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Case, Pencil

Object number2018.87.3 a-c

Manufacturer Tinplate Products

Manufacturer Wallace Pencil Company

Licensed by McLaren Cars Ltd.

Date1996

OriginGreat Britain

MediumTin; Steel; Wood; Paint; Graphite; Metal; Rubber

Credit LineGift of Christine Bartell

DescriptionTinplated metal pencil box shaped like a racecar comprised of box lid, box bottom, and pencil. Tinplated metal pencil box lid, shaped like the top section of a racecar. Car is blue with orange, black, and white details. Car is covered in advertisements and logos. Gulf logo on left and right sides in front of the rear wheel. White/gray windows. Black tires with orange hubcaps. Interior is gold colored and shiny and has rolled edge. Bottom of lid cuts off at the bottom quarter of the wheels. Tinplated metal pencil box bottom, shaped like the bottom section of a racecar. Car details are gray, orange, and blue. Sides have advertisements and logos. Black tires with orange hubcaps. Interior is gold colored and shiny and has rolled edge. Underside is dark gray and has maker and product text including barcode. Top of object cuts off at the middle of the wheels. Pencil, no. 2. Brown wooden pencil painted orange. Shaft is hexagonal. Metal ferrule with pink rubber eraser. Sharpened to a point. Side of pencil has blue company name and blue and imprinted product text.DimensionsHeight x Width x Length (a-b together): 2.125 x 3.313 x 7.438 in. (5.4 x 8.4 x 18.9 cm)
Height x Width x Length (a): 1.625 x 3.313 x 7.375 in. (4.1 x 8.4 x 18.7 cm)
Height x Width x Length (b): 0.813 x 3.313 x 7.438 in. (2.1 x 8.4 x 18.9 cm)
Length x Width x Depth (c): 7.063 x 0.313 x 0.313 in. (17.9 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm)
Inscriptions(a)
Front of car has text, from left to right, top to bottom:
White text "[logo] Bay Networks" twice;
Blue text "Gulf";
Beige and blue text "McLaren / GTC / Motorsport".

Top of car has text, from front to back:
Black text "McLaren / GTR";
"BMW / V12 Power";
White text "Gulf".

Proper left side has text, from front to back:
White text "Pilot SX";
White text "AUTOSPORT / MAGAZINE";
Blue text "MICHELIN";
Black and red text "KARCHER / 1 / Power Clean";
White text "SALA / BELLM";
Blue text "Gulf";
White text "[logo] Bay Networks";
White text "MICHELIN".

Proper right side of car has text, from front to back:
White text "MICHELIN";
White text "AUTOSPORT / MAGAZINE";
Blue text "MICHELIN";
Black and red text "KARCHER / 1 / Power Clean";
White text "BELLM / SALA";
Blue text "Gulf";
White text "[logo] Bay Networks";
White text "Pilot SX".

Back of car has text, from left to right, top to bottom:
Orange text "GTR";
Blue text "MICHELIN" twice.

(b)
Front has blue text "MICHELIN" repeated twice.

Proper left side has white text, from front to back:
"MICHELIN";
"PHOTOBITION";
"SNAP-ON";
"SALLY / ...";
"L&C BMW";
"STOPPERS";
"ELONEX / ...";
"Pilot SX".

Proper right side has white text, from front to back:
"Pilot SX";
"PHOTOBITION";
"SNAP-ON";
"SALLY / ...";
"L&C BMW";
"STOPPERS";
"ELONEX / ...";
"MICHELIN".

(c)
Side of pencil has blue text "GULF OIL CORPORATION".
Marks(b)
Underside has black text near the front end "McLAREN TIN GU1 / TEL:... / [barcode] / 5 029808 000031" and white text near the rear end "McLAREN F1 GTR / TINPLATE PRODUCTS / BRISTOL© 1996 / MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN / UNDER LICENCE [sic] FROM / McLAREN CARS LTD."

(c)
Side of pencil has imprinted text "LOCKBOND" and blue text "No 2".
Historical NotesMcLaren car pencil box. This object is part of a collection of Gulf Oil Racing items that belonged to donor Christine Bartell's father, Harry “Chick” Creazzi and that document his career at Gulf. Creazzi worked with famed racecar designer Harry Miller to design the first rear engine race car for Gulf Oil racing in the late 1930s. Creazzi went on to become the head of the racing department at Gulf. Gulf recruited Miller in 1937 when they were attempting to further their research of petroleum products and enter competitive racing. Miller was contracted to build four cars for Gulf and Creazzi assisted him from at the start, they worked out of Gulf’s research facility in Harmarville, Pennsylvania.

Related person Harry Armenius Miller (1875 - 1943)

Previous owner Harry Orland Creazzi

Related institution Gulf Oil Corporation (1907 - 1984)

Related institution Gulf Oil Corporation, Racing Division

Related institution Gulf Research and Development Company

Related person Bruce Leslie McLaren (1937 - 1970)

Related institution Michelin Manufacturing Company

Related institution Bay Networks, Inc.

Related institution Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

Related institution Alfred Kärcher SE and Company KG

Related person Maurizio Sandro Sala (born 1958)

Related person Raymond Anthony Bellm (born 1950)