Hick bought himself some new wheels on his trip out west to see his brother. Didn't even consult ME! Just like that time Hick left in a huff, and I saw him three days later riding a new lawnmower around the grounds. Only this time, he kind of returned in a huff, and it only took two days before I found out about his new ride.
Ain't she sweet? Can you see her toolin' down the street? I think this purchase might actually be a bargain. According to the message Hick sent me with the photo:
"Peddle car I bought for $49."
Yes. I know. PEDDLE car. Though in this case, that little pedal vehicle IS LITERALLY A PEDDLE CAR! Here it is in the back of A-Cad, up at Hick's Storage Unit Store where he unloaded it. He's going to ask $125, and says he'll take $75. Shh... don't tell anyone.
If you zoom in on the back, the brand is InStep. Looks like it was called the InStep Pink Lady Pedal Car. I never had one as a kid, but I had a FIRE ENGINE. Although I don't think it was an InStep. Maybe a Murray. More boxy, with ladders on the back.
This Pink Lady would not have been conducive to good sibling relations. With the fire engine, my sister the little future ex-ex-mayor's wife could drive, and I could stand on the back, holding onto the ladder racks. No, I did NOT tip it over!. We'd ride it down the sidewalk hill in front of our house, and it would get going so fast that Sis had to take her feet off the pedals. At the bottom, we had to make a quick left, and turn it over in our neighbor's yard, to prevent flying off the sidewalk side into a creek. Rough sidewalks in our town! No rails as the sidewalk crossed over the creek that flowed under the street.
Some kid will be very happy to have that Pink Lady. Even if it's an adult over-grown kid buying it for nostalgic purposes, and not actual driving.
I had a pedal car. I think it was a fire engine too, or maybe it was a friends. Anyway, I do remember the fire engine ones.
ReplyDeleteI hope you made the siren noise while you were driving it! I think that's a requirement to make it run right.
DeleteI might offer him 25 for it, with free shipping or delivery, of course.
ReplyDeleteThat price will not do! Hick will not make a deal unless he rakes in at least 50 cents profit! He could deliver it cheap, by driving it out there. Maybe he could even contest his speeding ticket, being in the general geographic neighborhood.
DeleteThat is a sweet deal and in great condition too.
ReplyDeleteIt looks better than most of the vintage items Hick buys. He said he hadn't even looked this one up, he just knew $49 was a bargain.
DeleteOh what a joy for some little girl or boy. My brother and two friends flew down a hill in a Radio Flyer wagon and to the edge of the park almost into rush hour traffic. Multi car boom. We ran like crazy and waited for the cops who never came,
ReplyDeleteWe also rode down our sidewalk hill in our Radio Flyer. It was second-hand, painted robin's egg blue. We used the same tip-over technique to avoid a 6-foot drop into a 3-inch creek. Hardly any traffic for us to disrupt in our neighborhood.
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