Toy car
Mill House Designs
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, plastic, metal, perspex and cardboard
Measurements
Car - 336 mm (length); 140 mm (width); 109 mm (height), Box - 342 mm (length); 163 mm (width); 118 mm (height)
Place of origin
Kirton End
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 664751
Summary
A wooden bodied toy drag racing car. It has an orange metal bucket seat and a Perspex windscreen, both of which are screwed into the wood. The car has black plastic wheels with red dust caps. The four wheels at the back are smooth. The metal steering wheel is attached by a metal runner to the pivoted front wheels and this moves them left and right. There is a triangular black and white sticker on the top of the car which reads 'selected for the Design Centre London'. The car is contained in its original cardboard box, which has a label on it which reads 'Mill House Designs. Designers and Manufacturers of High Quality Toys. Drag Racer. Kirton End, Boston, Lincolnshire, England. PE20 1NS. Telephone Boston (0205) 722362.' Total number of items is 2.
Makers and roles
Mill House Designs , maker