Spindizzies
Spindizzies: Gas-Powered Model Racers Daniel Strohl Mar 19th, 2012 at 8am | 21 comments Editor’s Note: We heard recently from Robert Pease, who alerted us that a few copies of Eric Zausner’s 1998 book, Spindizzies: Gas-Powered Model Racers , are still available, so we asked Pease and Zausner to share an excerpt from the book. Pease told us that while the book originally retailed for $300, he’s offering them on sale exclusively for Hemmings readers at $159, plus $10 shipping and handling. For more information, e-mail Pease or call him at 800-935-6913. At a small antique show in the mid-1980s, I spotted an old red model of a race car, with a working “airplane” engine for power. I’d never seen anything like it, but it was irresistible – big, well made and obviously a real racer, but in miniature. The dealer said it was a “Dooling.” It didn’t mean a thing to me, but I bought it on the spot. I was hooked. I have now been collecting for over...