Tonka Pressed Steel Purple Pickup Truck for Sale

Tonka Pressed Steel Purple Pickup Truck

This is a vintage pressed steel purple pickup that was manufactured by Tonka Toys of Mound, Minnesota.

This piece is in good original condition with no breaks, restorations, repairs, or touch-ups. These pieces show the usual patina, fading, dust, chips, scuffs, surface rust, scratches, missing accessories, and wear that is to be expected from age and play. This is approximately 8 ¼” L. We invite you to view the photos to further determine the quality and condition.

A brief history of Tonka Toys of Mound, Minnesota:

Tonka was begun by Lynn Everett Baker, Avery F. Crounse, and Alvin F. Tesch in 1946, but it didn’t start out as Tonka; instead Mound Metalcraft in 1946.   Tesch re-engineered some old toy concepts left by their building’s previous tenants and dubbed the toys “Tanka,” which means “big” in the Dakota Sioux tongue.