Break The Land Speed Record In Your Living Room...[PIC]

Sometime on the mid to late '80s, I was at an antique show in Manhattan. One dealer was showing a beautiful set of vintage Art Deco furniture. A centerpiece on a very handsome desk was this golden model, about 2 1/12' long, of a preposterously shaped car. I thought it was an artistic expression of deco automobilia. I thought it was the coolest thing ever, but not on my budget. Fast focus to the next century and I find out it was a real car... the 1929 Irving-Napier Special "Golden Arrow". It was a 1000hp beast that took the land speed record at Daytona in 1927 at almost 204mph powered by a Napier Lion VllA W12 engine that displaced 1461 cid. In 1929, it set a new LSR of 231mph. What I had seen back then was John Irving's model of the car (pictured) (with a price tag to match ). Released in 1932 was a 2' long tin type windup model by the Kingsbury Co. The Schylling co replicated this tin type toy about 10 years ago and I had to have it. It's the only model I have that can varoom around the living room on little Dunlop tires. I looks great on my desk top. The metal work on this model is amazing. Every panel is bent and embossed to perfection and the wind up motor is robust and heavy duty and the wheels are poseable for a circular track.  Below the pics are a couple of pics of a more accurate 1/43 model that comes with its own shipping crate.