Whether you were a parent looking to fulfill your child’s wishes of a model engine for Christmas, or an adult looking to spend your Christmas funds, Phantom Motors had an ad targeting you during the 1946 Christmas season.
![This ad, "All Tied Up in Christmas Wishes" shows a drawn Phantom P-30 engine inside a transpartent box wrapped in ribbon. A letter to modelers advertising the engine and the specs are below.](https://amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/11/PhantomMotors_ATP12-46pg7.jpg)
We have built your Phantom P-30 just the way you wanted it We designed it RIGHT … we built it carefully with the very finest materials and we even have it I a box READY FOR SHIPMENT … So you see, YOUR PHANTOM P-30 is waiting for you. Only your address is missing … Fill out the coupon below and we will have it there BEFORE CHRISTMAS …Phantom
Ad, Phantom Motors Distributing Co., “For a Model Christmas.” Air Trails Pictorial, December 1946, pg. 7.
![This ad, which features the engine in black and white with a red tinted background has the engine surrounded by a great big red bow. Text aimed at parents and the specs are below this.](https://amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/11/2PhantomMotors_ATP11-46pg25.jpg)
Although the Phantom P-30 in the museum’s collection is missing its spark plug and is rough and worn, it isn’t too hard to imagine a young-at-heart someone beaming happily as the engine was unwrapped Christmas morning.
![The Phantom P-30 in the museum's collection is worn and missing its spark plug.](https://amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/11/NMAM2000-29-153.jpg)
What modeling gifts are you hoping to receive this Christmas?
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