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Topic starter
23/05/2025 6:36 pm
Many years ago, when I was a small kid, my Dad got me this Schuco Mercedes-Benz spring-powered race car. I am not sure of the scale but you can see I can fit it in my hand.
It is wound up by a key, or it can be pushed down on the spring-loaded rear end and wound up that way. It came with some metal tools which could remove and re-install parts like the color-coded wheels and do a "pit-stop". Naturally, it could be steered with the wheel and "driven" manually, to practice parallel parking.<g>
Thanks, Dad !
23/05/2025 11:24 pm
Wow....what a fantastic memory to treasure!
24/05/2025 6:41 am
I echo what Jack said and I can't get over the excellent condition it's in!
24/05/2025 11:43 am
Cool car and good-looking hand!
Topic starter
27/05/2025 3:34 pm
The hand, I understand, is full-size and surprisingly realistic ! 
04/06/2025 7:43 am
A great memory. How sweet is this! I love open-wheel race cars from this era.
John Bono
North Jersey
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17/06/2025 12:31 pm
It sure is! Thanks again, Dad. 
21/06/2025 2:13 pm
Schuco made some really fun wind-ups based on European sportscars and Formula One.
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21/06/2025 6:26 pm
They did ! I had some wind-up racecars and a late-1940's looking Frazer-like car (I still have) that has a hidden wheel so that it will never go off a tabletop while it's running. Many of them said "Made in the U.S. Zone of Western Germany".