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Thimble Drome Special with All Chrome Finish SOLD

Original price was: $500.00.Current price is: $300.00.

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SKU: 91299-500 Categories: ,

Description

Rarest of the rare: factory original chrome finish.  Made by the L. M.  “Roy” Cox Manufacturing Company of Santa Ana, CA. The ‘Special’ had a .049 displacement engine sticking out of the tail section. This was the first model made by Cox  The Thimble Drome set the pattern for these new after-war gas engine race cars: die-cast aluminum, open wheel, open cockpit, rubber tires, glow engine, and rear drive. About 9″ long. The ‘Special’ was followed by the ‘Champion’.