The Maytag Toy Racer was a series of small one-passenger automobiles built by the
Maytag
The Maytag Corporation is an American Home appliance, home and commercial appliance company. The company has been owned by Whirlpool Corporation since April 2006.
History
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Company between October 11, 1934 and December 1, 1941 for promotional purposes.
The toy racer was powered by Maytag Model 92 one-cylinder or, later, two-cylinder air-cooled Multi-Motor engines. Previously in 1932 the Winston Corporation of
Joliet, Illinois
Joliet ( ) is a city in Will County, Illinois, Will and Kendall County, Illinois, Kendall counties in the U.S. state of Illinois, located southwest of Chicago. It is the county seat of Will County, Illinois, Will County. It had a population of ...
made a toy racer powered by the Maytag Multi-Motor.
Many of the toy racers were sold to Maytag dealers who raced in small groups to advertise their brand. These Winston racers were sometimes also called Maytag Toy Racers
Early versions of the Maytag Toy Racer used a Model 92 Maytag Multi-motor for power and a
cone clutch
A cone clutch serves the same purpose as a disk or plate clutch; however, instead of mating two spinning disks, the cone clutch uses two conical surfaces to transmit torque by friction.
The cone clutch transfers a higher torque than plate or disk ...
for
power transmission
Power transmission is the movement of energy from its place of generation to a location where it is applied to perform useful Mechanical work, work.
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. Later models used a double-purpose hand lever to adjust
drive-belt friction and to apply braking action. Maytag Toy racers manufactured beginning in October 1937 used the Model 72, twin cylinder, Maytag Multi-motor.
["New Twin-Cylinder Multi-Motor Offers Dealers and Salesmen a New Opportunity to contact Every Home Without Electricity in a Season of Farm Prosperity," Maytag News, 11 (9)(October 1937): 1, 5.]
Records show that 498 Maytag Toy Racers were built, and approximately 25 survivors have been located to date.
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