Beschreibung

As children, we couldn't wait to be old enough to drive real cars. Now we have real cars, but we long for the "Good Old Days," and the pedal vehicles of our youth. Nostalgia takes us back to sweet summers and pedaling down hometown sidewalks, lemonade stands, and cones from the ice-cream man. Pedal car evolution mirrored the development of real cars - from the beginning, manufactures copied the day's leading automotive designs. But there weren't just pedal cars. There were pedal airplanes, boats, motorcycles, tractors, trains, and more! Included here are the common and the not-so-common wheeled vehicles from the velocipedes of the late 1880s to the plastic models of the 1970s. Pedal Cars covers all of the famous makers of pedal vehicles: Gendron, BMC, Garton, Tri-Ang, Steelcraft, Murray, Hamilton, and many more. An entertaining and informative text accopanies 150 contemporary color and archival black-and-white photographs as well as period advertising. Also included is a useful value guide and sound advice for all collectors, whether experienced or novice. Pedal cars have long been favorite collectibles, and their popularity is now beginning to skyrocket. Don't let this book be a substitute for the real thing. Pedal cars is the perfect resource for helping you find the pedal vehicle that will transport you back to your childhood.