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- Buddy L (also known as Buddy "L" or Buddy-L) is an American toy brand and company founded in 1920 as the Buddy L Toy Company in East Moline, Illinois, by Fred Lundahl.[1]
Buddy L toys were originally manufactured by the Moline Pressed Steel Company, which was started by Fred A. Lundahl in 1910.[2] The company originally manufactured automobile fenders and other stamped auto body parts for the automobile industry, instead of toy products.[2] The company primarily supplied parts for the McCormick-Deering line of farm implements and the International Harvester Company for its trucks. Moline Pressed Steel did not begin manufacturing toys until 1921.[2] Mr. Lundhal wanted to make something new, different, and durable for his son Arthur.[2] He designed and produced an all-steel miniature truck, reportedly a model of an International Harvester truck made from 18- and 20-gauge steel which had been discarded to the company's scrap pile.[2]
Buddy L made such products as toy cars, dump trucks, delivery vans, Buddy L fire engine, construction equipment,[3] and Buddy L trains.[4] Fred Lundahl used to manufacture for International Harvester trucks.[1] He started by making a toy dump truck out of steel scraps for his son Buddy. Soon after, he started selling Buddy L "toys for boys", made of pressed steel.[1] Buddy L International Harvester Truck Many were large enough for a child to straddle, propelling himself with his feet.[1] Others were pull toys. A pioneer in the steel-toy field, Lundahl persuaded Marshall Field's and F. A. O. Schwarz to carry his line. He did very well until the Depression, then sold the company.[1] Sturditoy Truck Value Buddy L Locomotive Buddy L Box Car
From 1976 to 1990, Buddy L was owned by Richard Keats, a well-known New York toy designer who went to work for Buddy L the day after he graduated from Brown University in 1948.[1] By 1978 the company was located in Clifton, New Jersey. Free Buddy L Truck Value Guide
Buddy L Truck Value Pressed Steel Toys Auctions Buddy L Toys filed under bankruptcy protection. By 2010, Buddy L Toys was owned by Empire Industries of Boca Raton, Florida. Antique Buddy L Trucks Always Buying Buddy L Trains
In the 1990s, Buddy L made Splatter Up, a wet version of T-ball.[6]
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In November 2000, Empire of Carolina and its wholly owned subsidiary, Empire Industries, Inc., filed for bankruptcy and, in July 2001 Vintage Pressed Steel Toys Wanted Buddy L Red Baby Wanted Contact Buddy L Museum. 1920's Buddy L Oil Truck Buddy L Wrecker Buddy L Flivver One Ton Express Truck
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