The car is offered as “bespoke,” which allows customers to order from a choice of colors and a range of Holland & Sherry cloths. The J40 pedal cars were all originally built between 1949 and ...

McGrane said there is a pedal car race called the Settrington Cup at the Goodwood Revival each year in England with youngsters pedaling J40s. The intended market for the J40 was the United States ...

The 1950s was an era when pedal cars powered kids' imaginations and Hot Rods, Kidillacs and Austin J40's ruled playtime. Now, an exhibition at the Stamford Museum and Nature Center in Connecticut ...

IT WAS pitched to me as a bit of fun: bring the family Austin J40 pedal car down to Hampton Court Palace to be part of the inaugural Junior Concours at this year’s Concours of Elegance, an event ...

One of the most interesting in her collection is the Austin J40. The Austin pedal car was made in England by Austin Motor Co. Limited. The pedal car factory opened in 1949 and was paid for by ...

As high as that price is, there's a bit of a perfect storm behind the J40's blockbuster price tag. Built by Welsh coal miners affected by black-lung disease, these little pedal cars are built from ...

"Pedal car" is a very deceptive term that makes you think this is just easy, lighthearted fun. See, to keep with the spirit of the Revival, these kiddos are racing Austin J40 pedal cars that were ...

From six-cylinder grunt to two-legged performance - the next 'vehicle' identified for a rise in value in 2024 is the post-war Austin J40 pedal car. Production started in 1949 and continued all ...

Matthes purchased the phone booth and a 1950 red Austin J40 pedal car, the latter which Matthes described as "the most sought after pedal car in the world." Dick Taylor had the pedal car assembled ...

I tinkered with the hubs a little myself at that stage, with new parts from the then newly formed J40 Motor Co. (now the Austin Pedal Car Company), and got it running well enough. So I asked Eva if ...