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Did the designer of this pedal car look at an Austin 7?

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Did the designer of this pedal car look at an Austin 7?
Tony Griffiths Offline
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24-08-2021, 06:06 PM (This post was last modified: 24-08-2021, 07:18 PM by Tony Griffiths.)
What a super job! The little girl looks very pleased indeed - probably the best present she ever had.


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24-08-2021, 07:21 PM
That looks like a 1930s Triang pedal car; they seem to have used the same basic design with a variety of radiator shells. Yours looks like the Vauxhall version, which had plain bonnet sides with fluted edges although it doesn't look like it's got the Vauxhall radiator! This one is the Daimler version with ribbed radiator and louvred bonnet:


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24-08-2021, 08:18 PM
No, but I think a lot of the cartoonists of the time looked at the pedal car.
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24-08-2021, 11:07 PM (This post was last modified: 24-08-2021, 11:16 PM by Tony Griffiths.)
I'll take the Daimler. Interesting that they bothered to include the impression of a hood. A quick look online shows an amazing variety of models; this is just three of many such pages. What a deprived childhood I had.


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24-08-2021, 11:40 PM (This post was last modified: 24-08-2021, 11:45 PM by Tony Press.)
The Triang Pedal Cars were never cheap

£ 10 in 1930 equals £670 today

So the racer would be £1,000 (A$2,000)

Dad would have to have a very well paid job Big Grin
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25-08-2021, 02:22 AM
The book 'Cars For Kids' by Edoardo Massucci has a good pre war London window display photo showing a sports Austin on the top shelf.


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