383 - Schuco Fernlenk-Auto 3000, red saloon with clockwork and cable steering, accessories, original box

Schuco Fernlenk-Auto 3000, red saloon with clockwork and cable steering, accessories, original box Tin, red, Schuco Fernlenk-Auto 3000, streamlined saloon with silver-coloured radiator, punched side windows and winding opening in the roof, floor pan inscribed “Schuco 3000” and “MADE IN GERMANY” with patent notices, knurled metal wheels, clockwork with cable steering, with accessories (coloured skittles, wire reel, instructions “Schuco Fernlenk-Auto 3000”), in the original box “Schuco Fernlenk-Auto” with illustration of two boys, winding function tested, played-with condition commensurate with age, plug connectors on the wire missing, box heavily rubbed and torn Schuco introduced the Fernlenk-Auto 3000 in 1938 and built it until 1960: a clockwork motor drives the car, the steering can be guided via the steering wire of the cable remote control, a lever in the windscreen selects four speeds and stop, and the drive switches off when the car is lifted. Wooden pylons and a wooden ball for games of skill belonged to the accessories. The Fernlenk-Auto is a clockwork tin car by the Nuremberg toy manufacturer Schuco.