland	Replica Ltd Guy Rickard and his company
Oliver Cars and engines that dominated the sport	Z N Motors E P Zere and his company
FRC A unique find	MASCO Another Douglas Russell venture
Electra Pioneer Sid Smith and his company from Chatham	Wilma The story behind this mass produced Lithuanian car

Engineers, Enthusiasts and Clubs.
Gerry Buck A modelling legend. Cars, boats, planes, trains and more	Surrey Model Racing Car Club A history
Ian and Ivy Moore A racing partnership	Arthur Weaver North London Maestro + Updates
Bernard Manley Discovery of his cars and racing record	Fred Jones. Discovery and sale of his cars
Lucy Gascoigne’s MG ‘Record Breaker’.	A Remarkable and Mysterious MG A Pitbox Special
Les Williamson Cars and career uncovered	Carl Wainwright Prolific Leicester Club builder of scale cars
Leslie Hancox's MG TC Midget	Harry Rae and a Craftsman Twin
Ron Thrower His career and cars	Gianmauro Castagnetti Super Slabang
Jim Dean, Double European Champion. Discovery of his car	Gianmauro Castagnetti Recreation of the Oliver Twin
Jim Dean, More, remarkable Dean connections	Eaton Bray and D. A. Russell The story of the Sportsdrome
Jim Dean Two more cars discovered	Brayshaw Park, Blenheim, New Zealand
Jack Morgan A true 'Pioneer' racer	Pitbox Extra Collaborative car from Ossipov and Maslonkin
Pitbox Extra Lorenzo Penna	Pitbox Extra Alberto Dall'Oglio 1.5cc tethered car and motor

Empty Spaces Fred Kirschner	Empty Spaces Serge Holc
Empty Spaces Adi Malik	Empty Spaces Dick Roberts, Mats Böhlin, Priit Hoyer
Empty Spaces Rich Democh	Empty Spaces Keith Bragg & Dieter Hecht
Empty Spaces Ted Maciag	Empty Spaces Heinz Bach
Empty Spaces Lothar Runkehl	Empty Spaces Ron Clydesdale
Empty Spaces Peter Rischer	Empty Spaces Mikhail Ossipov
Empty Spaces Alberto Dall'Oglio	Empty Spaces Edvard Stelling

Builds and Restorations
The Cruickshank MG Magic Midget Building a pioneer	Steve Betney Miles ED Replica and OHC Austin 744
Russell SS100 The original car and a superb replica from Gary Maslin	Steve Betney D Type Jaguar, Rail Car, Pratley ERA, Mills Micro car
Galeota Beginners Car Another of the pioneers from Gary Maslin	Steve Betney Cooper Climax, Stanley Steamer and Simple race car
Dave Cunliffe Berreta Rosso replica	Steve Betney Lotus 49, Lotus Mk IX, Lakester, Facel Vega
John Goodall Building and running retro tethered cars	Steve Betney Byra and Vega cars
John Goodall Slabangs, Mystery, Mercedes, ZN	Steve Betney 1951 ETA 29. Cox Byra/ Champion
John Goodall Harry Howlett Oliver, car detailing, simple fuel cut off	Busy Birth of the 'Tiger'
John Goodall Oliver Busys, a replica motor and a 'Bomb'	The Killer' Rebuilding a legend
John Goodall Aircars, Building the Aries	Work Bench Lockdown Special & Track Day Special
John Goodall Salvaging a Melcraft	Work Bench Buying a tethered car by accident
John Goodall Rebuilding an M&E Wasp	Lockdown Saga Tales from a garret workshop
John Goodall Swedish Reminiscences	Ian Wingfield Building a simple rolling road
Paul Harris Easy build tether car chassis	Auto Union Salvatore Angeloni and Marino Vavassori
Pitbox Special M&E Collection by accident	Franco Colla The restoration of a 5cc 'sidewinder' & its builder

Information
Spares Page Sources of parts	Resources: Where to find out more
Redfin Project The cars and motors from Alex Phin	Steve Betney Aircars
Pavels Sarigins Russian commercial cars and engines	Timers 'How fast does it go mister?
Gearboxes What was available	Redfin Converting Redfin 'sneaker' valves

Modern Scene
Racing Tethered car racing homepage	Retro Racing Club Retrospective
BTCA British Tether Car Assoc. from David Giles	Buckminster First season at the new track
David Giles Latest E3 tether car and British record	Buckminster Tether Car Group
David Giles Winning the 1979 European Championship	Buckminster Tether Cars Event reports
Mark Osborne Building a Class V tethered car	Buckminster Tether Cars Guidelines for running cars at Buckminster
Ian Wingfield Building a rolling road	Oliver Monk 'A bit of a saga'. The road to a record
Mats Böhlin Late tethered car champion	Oliver Monk A car for Buckminster
John Goodall Racing Old Timers in Sweden	Oliver Monk Digital Timing Device, the technical details
Oliver Monk's Workshop Ramblings preparing tethered race cars 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2024

Electric Tethered Cars
Journey into electricity Exploring Electric Tether Cars	Antonio Della Zoppa Developing an electric tethered car

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