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This random old timey children's pedal car that just showed up at my warehouse (thelemmy.club)

submitted 8 months ago by StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 18 points 8 months ago

Neat.

Looks like they were manufactured from the early 50's to early 60's.

Im amazed at the condition.

[-] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 12 points 8 months ago

Seeing for what these go on eBay, I'm not surprised, the owner has a habit of collecting old shit and just keeping it in the warehouse, the rich bastard.

Lmao either he had this one and is selling it, or more likely bought it with plans to fix it up a bit

[-] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 15 points 8 months ago

[-] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 9 points 8 months ago

A Surrey with a fringe on top! Whoah-dang! Put some modern wheels, at least tires, and drive train on that unit, and ride, ride, ride!

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Came to say the same! Never seen the real thing, let alone a child's version!

[-] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 1 points 8 months ago

These 4 wheel bikes are still being made: https://internationalsurreyco.com/

[-] fubarx@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

[-] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

We shall have a race around the world good sir!

[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 months ago

I've got a couple peddle cars that were antiques when I was playing with them in the 80s. I love the way they're built. Even though they were build as cheaply as possible back in the day (basically all just bent metal tubing), they'd still plow through one of those, mostly plastic, Little Tikes cars.

I keep meaning to fix them up mechanically but I'm not sure what I'd do with them once I did.

[-] bluGill@fedia.io 4 points 8 months ago

Fix them up then join a local collector orginization and show them off. I know tons of interesting people, some with a lot of money in their toys, from the groups I'm it.

[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 months ago

good idea

[-] dditty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago

Man it would've been so fun to go cruising around town with the homies in this when I was like 8

[-] teft@piefed.social 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Send it to Sam Pilgrim. I bet he would take it over some jumps or stair sets of doom.

[-] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

Only if it means beating one of Ramona's evil exes

[-] teft@piefed.social 1 points 8 months ago

That’s Scott Pilgrim.

[-] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

I thought he renamed himself Sam after he lost some teeth landing a sick jump on some slippery muddy ramp

[-] bluGill@fedia.io 3 points 8 months ago

Can someone draw this up - I want to build one... though I guess by the time I'm 2000 years old and finally get around to it cad will be able to draw it from a picture, maybe I should wait to ask.