1930's Kingsbury Cars

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1930's Kingsbury Cars

Please click here to visit this fine Canadian toy-seller & old car literature on ebay

Ken McGee is a highly successful car dealer in Ontario, Canada. 

He also happens to sell toys. However, he one of the items that he specializes in selling, are 

old car manuals. If you had a 1956 Buick, he probably has the instruction manual or could find you one!

In the beginning, the company started out as the  Kingsbury,Wilkins Toy Company in Keene, New Hampshire, USA in 1890. The company produced tin novelties in the 1890's, and later made automotive toys. The name of the company was changed to the Kingsbury Manufacturing Company in 1919.  It manufactured toy pressed-steel cars. Each toy was equipped with a front-end crank for winding the toy's flat spring motor. The 1927 line of cars were Deluxe Custom Built Cars. 

 In 1930, the toy cars had a rear-winding mechanism with battery-operated lights. The company continued making toys until the beginning of WWII. After the war, the tooling (dies) were sold the Keystone Manufacturing Company of Boston, Massachusetts (USA).*

Citation:  pressedsteeltoys.com

I've written about this company and its' toys before. If you click on the web 

address below you will be connected to an older blog post.

Please click here to redirect to a July 2013 post on the Kingsbury Toy Company

1930's Kingsbury Wind Up Roadster

Pressed steel toy wind-up with

battery-operated lights.

Front wheels are steerable

 L x W x H:  12 1/2" x 5" x 4 3/4"   317 mm x 128 mm x 121 mm

1930's Kingsbury Wind-up Brougham Sedan 245 

Wind-up mechanism with battery-operated lights

L x W x H:  12 1/2" x 5" x 5"   317mm  x 128 mm x 128 mm

 1934 Kingsbury Chrysler Airflow Pressed Steel

Win-up mechanism with battery-operated lights

Rubber tires with Kingsbury name on side walls

L x W x H:  14" x  5 1/2" x 4 3/4"   355mm x 140 mm x 121 mm 

1930's Kingsbury Brougham Coupe 344

Pressed steel with wind-up mechanism

Rumble seat opens and closes, front wheels are steerable

L x W x H :   13" x 5" x 4 3/4"   330 mm x 127 mm x 121 mm

Thanks for visiting,

And have a great day.

Stacey Bindman

toysearcher@gmail.com

More Fine Toys from Mr. Ken McGee

Saturday, December 10, 2016
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More Fine Toys from

Mr. Ken McGee

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Mr. Ken McGee does sell toys, but his specialty area is in 

automobile (car) ephemera (paper collectibles).

He collects and sells all kinds of car manuals and other items from bygone era cars. 

The example below is from a 1912 Jackson car company specification booklet.

If you visit his store, you may become more interested in this section of his ebay store, that his exceptional toys!

1912 Specification Booklet for the 

Jackson Automobile Company

1925-1929 Buddy L Fire Pumper

Painted pressed steel, restored toy

Brass bell and bright polished boiler

Moving flywheels and rods on piston pump

L x D x H:  23 1/3" x 8 1/2" x 10 1/2"   596 mm x 216 mm x 266 mm

1940's Wyandotte Humphrey Mobile

Wind-up lithographed tin toy

Rear door opens.

L x W X H:  8 1/2" x 5" x 7 1/2"  215mm x 127 mm x 190 mm

The Humphrey Mobile is based on the cartoon character 

from the Joe Palooka comic strip of the 1940s.

THe front of the toy is offset, allowing for the toy to complete a 

right-handed circle when wound up.

1927 Chein Royal Blue Line Bus

Lithographed  painted pressed steel with metal tires.

Very rare toy.

L x W x H:  18" x 7" x 6"  457 mm x 178 mm x 152 mm

 1930's Keystone Air Mail Plane NX-263

Painted pressed steel with decals.

A pull toy when a string is attached to the hub of the propeller.

L x W x H:  24 1/4" x 24" x 9"  622 mm x 610 mm x 229 mm

1930's Kingsbury Wind-up Roadster

Painted pressed steel with wind-up mechanism and

battery-operated lights.

L x W x H:  12 1/2" x 5" x 4 3/4"  317 mm x 127 mm x 121 mm

The rumble seat of the above toy opens and closes. 

The size of the battery is a size "D". The rear tail light also turns on, 

as well as the front headlights. THe Kingsbury toys that moved all had a unique 

design wind-up mechanism that you can see to the left of the bottom most photo.

Thanks for dropping by,

and as always, 

Have a great part of the day or night,

Wherever yo umay be.

Stacey Bindman

Toysearcher@gmail.com