Wilbur Shaw Toy Race Car. Wilbur shaw aluminum roadster die cast indianapolis motor speedway toy race car. The thimble drome and other smaller gas powered toys.
The cast aluminum cars are reproductions of shaw s 1939 1940 winning maserati with 1947 being the earliest known produced but it may be 1946. The prewar and postwar editions of the die cast aluminum models of the wilbur shaw car represent nothing in particular but a stylized open wheel car. Wilbur shaw indy 500 toy car we had a great weekend appraising antiques at the kalahari resort in sandusky ohio and this is one of the items that was brought in for us to see.
Shaw had built the pay car to compete on all the tracks of the championship trail and in 1936 that included the revival of the vanderbilt cup at new york s roosevelt race way road course.
Running against some of europe s best shaw qualified third in the 45 car field. The patco plastic gas powered indy cars are totally generic. Save wilbur shaw race car to get e mail alerts and updates on your ebay feed. Gentlemen start your engines is an amazing exciting and human revelation of a vivid personality adventuring in one of the most stirring occupations known to man.
