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It's a Hedstrom tricycle most likely post-1960. Hedstrom used square seat posts on a lot of their later tricycles. Here's the identical model on eBay with more of the head tube decal intact...

I agree with shawn on date and value. Curious as to the whole name on the badge. Looks like it was badged for a store brand but possibly made by one of the companies under the American National umbrella. If you got it for cheap it would be worth putting a little time, effort, and money into...

That wagon is a beauty! I'm guessing somewhere early to mid 1950s, but that's just a rough guess. Hamilton made this style of wagon for several years. Dave

Yes, this is a Murray Mercury model with rain gutter fender and streamlined rubber top saddle. The H/T on the rear step plate shows it was sold through Sears under their Happi-Time brand name. The head badge decal would have the Happi-Time name on it as well. The MO on the seat back stands for...

Thank you for the fast reply! From the charts, it looks like the 1941 year is right on the mark! When I bought it at an indoor flea market the seller had a tag saying it was a "1950s girls bike". It looked earlier than that to me, so I went home and checked the collector books. When I saw a...

Finally got around to looking at the serial # on a Schwinn ladies model I picked up many years ago and wanted to see if the year can be identified. The serial # is H29426. I was guessing 1939 because one of the collector books I have has a 1939 catalog page showing this exact frame design and...

Yeah, I'd never toss decent parts from vintage or antique trikes that are incomplete - just too hard to come by. Not sure what their value would be just as parts, but definitely some value there.

Looks like it dates to the 1930s. You're right about the handlebar....looks more like a Murray design. Here's one on eBay for comparison:

That tricycle is a Garton Toy Co. Delivery Cycle model from I'd say the early 1950s. Hettrick also made a similar delivery-style tricycle. The Hettrick American model has a fender over the top of the rear wheels - that's one way of telling the difference between them if the graphics are missing...

Very nice Jeep pedal car! I first started collecting old trikes around 1989, the same year our son was born. When he was old enough to ride a trike he took to the 1950s Midwest tricycle I started out with. I had a few more by that time but he always liked riding the Midwest for some reason. Dave

I'll second that!

Yes, I've seen Mobo horse toys go for much less. Sulky toys in very good original condition have sold in the $250-350 range in recent months. Thought about picking up a Mobo horse before but hasn't happened yet. I haven't bought old toys on eBay for several years because the prices asked are...

I have one of her sisters from 1950. She'd look pretty much like this all fixed up again: Hope someone does do a restoration on her.

Pretty sure this is a vintage Mobo Sulky which was made in England and not any kind of repop. I believe the seat was modified at some point. Here's one listed on eBay for $550 OBO. The slatted seat is what I usually see on these. I have the Hallmark KKC model of this sulky which has the same...

That's a pretty neat design for an early convertible child's bicycle. The head and seat tubes are parallel allowing the top bar to simply slide up or down. Is the full name Keystone Lantern or just Keystone?

If you do a Google search by "minuteman clipart" you'll find some images taken from the statue that your decal's minuteman soldier appears to be based on. Dave

That tricycle is in beautiful original condition! Well worth the asking price!

I still remember seeing these models brand new in the bike shop back when I bought my Schwinn Suburban in June 1974. Hard to believe 50 years have passed already.... Dave

Beautiful example of an early 1900s tricycle. There's a couple of antique tricycle seats on eBay right now in that style. I was wondering what the top is made of because it didn't quite look like leather. The eBay seats have the same material and are in pretty good condition. Whatever material...

The shape of the rear step plates is definitely an American National design. On some of their models the head badge also had the same shape. Replacement seat appears to have come off a bicycle. Dave

The top part reads "Quality Lines" but can't quite make out the larger name underneath. I'm thinking the trike is badged for a store brand and could very well be an early Siebert or Hedstrom. The two screw holes in the head would probably be used when it was sold with the actual maker's name and...

Love that tail light design! She's a beauty all around. Dave

Congratulations, Mark! A wonderful and rare addition to your collection. Dave

Interesting....so the welded handlebar is original to the tricycle after all. Dave

The rear step plate design with the stars in circles identifies it as a Junior Toy Co. tricycle. They used that step plate design in the 1950s after becoming part of AMF. The design stamped into the metal seat is also a unique Junior Toy feature. Dave

This TOC tricycle seat had already been listed on eBay a couple times with no bids, so I won it the third time listed on the opener. I thought it could be an easy restoration since the leather top is very basic and requires only minimum forming and attachment with tubular leathercraft rivets -...

Brother and Sister with their TOC trikes.

Looks like Mr. Hedstrom himself designed that trike. Great information to nail down a close date for the model. Dave

The OP tricycle is a Hedstrom model, probably from sometime in the 1940s. The teardrop shaped openings in the rear step plate are a unique design feature of Hedstrom trikes back then. That being said, I believe that tricycle solved the Fire Chief trike's manufacturer question. I'm pretty sure...

A lot of good reference information you've researched. Dave

Beautiful collection of what appears to be all 1930s tricycles! Thank you for joining the CABE and sharing photos of them. Dave

Here's a past CABE topic that discussed a similarly designed tricycle. Possibly there's some info in the posts that can help narrow down your search. https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/help-i-d-tricycle.191461/ Dave

Here's a photo I had saved of a Murray Mercury in original red paint - missing front fender. Dave

WOW....she's a real beauty! Glad I live on the opposite coast - too much of a temptation. Dave

No, this is nowhere near being "rusty gold". Murray tricycles are the most common ones still around from the 1950s. There's always several of them for sale on places like eBay. In its present state I wouldn't value it much more than about $20. If it was an early '50s Hopalong Cassidy tricycle...

Shawn, now this one is very interesting! It's a Junior Toy Co. chassis alright with those tear drop shaped step pads on the rear plate. The things you usually don't see on Junior trikes of the period are the wider 1.75" tires, those Rollfast style rear hubcaps, and that style Troxel seat with...

You are correct about it being Murray Mercury model. The Mercury models many times had that style front fender which is known as the "rain gutter" style among bike collectors. The streamlined rubber top seat was also a feature of early 1950s Mercury trikes, which is about when this one was made...

Wow....that seat has really seen some action! I have a seat in my vintage trike parts collection with the same style springs. Dave

This is an interesting post for me! Apparently, Bilt-Rite had more than one mfg. division which I didn't know before. I was only familiar with the division that was located in Orangeburg, NY, which made baby carriages and strollers. The stroller we bought for our first child back in1986 was made...

I believe you nailed it! You can see a little under the seat where the steel strap spring was replaced with another strap to allow a standard trike seat post to be attached. This tricycle most likely started out like the one below, and the catalog page shows some lower models didn't have any...

I bought one of the Sky King repops years ago. I can tell it isn't made as robust as an original from the '30s. Even though it has the rear step plates for a second rider, the paperwork that came with it said it was intended for one rider only. Dave

Someone sure did a beautiful restoration job on it! Doesn't appear to be a repop to me, especially with the detailed saddle design. Dave

Wow....to think she was only 4 years older than me. That was too young... Here's a copy of the image from the 1949 catalog: Here's a CABE thread with a photo of a Velo King in nice shape to see what the typical paint scheme looked like. It was the same regardless of head shape or trike size...

The only thing I can add to what has already been posted is an approximate age. The more bulb shaped head puts this Velo King around mid/late 1940s. Not sure exactly what year the head design was changed from the more pointed type of earlier years models. A 1949 catalog page shows this bulb type...

Looks identical to mine, which is a 1950 model per collector books I've looked through. Only difference is the lack of a metal skirt guard on yours. Dave

Pretty sure it's a mid/late -1930s American model from American National. That type of rubber top seat started appearing around that time. The American models had that shape of head badge with the slits top and bottom, but possibly other AN models of the era did, too. Being a balloon tire model...

That sounds right on the money! A question was asked about that dark line on top of the fork. It's made that way. There's a metal center piece that sits on top the fork and angles on the side the way you see in the photo. I'm doubtful of a rust through on the main frame since the original paint...

I'm wondering if this tricycle was possibly made by a Canadian company, since you aren't that far from Canada. By process of elimination in looking at certain design features, it doesn't appear to be a Murray, Rollfast, PAL, Colson, Taylor, or Siebert model. Dave

Not familiar with this pedal car make, but it looks like you could do a lot with it if you wanted to make it more fancy by adding detail parts, an upholstered seat, and a custom paint job. Dave

Wow...that's a unique ride on exercise machine! Looks like it could give the rider a good workout! Dave