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Dec. 13, 2011 9:53 a.m. Woody SuperDork

I found this on Craigslist and it was only five minutes from my house. I've wanted one ever since I first read about them in the Fall of 1981. I've seen photos, but I have never seen a real one in person.

Ford first sold AMF made Mustang pedal cars as a promotion at dealerships for Christmas of 1964 for $12.95. This version, also by AMF, came out the following year. The main body is the same, but the hubcaps, shifter (3 speed) and the decals are different.

They sell reproductions now, but this is the real deal. It's in remarkably good shape for a 45 year old child's toy. I'm going to leave the body and paint as is and just find replacement lights and grill.
Dec. 13, 2011 10:01 a.m. mndsm SuperDork

That's awesome! I always see those, want to buy one, and hot-rod it out for the lil one.
Dec. 13, 2011 10:02 a.m. MG Bryan HalfDork

You fit in that?! That is a really cool pedal car. There's one stuffed in the attic at my grandmother's house that I'd be trying to get my hands on if I had kids.
Dec. 13, 2011 10:10 a.m. foxtrapper SuperDork

I had one when I was a wee little lad. Dad got it with his first Mustang. I pedaled and pushed it many a mile. Grandfather made a seat booster for me, as at the time I was too small to reach the pedals well.

Sigh, it was given away to a cousin, and his mother ran over it. Squishing it dead.
Dec. 13, 2011 10:13 a.m. ransom Dork

IIRC (beware the mists of time), some friends of the family had the exact same one. They had a son the same age as me (well, he's still the same age as me, just haven't seen him in a couple of decades or so...). Man I was stoked when I got to pedal that thing around.

I think there was never any doubt that I'd be a car nut, but it's possible that my presence on this board was influenced by that thing.
Dec. 13, 2011 10:16 a.m. bravenrace SuperDork

Neat, but I was hoping for a real one.
Dec. 13, 2011 10:18 a.m. itsarebuild HalfDork

it needs an LS........
Dec. 13, 2011 10:37 a.m. Woody SuperDork

bravenrace wrote:

Neat, but I was hoping for a real one.

I had two '65s; one coupe, one fastback.

I'm done with those.
Dec. 13, 2011 10:39 a.m. Woody SuperDork

Just ordered a new grill and tail lights from Speedy Bill.
Dec. 13, 2011 10:52 a.m. bravenrace SuperDork

itsarebuild wrote:

it needs an LS........

It definitely does not need an LS.
Dec. 13, 2011 11:31 a.m. Klayfish HalfDork

Really cool, but those tires are waaaaay too skinny for any serious autox day.
Dec. 13, 2011 11:39 a.m. jstein77 Dork

Klayfish wrote:

Really cool, but those tires are waaaaay too skinny for any serious autox day.

It wouldn't matter; the Honda drivers can pedal faster than you can.
Dec. 13, 2011 12:19 p.m. petegossett SuperDork

The guy behind me has a whole pole-barn full of old pedal cars/planes/etc. It's pretty amazing seeing hundreds of them all stacked around in various conditions.
Dec. 13, 2011 12:24 p.m. Maroon92 SuperDork

Those are very rare, and expensive.

What did it run you?
Dec. 13, 2011 12:28 p.m. familytruckster Reader

Needs a blown chebby small block
Dec. 13, 2011 3:41 p.m. Woody SuperDork

Maroon92 wrote:

Those are very rare, and expensive.

What did it run you?

$300.

The ad said "$300 OBO" and I offered less, but they wouldn't take it. They said that they had gotten a ton of calls, but I was local and first on scene. On something else, I might have tried to play hardball, but I have been casually looking for one of these for 30 years and I've never seen one before. Even at $300, I'm sure that I could flip it for a profit in 24 hours, but that's not my goal.
Dec. 13, 2011 4:19 p.m. mr2peak Reader

So it actually shifts? That's baller.
Dec. 13, 2011 4:30 p.m. Woody SuperDork

mr2peak wrote:

So it actually shifts? That's baller.

No. There is a pattern that you can shift through, but it's just for fun.
Dec. 13, 2011 4:33 p.m. ddavidv SuperDork

If only my parents had bought me one of those. I am hopelessly a Ford guy, yet I was given a "Camaro" pedal car. No matter; I promptly drove the thing so much the rubber actually wore off the one rear wheel. I didn't quit using it until I could no longer fit in it. My folks threw it in the trash one day much to my eternal angst. Thank heaven for eBay, as I replaced it a few years ago with an identical one in original patina: It's in my man cave right across from my Dad's vintage 1939-ish Radio Flyer style wagon.

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