Toy car
Fisher Price
Category
Toys
Date
1979 - 1980
Materials
plastic and metal
Measurements
35 mm (Height) x 32 mm (Width) ; 85 mm (Length)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672013.3.2
Summary
One of three cars with a white top, green base and 4 black wheels with metal axles, seats for two little people with slightly raised fins on both sides of the back seat. The car has a gas hole on the back corner , and is marked "fp" and FISHER PRICE TOYS on the bonnet and the base of the car. Part of the accessories for a Fisher- Price Play Family double-deck ferry boat with a fold-down ramp at the rear to load and unload the accessory cars, and with movable barricades to keep the cars from rolling. The ferry boat floats on water, or can be used as a pull toy (4 yellow plastic wheels on the bottom) with its yellow plastic string. This set was only made for a six month production run due to consumer complaints about the colours running off the lithographs when they got wet.
Provenance
Gift to the National Trust Museum of Childhood by Tim Joyce in 2017. Bought for the donor for birthday and Christmas presents by his parents and also played with by his sister Emily and later played with by their children.
Marks and inscriptions
On the bonnet and base of the car: "fp" FISHER PRICE TOYS
Makers and roles
Fisher Price , manufacturer