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You don't see these very often, bet they go for a high price now -

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Yes chris Taylor who owns this stunning mk1 Capri has one we saw him lastyear at the CCI and We all fell in love with his car and mini Capri .
I would have loved one of these when I was a kid .

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Love it Paul :cool:

Had a pedal car when I was young probably spent hours driving it :D

Most cars etc of that size now are battery powered.
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Love these old pedal cars. They still look great, Would love one to keep for the grand kids. If I ever get any 8-)
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Jasonmarie wrote: Tue May 26, 2020 10:25 pm I would have loved one of these when I was a kid .
I would love to have one now! :lol:

Great find, Paul. Those pedal cars really are great.

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Andrew 2.8i wrote: Wed May 27, 2020 2:58 pm
Jasonmarie wrote: Tue May 26, 2020 10:25 pm I would have loved one of these when I was a kid .
I would love to have one now! :lol:

Great find, Paul. Those pedal cars really are great.

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Andrew 2.8i wrote: Wed May 27, 2020 2:58 pm
Jasonmarie wrote: Tue May 26, 2020 10:25 pm I would have loved one of these when I was a kid .
I would love to have one now! :lol:

Great find, Paul. Those pedal cars really are great.

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Jasonmarie wrote: Tue May 26, 2020 10:25 pm Yes chris Taylor who owns this stunning mk1 Capri has one we saw him lastyear at the CCI and We all fell in love with his car and mini Capri .
I would have loved one of these when I was a kid .

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Cool. Had a second hand pedal car as a kid, my step dad put some lights on it. I drove it so much I wore the wheels away.
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I have an XR4i pedal car.... Well it’s actually a real one, it just doesn’t have much of a floor! :lol:
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Peter-S wrote: Wed May 27, 2020 5:38 pm
Jasonmarie wrote: Tue May 26, 2020 10:25 pm Yes chris Taylor who owns this stunning mk1 Capri has one we saw him lastyear at the CCI and We all fell in love with his car and mini Capri .
I would have loved one of these when I was a kid .

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Nice that he let your Dad have a drive 😁
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I love it , we missed you Saturday as we would have been at Deal . Nick said the spitfire will do a double next year :beer:
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Jasonmarie wrote: Wed May 27, 2020 6:40 pm , we missed you Saturday as we would have been at Deal .
Yes, a shame that couldn't happen :cry:
Perhaps when we are able to get closer then 2m apart we can meet up for a cuppa or something somewhere
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Peter-S wrote: Wed May 27, 2020 11:44 pm
Jasonmarie wrote: Wed May 27, 2020 6:40 pm , we missed you Saturday as we would have been at Deal .
Yes, a shame that couldn't happen :cry:
Perhaps when we are able to get closer then 2m apart we can meet up for a cuppa or something somewhere
Yes nick was saying that , we can all have our own little show :cool:
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Getting back to pedal cars I had one long before Capris had been invented. It was a Jeep and I attach a picture of it when it had been "nicked" by my younger sister. I sure wouldn't fit in it now!! The elderly lady is my nana.

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Great picture paul , it’s a memory caught in picture just love it .
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Jasonmarie wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 6:43 pm Great picture paul , it’s a memory caught in picture just love it .
:agree: Even as a toy that looks like a rugged machine Paul
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Caprifan Rob wrote: Fri May 29, 2020 12:15 pm
Jasonmarie wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 6:43 pm Great picture paul , it’s a memory caught in picture just love it .
:agree: Even as a toy that looks like a rugged machine Paul
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Super photo Paul ,there is just something about pictures like that which the selfie generation will miss out on.

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Sadly not a Capri but I did find a couple of shots of my pedal car, a long time ago now. My sister is keeping me company.
I used to jack the car up to 'repair' it, probably says a lot for expectations of cars at the time or may be it was just the cars that we had :lol:

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