Vintage Pedal Cars: A Short History
Vintage Pedal Cars: A Short History
First appearing in the late 1880s with the creation of adult three-wheeled Motowagen by Karl Benz, the pedal car has delighted generations of car-loving kids. Soon after its creation, the pedal car was a widespread hit mainly in car obsessed countries like the US, England and Australia. In the early 1900s the Butler Brothers created and listed the first steel molded ‘pedal car’ with their best selling being the Model-t ford for kids. Pedal cars were in their prime in the US between the two World Wars with Sears & Roebuck carrying many popular models in their catalog. This is the time period when Americans began their love affair with the automobile. These vintage pedal cars, featuring all the details of their parent’s hot rods, cruisers and roadsters, had a generation hooked.
1950s Pedal Car 


Vintage Roadster Pedal Cars
TensionWIRE is now offering a full line of 32’ roadsters and vintage pedal car cruisers online. These faithfully recreated pedal cars have all the details of the original Ford classics. Relive the golden era of roadster obsession with our vintage pedal cars on TensionWIRE.com.
32' Roadsters Available on TensionWIRE.com
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