A Torck 'DAF II' red metal pedal car, with its... Lot n° 40

A Torck 'DAF II' red metal pedal car, with its unique childhood story, 1960-1963, 40,5 x 50 x 106 cm A Torck 'DAF II' red metal pedal car. Unless its quite 'lived' condition, the car still has quite a lot of its accessories: radiator grill, metal lights to the front and backside, DAF license plate Torck catalogue: 1960-1963 H 47 cm - W 45,5 cm – L 111 cm The car has a unique childhood story, and therefore became the capstone of the collection of Peter and Katrien. Katrien and Peter bought the pedal car from the first owner, whose parents had a cinema back in the '60s. The boy and his friends drove for hours through the sloping floor of the cinema hall. Lot 39 shows a similar DAF pedal car. Several exhibitions: Toy Museum Mechelen, 'Torck pedal cars, from the start to the finish', Belgium, 2009 School van Toen, Klein Raamhof, Gent, 2010 Cultuurcentrum De Benne, Blankenberge, Belgium, 2011 125 jaar TORCK aan zee: dit is Belgisch!, Fort Napoleon, Oostende, 2012 Speelgoedexpo, Cultuurcentrum De Abdij, Geraardsbergen, 2013 'Design op wielen', Museum of Deinze en Leiestreek (Mudel), Deinze, Belgium, 2020 Published in: 'Trapauto's at Torck', Colinda Borst-Van Loon en Jeroen Borst, Enjoy Brocante, 2020, cover and p. 74-78 (childhood story on p. 77) Photo credits:Colina Borst-van Loon