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

[Aunt Marg]

 

[Fyrefox]

I had a Jeep pedal car in the 1950's that was much like this one, complete with a wooden machine gun on the hood. My mother sold it for a few dollars when I outgrew it. It would be worth hundreds to a collector now...

 

[Aunt Marg]

I had a Jeep pedal car in the 1950's that was much like this one, complete with a wooden machine gun on the hood. My mother sold it for a few dollars when I outgrew it. It would be worth hundreds to a collector now...

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Wow!

And to think so many of the older versions of pedal cars and vehicles were made out of steel with real rubber tires.

Yes, what collector items they'd be now.

 

[Kathleen’s Place]

I found a photo of the fire engine with my cousin View attachment 108371View attachment 108372and one of my dog Toby. Even he had something to ride.

We had one just like that!!! Such fun!

 

[squatting dog]

Nope, but we did have a Pogo Stick (LOL).

I've still got one, but no nerve to use it anymore.

 

[squatting dog]

Every boy knew that any set of wheels was a chick magnet.

 

[Gary O']

Well....looky there...I posted the same thing a page or two back


I need a nap

 

[Aunt Marg]

Heh, found a small scale model of the exact pedal car I had as a kid.
So, I bought it (couldn't not)
It sits on my roll top desk beside an old hockey puck from days of yore

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Everything, all the mechanisms, worked on it

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and a pic of me and mine

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I've always loved that little car, Gary!

Never seen a pedal car in miniature form ever until I seen yours.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Well, look what I just found!

1/43 scale pedal car!

 

[Aunt Marg]

A child-sized beauty!

 

[Aunt Marg]

Can't help but think of my baby brother when I look at this one! Wow!

Real polished aluminum.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Here's a child's pedal car that's sure to boggle your mind.

Price: $38,559 USD (1 of 999).

 

[FastTrax]

www.pedalcar.com

www.speedwaymotors.com/shop/pedal-cars~14-131-549-17999

www.collectorsweekly.com/model-cars/pedal-cars

www.landcruiserhm.com/museum-collection/pedal-cars

www.sothebys.com/en/articles/pedal-to-the-metal-a-collection-of-perfectly-restored-pedal-cars-debuts-online

www.mecum.com/auctions/vannoy-2020/collections/pedal-car/

www.gmpartscenter.net/blog/awesome-gm-pedal-cars

 

[Aunt Marg]

Fast. Did you have a pedal car growing up?

If so, what kind/style?

 

[Aunt Marg]

 

[Aunt Marg]

 

[FastTrax]

Fast. Did you have a pedal car growing up?

If so, what kind/style?

No I never even saw one until I stayed with my grandma in Hempstead and my other grandma in Central Islip. Even if I had one while living in BedStuy/Crown Heights or Brownsville I would've been jacked for sure. By the time I moved out of Fun City it was bikes with high handle bars and banana seats.

 

[Aunt Marg]

No I never even saw one until I stayed with my grandma in Hempstead and my other grandma in Central Islip. Even if I had one while living in BedStuy/Crown Heights or Brownsville I would've been jacked for sure. By the time I moved out of Fun City it was bikes with high handle bars and banana seats.

Well, at least you experienced high handlebars and banana seats!

 

[FastTrax]

Now that kid is going places. Whatever company dad funds for him I want some stock.

 

[fmdog44]

Aunt Marg said "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.

That struck me and that is how we should all live and trust me, I have done so all of my life. I know it has kept me healthy.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Aunt Marg said "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.

That struck me and that is how we should all live and trust me, I have done so all of my life. I know it has kept me healthy.

Awww... thanks, FM!

I truly believe there's something to it, and agree, not only do I think it's great for ones health, I'm a firm-believer in the idea that it helps keeps us younger.

 

[tbeltrans]

I never had a pedal car. However, if I had one of those pedal trucks in some of the pictures in this thread, I would probably find it a sad thing to have grown too large to fit in it over time.

Tony

 

[Aunt Marg]

I never had a pedal car. However, if I had one of those pedal trucks in some of the pictures in this thread, I would probably find it a sad thing to have grown too large to fit in it over time.

Tony

But what great old memories it would make for.

 

[tbeltrans]

But what great old memories it would make for.

Those pedal trucks would just be too cool to outgrow.

Tony

 

[FastTrax]

Do these qualify as pedal vehicles?