{"id":200,"date":"2020-02-07T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T06:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classiccarstories.eu.apache54.cloud.telenet.be.\/?p=200"},"modified":"2021-07-29T07:11:28","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T07:11:28","slug":"all-work-and-no-play-eureka-pedal-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/en\/all-work-and-no-play-eureka-pedal-car\/","title":{"rendered":"All work and no play\u2026 Eur\u00e9ka pedal car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"viewer-9nfgr\">Of course we had pedal cars when we were young, didn\u2019t you ? As I remember we had Kettler gocarts and in my opinion they were, well, unimaginative. But they did the trick anyway. Now look at this Eur\u00e9ka pedal car, that\u2019s more like it. This one misses a rear wing though. It is based on the Delahaye 135 competition roadster, easy to find images of this car on the internet if you are interested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dc8ff0_dc3b458042694c3e82edde20307646eamv2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"206\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dc8ff0_dc3b458042694c3e82edde20307646eamv2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/?attachment_id=206\" class=\"wp-image-206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dc8ff0_dc3b458042694c3e82edde20307646eamv2.jpg 468w, 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decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dc8ff0_30ffd05b883d458a851cc95aa79a6443mv2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"211\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dc8ff0_30ffd05b883d458a851cc95aa79a6443mv2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/?attachment_id=211\" class=\"wp-image-211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dc8ff0_30ffd05b883d458a851cc95aa79a6443mv2.jpg 468w, https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dc8ff0_30ffd05b883d458a851cc95aa79a6443mv2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dc8ff0_30ffd05b883d458a851cc95aa79a6443mv2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dc8ff0_30ffd05b883d458a851cc95aa79a6443mv2-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-de761\">The current owner of the pedal car bought it at an antique market in Montreuil-sur-Mer, France. There is a market for pedal cars like this one and the prices\u2026 fetch sometimes more than regular cars. My friend Raf of old &amp; restored came to the rescue for this one and made a new wing from scratch as you can see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Real craftsmanship if you ask me. In general Raf works on classic cars and is always in for a challenge like with this little fellow. Pretty sure we will read more about <a href=\"https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/en\/blog\/hashtags\/old\/\">#old<\/a>&amp;restored in future stories, so stay tuned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"466\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dc8ff0_732c3785845b46f8835d567334f38b68mv2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"202\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dc8ff0_732c3785845b46f8835d567334f38b68mv2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/?attachment_id=202\" class=\"wp-image-202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dc8ff0_732c3785845b46f8835d567334f38b68mv2.jpg 466w, https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dc8ff0_732c3785845b46f8835d567334f38b68mv2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dc8ff0_732c3785845b46f8835d567334f38b68mv2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dc8ff0_732c3785845b46f8835d567334f38b68mv2-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"466\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dc8ff0_bb75e0fbcc1146e1bb7fdd981e98dcc8mv2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"203\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dc8ff0_bb75e0fbcc1146e1bb7fdd981e98dcc8mv2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/?attachment_id=203\" class=\"wp-image-203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dc8ff0_bb75e0fbcc1146e1bb7fdd981e98dcc8mv2.jpg 466w, https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dc8ff0_bb75e0fbcc1146e1bb7fdd981e98dcc8mv2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dc8ff0_bb75e0fbcc1146e1bb7fdd981e98dcc8mv2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dc8ff0_bb75e0fbcc1146e1bb7fdd981e98dcc8mv2-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dc8ff0_99d835fa223a4459a2635cbbd51cd941mv2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"204\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dc8ff0_99d835fa223a4459a2635cbbd51cd941mv2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/?attachment_id=204\" class=\"wp-image-204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dc8ff0_99d835fa223a4459a2635cbbd51cd941mv2.jpg 468w, https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dc8ff0_99d835fa223a4459a2635cbbd51cd941mv2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dc8ff0_99d835fa223a4459a2635cbbd51cd941mv2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/classiccarstories.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/dc8ff0_99d835fa223a4459a2635cbbd51cd941mv2-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of course we had pedal cars when we were young, didn\u2019t you ? As I remember we had Kettler gocarts and in my opinion they were, well, unimaginative. But they did the trick anyway. Now look at this Eur\u00e9ka pedal car, that\u2019s more like it. This one misses a rear wing though. 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