Auburn Rubber Motorcycle Cop *SOLD*

Auburn Rubber Motorcycle Cop

Enjoy our red motorcycle cop toy by Auburn Rubber.   This toy was purchased from a Manoil lead toy family estate.  The look was likely reviewed or used for inspiration, as it came with another two motorcycle toys.  It is normal for companies to review the competition to improve their own designs.

Auburn made this toy is the beautiful and realistic sculpting we have come to know CA 1937.  The COP motorcycle is all original.

Tires are extremely solid with age.  Paint work is excellent and near new.

A brief history of the Auburn Rubber Company of Auburn, Indiana: 

1913 – 1969 (production of toys started in 1935) 

Founder: A. L. Murray and William H. Willennar 

Specialty: Auburn Rubber started in 1913 as the Double Fabric Tire Company and they specialized in making rubber sheets for shoe soles and rubber tires. In the 1920s, the name changed to the Auburn Rubber Company. In 1935, they started producing toys. They specialized in rubber and vinyl vehicle toys and animals. They introduced a line of English Palace Guards toy soldiers, as well as miniatures for the European and American branches of the military service. During World War II, the company continued to make rubber sheets for shoe soles, except now for combat boots and gaskets for “jerry cans.” At this time, they also started making toys out of plastic. After the war, a new plant was opened in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, devoted to the production of toys. In 1959, their toy division moved to Deming, New Mexico. Auburn Rubber in Deming went out of business in 1969, and its toy cars could be found in retail stores through the early 1970s.  

Other names: Double Fabric Tire Company (1913-the 1920s)