Pedal cars... did you own one growing up?

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Aunt Marg

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I still have a great deal of kid left in me, having never truly grown out of the likes of a few of my favourite childhood things, with pedal cars sitting at the top of my list as far as favourites go.

I remember us neighbourhood kids would assemble as one, everyone on their tricycles, their plastic farm pedal tractors, and those who were really fortunate, would arrive in style in their pedal cars (that was us). We'd tour the block, riding and driving together on the sidewalk. Looking back on it now, it was if we were miles away from home, and I even remember mom packing us kids a cold drink and sandwich to share, so when we got to the far end of the block, we could have a picnic.

We'd spend the day swapping with each other to give those less fortunate, a chance to enjoy the thrill of getting behind the wheel of a pedal car.

Do have any memories of pedal cars?

For those like myself who have an appreciation for pedal cars, check out this old classic.

Reminds me of something straight out of the Munsters!

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My neighbor had a pedal fire engine. Most of the time he made me ride in back. Once in awhile I could bribe him by letting him push my doll carriage.
A few years later my cousin got one just like it. I was older and bigger than him so it didn't take much for me to take over the drivers seat. The trouble was by then I was so big and tall I could barely get into it. If I leaned back to much the front end went up. I remember tying a couple of bricks on the front of it to hold it down. I'm surprised I didn't break it. I soon lost interest.
 
Ruth n Jersey said:
My neighbor had a pedal fire engine. Most of the time he made me ride in back. Once in awhile I could bribe him by letting him push my doll carriage.
A few years later my cousin got one just like it. I was older and bigger than him so it didn't take much for me to take over the drivers seat. The trouble was by then I was so big and tall I could barely get into it. If I leaned back to much the front end went up. I remember tying a couple of bricks on the front of it to hold it down. I'm surprised I didn't break it. I soon lost interest.
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Those were the days! :)

Love the story!
 
I don't remember any of the kids in my neighborhood having a pedal car. Looking at them now I wish I had gotten one. I do remember almost all of the kids having bicycles. I never had one though,but the boys would always take a girl on a ride with their bikes. I lived in the city and there were dozens of kids living on my street and even more when their friends showed up.
 
Sassycakes said:
I don't remember any of the kids in my neighborhood having a pedal car. Looking at them now I wish I had gotten one. I do remember almost all of the kids having bicycles. I never had one though,but the boys would always take a girl on a ride with their bikes. I lived in the city and there were dozens of kids living on my street and even more when their friends showed up.
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Pedal cars truly were the best!
 
I didn't have a pedal car, but I did have a cart that had a pony on the front that was made of real horsehide with a horsehair tail and mane. When the cart was pushed by an adult, the pony moved up and down like he was running. I wish I could find the picture of it that I have somewhere in the thousands and thousands of pictures I'm going to get around-to-doing-something-with-one-of-these-days.

I was the first grandchild for two sets of indulgent grandparents; I had some rather nice toys. My younger sisters pretty much destroyed everything as they came along, unfortunately.
 
DaveA said:
No. We had no paved sidewalks or driveways in our neighborhood and it was on a major highway connecting our city with Boston so no riding in the street until we grew a little and had regular two wheel bikes. This was in the late 30's-early 40's.
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Well, what a bummer. Thinking back on it now, we would have been lost without sidewalks. I couldn't have been much more than age 5 or 6, when I first started taking my baby siblings out in the baby carriage around the block, and whether it was on foot, on bikes, or in our pedal car rides, the sidewalk that encompassed our entire neighbourhood block, was our avenue to freedom.
 
jujube said:
I didn't have a pedal car, but I did have a cart that had a pony on the front that was made of real horsehide with a horsehair tail and mane. When the cart was pushed by an adult, the pony moved up and down like he was running. I wish I could find the picture of it that I have somewhere in the thousands and thousands of pictures I'm going to get around-to-doing-something-with-one-of-these-days.

I was the first grandchild for two sets of indulgent grandparents; I had some rather nice toys. My younger sisters pretty much destroyed everything as they came along, unfortunately.
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Baby siblings have a way of doing that. I wish my folks had been more strict over the destruction of toys and such when I was growing up.
 
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