Buddy L Truck Buddy L Jr Oil Tanker *SOLD*

Buddy L Truck For Sale- Buddy L Jr Original Tanker For Sale

To start- We have an original new-to-market Buddy L Jr Pressed Steel Tanker truck for sale.  It has its oft-rusted tank in great condition.  It has its original spigot on the back and the oft-lost twin tank caps present.  All doors work and the license plate, 96834, with headlights in front are present.  It has some shoe polish to darken corrosion spots on the hood and fenders.

To back up though– These Jr toys rusted.  Their paint peeled.  The Jr line of trucks unfortunately had thinner sprayed on paint post-depression for Buddy L to stay float.  These almost always have spidering and paint issues.  This one is original and unrestored.  We emphasize this because we have seen countless ones with sanded and repainted fenders, hoods, roofs,  and other body areas.  Our toy is a barn find and untouched.

Part of the front Buddy L sticker is present on the grill.  Remanants of the stickers are present on the green tank, but not much.  There is a remnant of sticker inside touting the Buddy L name and Moline location.

The green tank is all original as stated with a rippling to the green or varnish, a completely original trait.  The red frame and undercarriage similarly have a wrinkling to the paint and aging completely inline with the 90 year old toy’s aging process.  The entire look is a beautiful set of imperfections and a patina.

Rubber tires have spidering and cracking but are all there and unrestored.  They look good, but have aging.  They also reflect the Firestone brand name and are quite detailed with lettering.

Buddy L Moline, IL
1910 to date
Other names: Moline Press Steel(1910-1913); Buddy L Wood Products(1944); Buddy L Manufacturing (1930); Buddy L Corp.(to date).
Founder: Fred Lundahl
Cranes, steamrollers, trucks, construction toys.
Buddy L toys were named after the founder`s son. Lundahl introduced the line in 1921, starting with a pressed steel pick-up truck that expanded into a veritable fleet of almost 30 cranes and other construction toys some five years later.