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2. Model car - Wikipedia

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   A model car, or toy car, is a miniature representation of an automobile. Other miniature motor vehicles, such as trucks, buses, or even ATVs, etc. are often included in this general category. Because many miniature vehicles were originally aimed at children as playthings, there is no precise difference between a model car and a toy car, yet the ...

3. Ford Model T - Wikipedia

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   The Ford Model T is an automobile that was produced by the Ford Motor Company from October 1, 1908, to May 26, 1927. [16] It is generally regarded as the first mass-affordable automobile, which made car travel available to middle-class Americans. [17] The relatively low price was partly the result of Ford's efficient fabrication, including ...

4. Aurora Plastics Corporation - Wikipedia

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   AFX. The Aurora Plastics Corporation was an American toy and hobby manufacturing company. It is known primarily for its production of plastic scale models of cars, airplanes, and TV and movie figures in the 1960s. Its principal competition in modeling were various other plastic modeling firms like Revell and Monogram .

5. Hot Wheels - Wikipedia

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   hotwheels .com. Hot Wheels is an American brand of scale model cars invented by Elliot Handler and introduced by his company Mattel on May 18, 1968. [2] It was the primary competitor of Matchbox until Mattel bought Matchbox owner Tyco Toys in 1997.

6. Wheel sizing - Wikipedia

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   The diameter of the wheel is the diameter of the cylindrical surface on which the tire bead rides. The width is the inside distance between the bead seat faces. The offset is the distance from the wheel's true centerline (half the width) to the wheel's mounting surface. Offset is covered in more detail below.

7. Rolling resistance - Wikipedia

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   Special Michelin solar car/eco-marathon tires 0.0010 to 0.0024: 0.5 mm: Railroad steel wheel on steel rail. Passenger rail car about 0.0020: 0.0019 to 0.0065: Mine car cast iron wheels on steel rail 0.0022 to 0.0050: Production bicycle tires at 120 psi (8.3 bar) and 50 km/h (31 mph), measured on rollers 0.0050