{"product_id":"1940s-meccano-dinky-no-23s-thunderbolt-racing-car1940s-meccano-dinky-no-23s-thunderbolt-racing-car","title":"1940s Meccano Dinky No.23S Thunderbolt Racing Car","description":"\u003ch1\u003e1940s Meccano Dinky No.23S Thunderbolt Racing Car\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe have for sale an unboxed 1940s Meccano Dinky No.23S Thunderbolt Racing Car.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe car is in fair to poor condition, with most of the paint missing, as described below. It has black tyres and cream hubs; the two rear tyres have warped with age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe markings on the base say: \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDinky Toys, Made in England by Meccano Limited. \u003c\/em\u003eThe base has lost most of its coating and is rusty with age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis car would have been mainly silver with blue details, (including the air intake and flash), and was built in the scale of 1:73. One of very few models built to that scale, which is why the driver's head looks so tiny! There are some flecks of blue and silver paint still evident.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis model dates to the early 1940s: there are several variants of the Dinky 'Thunderbolt' (23m, 23s, 222) produced from 1938- 1950's. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA good condition pre-WW2 Thunderbolt Dinky model can realise close to £200. This is available for just 1\/10 of that at £20, and would be good as a starter collector piece or for restoration. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was originally issued as a commemoration to the land speed record set by Captain G.E.T Eyston in his car 'Thunderbolt' in 1938. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease click on the following link for more \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mullardantiques.co.uk\/collections\/model-bus-cars-trucks-boats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003evintage toy cars.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eSome Trivia For You About Thunderbolt\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Thunderbolt' on the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCaptain G.E.T.Eyston set the land speed record in Thunderbolt on September 16th 1938.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe record was set at the Bonneville Salt Flats: a densely packed salt pan in Tooele County, N.W Utah\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHe achieved a speed of 357.53 mph!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe car was built by Bean's (UK)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThunderbolt weighed 7 tons and was more than 30ft long.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt was fitted with two 12-cylinder Rolls Royce engines (4500bhp) and a three-speed gear box.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe car met an undignified end in a fire at the Centenary Exhibition in Wellington, New Zealand, 1939.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe engines had already been removed. One is in the Science Museum, London. The second is at the Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Meccano Dinky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37232168337557,"sku":"","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0303\/5122\/8972\/products\/DSC09534.jpg?v=1605184099","url":"https:\/\/mullardantiques.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/1940s-meccano-dinky-no-23s-thunderbolt-racing-car1940s-meccano-dinky-no-23s-thunderbolt-racing-car","provider":"Mullard Antiques and Collectibles","version":"1.0","type":"link"}