The Austin J40 Continuation is unique among new cars since instead of an engine or an electric motor it has two pedals for forward motion.The chubby pedal car also costs some £25,000 pounds ($31,180) ...

Toy cars — from pedal-powered roadsters to Matchbox and Hot Wheels sets — are more than just child's play. Kids' preferences in their toys can point towards future automotive trends, like a ...

Aside from the pedal cars, there are more than 230 bicycles and tricycles and around 120 sleds, carriages, and ride-on toys. A handful of classic full-size vehicles, about 120, will also be sold ...

About 60 pedal cars -- children's toys from 1914 to the 1960s -- will be auctioned at Barrett-Jackson this year; Pedal cars range from about $1,500 to $25,000, with most selling for $5,000-$7,000 ...

Called the Auto Union Type C e-tron study with electric drive, the toy is based on the limited-edition pedal car model, the Auto Union Silver Arrow Type C race car, that was shown last year.

Pedal-car history goes back to the 1890s, when most were modeled after real cars that were on the road. Later, pedal toy manufacturers recognized that these miniature rides were becoming quite ...

Many of the pedal cars resemble real cars, like ’20s and ’30s Packards, Buicks, Chevys, and Jeeps. My personal favorite is the Lotus, modeled after Jim Clark’s 1965 Indy 500-winning race car.

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — The potent allures of toys and nostalgia are about to turn the third floor of the McLean County Museum of History into a garden of childhood delights.

Clarence Zeigler has more than 100 pedal cars between his Jackson Township garage, workshop, basement, living room and another property nearby.

The most clever part was the overall conception: a pedal-car-like experience without the pedals, called a foot-to-floor toy. Something kids too little for pedal cars could also enjoy without ...

Car and toy museum auctioning everything. ... Elmer acquired over 800 pedal cars spanning the entire 20th century, with several especially rare ones from the 1920s and 1930s.

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