For a few short years before and after World War II, the ear-splitting shriek of hand-built model race cars, known as spindizzies or tether cars, could be heard across America. Sitting at his kitchen ...

FOR a few short years before and after World War II, the ear-splitting shriek of handbuilt model racecars, known as spindizzies or tether cars, could be heard across America. Sitting at his kitchen ...

Small-scale, 10cc gas-powered racers can top 200 mph at the end of a tether. The broom can be flipped down to flip a tiny stick on the car to shut it off. Not all the tech is high. Mark Vaughn grew up ...

SPINDIZZIES, or tether cars, come in three categories of descending value: original as raced, restored and reproduced. According to Guy Martin, a collector in Shelton, Conn., a pristine rear-drive ...