Kilgore Cast Iron Car toy for Sale *SOLD*

Kilgore Cast Iron Car toy for sale

Yes, this at first looks like no big deal, but it isn’t Arcade and it isn’t a toy by Hubley– it is by Kilgore!  Yes, they made toy cars in cast iron too.

Our car is a medium sized toy that is solid cast iron and with an early Ford or Chevy look, turned kid proportions.  It has been loved and overpainted in Yellow.  Despite this, the look is classic and being early Americana, something we didn’t want to change.  _Wabi sabi.

Kilgore Mfg. Co. Westerville, Ohio
1920s – 1985
Slogan “Toys That Last”
Specialty: Originated in 1925 with the purchase of George D. Wanner Co., who made a brand of kites called “E-Z-Fly”. Its merger with Andes Foundry and the Federal Toy Co, in 1925 under the aegis of American Toy Co. In 1928, Kilgore introduced cast iron cars, trucks, and fire engines, including cast-iron cannons, cap guns, and toy paper caps. Butler Brothers became its biggest distributor. The company moved to Toone Tennessee in 1961 and remained in the cap gun and signal flare business until 1985.