Here's my two grandkids with their pedals cars! 65 Shelby Mustang for my grandaughter & flamed hotrod roadster for my grandson Ya gotta start them young! The redlines are cool, I know, I know the big rims are DONK
I bought this one for my daughter a year or so ago . It's a 60's Murray V-Front . I had one just like it when I was a kid . Figured I'd restore it till she's ready to ride it (she just turned 2) - unfortunately , it's still stashed up top in my garage . Guess I've gotta get off my butt and DO IT , I guess ! Either that or she'll just have to ride it as is ...
Make a tracing of the graphics and that cool rocket on each side then take it to a vinyl shop to duplicate. What colour would you paint it?
I don't have any kids or grandkids, but I do have a picture on me when I was two years old with my '38 Garton pedal car that my father fixed up for me, which you could say was my first hotrod. It originally belonged to my Grandfather when he was a kid. I still have it and it looks just as it does in the picture, although one of these days I'll actually find the original style wheels to put back on it.
Gartons are some cool old pedal cars , no doubt . Retro - the old Murray will be as original in red with white graphics . Another cool original touch was the wheels painted red with a white ring to look like wide whites - I'll be re-doing that too . It was a good buy , it was complete (minus the hood bell) and was just like my old one . Hopefully she likes it , if not , I'll hang it on the garage wall !
Buddy, I'am sure she'll like it! Will look great in that color combo with the wide whites! It's a keeper for sure!
A graphics shop should be able to produce those images in white vinyl OR better still, make vinyl stencils out of material with much less adhesion. Then you can paint the graphics on like (I assume) the original pedal car.
My Grandson's pedal car is a Plane ! Taken on Christmas a couple years ago. But it just wasn't fast enough,... so he went to work ! (He actually did this himself without prompting,.. PaPa was really happy !)
In the process of restoring some pedal cars. Graphics, bells, hubcaps etc. are all available from Blue Diamond. They are tied in with Speedway. Toll free order line 1 - 800 - 971 - 8411 or www.bluediamondclassics.com . Hope this helps. Great photos.
dragdoc - you're right , the original graphics are painted on Harms Way - cool pedal car ... er ... plane !
Did a quick and dirty job on this $5.00 garage sale find back in the 80's for my two sons,... Boy!,... Did they like to run into the house with it ! (The tongue deal, is a nasty little habit he picked up from Ed & Dennis Roth that year,...)
No,.. when the Boy's out grew it, It was given to a relative, that painted it pink with a brush for there little daughter. ( We should have kept it)
Here's one I'd like to find...... This pedal car was given away as a prize in a coloring contest. Minneapolis, 1955.
I had one almost exactly the same when I was 4-5yrs old! I will have to find a picture of it and post it. I bought that one of that body style this weekend at the roadster show this weekend for my unborn son. I got another pedal car as well but different style. It will be made into a stroller for the shows.
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