393 - Märklin 1103 Metal Construction Kit Racing Car with Clockwork Drive, Limited Edition of 1995

Märklin 1103 Metal Construction Kit Racing Car with Clockwork Drive, Limited Edition of 1995 Tinplate and metal, painted red. Racing car from the Märklin metal construction kit with streamlined tail, open cockpit, steering wheel and red bucket seats. The tail section with white lettering 'MÄRKLIN' and bridge emblem, the driver's side with a black and white racing number 7 and three silver-coloured flexible exhaust pipes, the bonnet beaded at the sides. Wings and running boards in cream, frame side members and wheel discs in green, rubber tyres, nickel-plated screw fittings. The underside shows the black ladder frame built up from perforated construction kit parts, the spring motor with brass gearwheels, the steering transmission and leaf-sprung axles. Clockwork drive with winder, key present, function given. Played with. L. 37 cm. 360-degree photo on our website. The metal construction kit has accompanied Märklin since 1919 and is one of the defining constructional toys of the 20th century. The racing car goes back to a construction kit automobile of the 1930s which Märklin reissued in 1995 in a limited edition of 7,000. The models were delivered as ready-assembled collector's items and hark back to the great days of the Grand Prix racing cars, whose design idiom with its tapering tail and free-standing exhaust pipes is taken up here.