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Wasp Special
Sold in kit form by Wasp Model Supply, Co. (circa 1938)
The design of the Wasp Special was based on that of the Clyde Jones Offy midget driven by Pat Cunningham at the Gilmore Stadium race track during the 1938 racing season. The car was sold in kit form by the Wasp Model Supply Co. of Venice, CA.
This example of a Wasp Special was finished from a partially completed kit originally purchased by Lester Adams of Redding, CA in 1938. Adams was 26 years old when he purchased the kit. Shortly after starting to build the car Adams got married, started a family, and didn't have time to complete the car before he joined the armed services. The partially completed car and all of the remaining bits and pieces needed to finish the car were carefully packed away.
When Adams returned home from serving his country, he started his own trucking business, and never found the time to finish the Wasp Special kit.
In addition to operating his own trucking business, Lester Adams was hired by the Oscar Meyer Company to drive the famed Oscar Meyer "Weiner Mobile". Adams would drive the iconic vehicle, with "Little Oscar" on board, in parades and other promotional events throughout California in the 1950s.
