A boxed SCHUCO, Germany — No. 3000 'Telesteering Car', clock...
A boxed SCHUCO, Germany — No. 3000 'Telesteering Car', clockwork tinplate remote-steering motor car, circa 1938–40, A fine example of Schuco's ingenious No. 3000 Telesteering Car, the pressed-metal streamlined saloon body finished in deep blue-black enamel, with sweeping enclosed wings, plated ribbed radiator grille, front bumper, inset window apertures and speed-control markings to the bonnet, car is powered by a multi-speed clockwork mechanism, controlled by the selector lever adjacent to the windscreen, and is fitted with Schuco's mechanical 'Telesteering' system, a flexible control wire connects the steering mechanism in the roof of the car to the separate hand-held steering wheel, allowing the direction of travel to be controlled remotely, retaining original accessories comprising the Schuco winding key; detachable steering wheel; long and short flexible steering wires, including original paper packaging; instruction card; twelve coloured wooden course markers/skittles; wooden ball; fitted accessory tray; and original pictorial lidded box.
[ translate ]A boxed SCHUCO, Germany — No. 3000 'Telesteering Car', clockwork tinplate remote-steering motor car, circa 1938–40, A fine example of Schuco's ingenious No. 3000 Telesteering Car, the pressed-metal streamlined saloon body finished in deep blue-black enamel, with sweeping enclosed wings, plated ribbed radiator grille, front bumper, inset window apertures and speed-control markings to the bonnet, car is powered by a multi-speed clockwork mechanism, controlled by the selector lever adjacent to the windscreen, and is fitted with Schuco's mechanical 'Telesteering' system, a flexible control wire connects the steering mechanism in the roof of the car to the separate hand-held steering wheel, allowing the direction of travel to be controlled remotely, retaining original accessories comprising the Schuco winding key; detachable steering wheel; long and short flexible steering wires, including original paper packaging; instruction card; twelve coloured wooden course markers/skittles; wooden ball; fitted accessory tray; and original pictorial lidded box.
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