carsntrucks4you Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 (edited) This is not a pedal car and it is not a toy car it is a prototype designed by Gorden Bedson and Keith Peckmore. Shortly after the successful lunch of the FriskySport they began with the FriskySprint. It was present to the publich at the 1958 earls Court Show in London. The FriskySprint got everyones imagination. During the show the first glimps showed up that this would be only a prototype. Both designers got a new job in Australian and shortly after the show the left Frisky. And Ffriksy was in finacial trouble and were closed in 1959. The correct answer were sent in by otherunicorn Matt Bacon Ace-Garegeguy Thom Mittagskind DonW Richard Bartrop Congratulations and thanks to Earl Marischall for this idea Edited January 29 by carsntrucks4you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 (edited) PM'd Edited January 24 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonW Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 I bet the driver doesn't have a girlfriend - and probably not many friends either!😊 PM sent 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 (edited) Is that a pedal car for adults, or does it have an engine in it? Or maybe just bunch of hamsters running it? If there is an engine, it must be in the rear because the driver's legs are probably taking up most of the under hood space. Edited January 27 by peteski 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Bacon Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 I think it’s like a Little Tikes Coupe. It moves by him running. You just can’t see his feet on the floor behind the front wheel… best, M. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Very often some men seem to need huge vehicles to compensate for something or other. Perhaps this is the reverse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonW Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 The makers planned a Mark 2 version with more power and 100 mph top speed. Thankfully, they never built it!😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 3 hours ago, DonW said: The makers planned a Mark 2 version with more power and 100 mph top speed. Thankfully, they never built it!😊 Hey...it's not the speed that kills ya. It's the sudden stop if you hit a squirrel. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 So it was rear-engined. Makes sense with the driver's feet and pedals way up in the car's nose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 (edited) Even though it was tiny and perhaps terminally "cute", it was also as technically sophisticated as some of its well known contemporaries, like the Porsche 550 Spyder. Tube frame, transverse mid-mounted 3-cylinder aircooled engine, 4-wheel independent suspension, etc., and was intended to be a factory-built competition car, again like the 550, with a larger-engined version planned. Edited January 31 by Ace-Garageguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Bacon Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Look what I found: It's not the Sport model, but they had enough profile to make it into cross-sectional fame in a leading boys' magazine... best, M. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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