Pedal car restoration

[balsakkie]

Hey guys

Little baby boy on the way and I've decided I'd like to restore a old style pedal car( metal) 1950s ish Tried looking on gum tree to see if anyone has one for sale.. Hot rod shape

Any ideas, found a few websits that sell them but I like this as a project. Maybe you have one lying in your shed

Thanks

[dr_gn]

balsakkie said:

Hey guys

Little baby boy on the way and I've decided I'd like to restore a old style pedal car( metal) 1950s ish Tried looking on gum tree to see if anyone has one for sale.. Hot rod shape

Any ideas, found a few websits that sell them but I like this as a project. Maybe you have one lying in your shed

Thanks

Any pictures? Is it a metal one or plastic?

Interested in restoring one for my offspring too.

[Red Firecracker]

The daddy is the Austin J40 by Triang, a real classic and for which there are many spares outlets. Unfortunately, they are horrendously expensive, with complete versions going for over 2k.

Triang made other designs which are slightly more palatable price wise, but still in the hundreds.

It's well worth searching for 'tot rods' as some of those are rather entertaining.

[jagracer]

Red Firecracker said:

The daddy is the Austin J40 by Triang, a real classic and for which there are many spares outlets. Unfortunately, they are horrendously expensive, with complete versions going for over 2k.

I had one of these from new, my dad sold it and when I got upset he said "well you never use it" how the fk could I when I was too big for it at 17.

[Red Firecracker]

I'd love one, always look out for them but have never found one in a condition/price that appeals yet. They seem to be a bit like the Raleigh Chopper, even the buckets of rust versions fetch high prices.

[balsakkie]

Found a restoration project on eBay. Looks okay

Type in pedal car, think its on the third page
Guy based in London

[PH5121]

I would love to do up an Austin J40 for my lads, but they are a bit too expensive.

I thought they were actually manufactured by Austin motors (made by welsh ex / disabled miners) rather than by Triang.

[Red Firecracker]

PH5121 said:

I thought they were actually manufactured by Austin motors (made by welsh ex / disabled miners) rather than by Triang.

You're probably right, I was going on descriptions in adverts.

This;

http://www.austinj40pedalcarclub.org.uk/aboutj40.h...

tends to prove you're right as well.

[ARH]

Take a trip to http://www.themilltoymuseum.com/ you can get there by steam train if you want as well. spent some time talking to the owner about the cars he builds when i visited.

[mat777]

Build the little'un a Toylander...