All about Antique : Antique Toy pedal cars

Once the prized toy drive for children of past decades, antique toy pedal cars are popular among collectors game, classic car owners and just about anyone with a love of nostalgic games.Toy pedal cars: A brief overview

In late 1890 and early 1900's the automobile became more popular, the game makers soon realized that smaller versions for children would make great driving games.
Powered by foot power, the first pedal car modeled after the cars of the day, it soon became toys for children of the wealthy upper class. The miniature models of full size cars gas powered reached the first peak of popularity in the late 1920's and early 1930.
Small replicas are designed with many of the same features as the larger cars, including:

    * Custom paint job
    * Working lights
    * Mobile windshield
    * Working Horns
    * White wall tires
    * Hood Ornaments
    * Chrome
    * Mobile ragtops
After the Second World War, pedal cars were more in demand than ever. With the economic prosperity that followed the war, coupled with lower prices than those rides with games, most families could afford pedal cars for children.
Although manufacturers continued to produce realistic versions of the full-size cars also made versions of the pedal cars included:

    * Pedal fire trucks
    * Pedal trucks
    * Pedal planes, like the Red Baron and Shark Attack
    * Pedal tractors
In the latter part of 1970's rugged steel chassis of the pedal cars gave way to modern versions of the plastic pedals of motor vehicles.Restoration Parts Antique and Vintage pedal cars
For many pedal car owners, part of the pleasure of having a car is to restore the vehicle. Just like full-size cars, the owners buy rehabilitation equipment and bring back the toys of yesteryear in their original condition.
For collectors who are not mechanically inclined, there are companies that specialize in restoring pedal cars. Many companies provide both of these services can also offer fully restored cars for sale.

    * Pedal Car.com will restore the pedal of your car or provide you with the pedal car parts to make restitution. It will also help identify the pedal of the vehicle. In addition, the company offers a wide selection of reproduction pedal cars and planes.
    * Portell Restorations Last Chance Garage offers a wide variety of pedal car parts and books. Dan and Linda Portell also offers many beautiful fully restored pedal cars for sale.
    * Cowboys and Kidillacs offers fifty page list of parts repaired.
    * D & S Pedal Car Restorations does not sell parts. They offer rehabilitation, identification and evaluation of services.
    * Pedal Car.net sections provide rehabilitation, rehabilitation services and original and reproduction pedal cars.
Examples of Popular Antique Toy pedal cars
Of course, everyone has his own personal favorite model pedal car. Perhaps this is a copy of your very first car or a car you've always wanted to have ownership. Perhaps this is bringing back fond memories of grandparents or a first love.
The following are links to some of these amazing driving game from the past.

    * Restored cars from the pedals and pumps
    * Packard pedal car
    * In Cops and Rodders
    * Gallery of reproduction pedal cars
Pedal Car Resources

    * Pedals and pumps offer great pictures of restored pedal cars in his collection is also a link to a fantastic slideshow of the original old photos of children playing with the pedal cars.
    * Pedal Car Plus Pedal Car Plus
    * Amazon offers many books for pedal cars and pedal car restoration. The following are several of the many titles:
          o Pedal Car Restoration and Price Guide by Andrew G. Gurka
          o pedal cars by Larry Bloemker
          o Pedal Cars - Volumes 1 to 5 of Neil Wood
          o pedal cars Chasing the Kidillac by Jane Dwyre Garton
    * BrmmBrmm pedal car club