Description: Vintage Buddy L Sit-N-Ride Light Blue Metal Dump Truck Toy Dump Truck From late 1950's (21 inches long x 7-1/2 inches wide x 7-3/4 inches tall) This is an old toy and has been enjoyed and played with. It shows some wear and paint loss and the surfaces have some scuffs and scratches and surface rust. The truck is missing the seat and steering wheel. Overall it displays well. This truck came from a friend's family home and had been in an attic storage area wrapped in newspapers from 1986 - nearly 40 years! This is an old toy that has been enjoyed and played with and is ready to continue either as a display piece or an actual toy for a little boy. They certainly made toys very well back then and made them to last. Some rust and wear - please see picturesMissing steering wheel and seatThis truck weighs 5 lbs., 1 oz. (without packaging)It will be carefully packaged and shipped to you via USPS Mail, UPS or Federal ExpressTHANKS FOR STOPPING BY Buddy L is an American toy brand and company founded in 1920 as the Buddy L. Toy Company in East Moline, Illinois, by Fred Lundahl.History:Buddy L” toys were originally manufactured by the Moline Pressed Steel Company, which was started by Fred A. Lundahl in 1910. The company manufactured automobile fenders and other stamped auto body parts for the automobile industry, instead of toy products. Moline Pressed Steel did not begin manufacturing toys until 1921. Mr. Lundhal wanted to make something new, different, and durable for his son Arthur. He designed and produced an all-steel miniature truck, reportedly a model of an International Harvester truck made from 18- and 20-gauge steel which had been discarded to the company's scrap pile. Buddy L made such products as toy cars, dump trucks, delivery vans, fire engines, construction equipment and trains. Fred Lundahl used to manufacture for International Harvester trucks. He started by making a toy dump truck out of steel scraps for his son Buddy. Soon after scraps for his son Buddy. Soon after, he started selling Buddy L "toys for boys", made of pressed steel. Many were large enough for a child to straddle, propelling himself with his feet. Others were pull toys. A pioneer in the steel-toy field, Lundahl persuaded Marshall Field’s and F.A.O. Schwartz to carry his line. He did very well until the Great Depression, then sold the company.From 1976 to 1990, Buddy L was owned by Richard Keats, a well-known New York toy designer who went to work for Buddy L the day after he graduated from Brown University in 1948. By 1978, the company was located in Clifton, New Jersey.
Price: 149 USD
Location: Pittsfield, Vermont
End Time: 2024-11-29T13:54:51.000Z
Shipping Cost: 22.5 USD
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Autographed: No
Color: Blue
Vehicle Type: Dump Truck
Material: Cast Iron
Scale: 1:10
Gender: Boys & Girls
Age Level: 1-2 Years, 3-4 Years, 4-7
Item Length: 20-1/2 in
Year of Manufacture: 1956
Brand: Buddy L
Series: Sit N Ride
Customized: No
Item Height: 7-3/4 in
Model: Buddy L
Theme: Trucks
Features: 20 - 1 / 2 " x 7 - 1 / 2 " x 7 - 3 / 4 "
Recommended Age Range: Ages 2 & Up
Vehicle Year: 1956
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Width: 7-1/2 in
Item Weight: 5 lbs., 1 oz.
