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Auto Union Streamline, Silver Racer - Vintage Tin Toy
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'Cars, Planes, Ships & Trains'
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Size- 24cm long x 7.6 cm wide x 3.9 cm high
Description
Auto Union Streamline, Silver Racer - Vintage Tin Toy,- 1937/c.1940s
Made in the US Zone Germany
Size- 24cm long x 7.6 cm wide x 3.9 cm high
In very good condtion overall, push toy
1937 - Bernd Rosemeyer sets a land speed record of 252 mph in an all-aluminium Auto Union
In October 1937, on the motorway between Frankfurt and Darmstadt, Bernd Rosemeyer was the first person to reach more than 400 km/h on a normal road in a 16-cylinder Auto Union Streamliner racing car. In the same place in January 1938 there was another record-breaking run. For this, Auto Union had improved the body aerodynamically and increased the capacity of the engine to 6.5 litres. On the first warm-up run Rosemeyer reached a speed of 429 km/h. However on the following record-breaking run Rosemeyer was a tragically killed when the car was caught by a gust of wind and overturned.
Condition
In very good condtion overall, push toy
Quantity
1
