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Hello Mike,
Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful time capsule.
Find it a fascinating cycle in the way it transitions from child's tricycle to child's bicycle. While it has the general layout & appearance of a bicycle it retains the bushings chainset and headset as well as the nutted pedals more often seen on a tricycle.
Just image the little fellow of three or four years trundling down the steps to the living room to find this beside the tree on Christmas morn with a big red bow! His eyes growing wide as saucers with delight! He now has a bike like big brother's only in a size just right for him.
Suspect the marking on the head emblem to be Chain Bike Corp. rather than Crain Bike Corp. Chain Bike Corp is the entity behind Ross brand wheelgoods. They were once HQ'ed in Rockaway Beach:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_(bicycle_company)
Interesting that the artist who created the aircraft image for the tank appears to have based it on the Convair Delta Dagger or the AVRO Vulcan.
http://www.skytamer.com/Convair_F-102A.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_F-102_Delta_Dagger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Vulcan
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...eering-backers-pull-support-safety-fears.html
The name "Thunder Jet" a reference to breaking the sound barrier and the resulting sonic boom.
Artist chose to show exhaust/boom as a series of smoke rings behind the plane. This ironically presaged a secret propulsion technologie to come along half a century later as employed on "pumpkin seed" experimental aircraft. Sometimes referred to by aviation enthusiasts as the "soap-on-a-rope" or "donuts-on-a-rope" due to the series of smoke rings which can be seen in the bird's wake.
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5017.30
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Coaster may have some markings which will aid in dating.
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