Dayton Friction Toy Works Pressed Steel Packard Car *SOLD*

Dayton Friction Toy Works Pressed Steel Packard Car

We are considering this toy as our first “Purple Label” of near-perfect restoration.  This Dayton Toys Packard has had an auto body expert touch to make it “new”.  Normally we don’t care for restorations, but this makes a believer in Concourse style restorations.

The Dayton Toys car works well and is over 19″ in length.  The paint is exceedingly striking with tan, black, red, maroon, and silver accents.  The tires are original but polished out to look new again.

This is a top-up roadster by Dayton with a rumble seat; a deluxe mid-1920s luxury toy for a lucky kid.

A brief history of Dayton Friction Toy Works/ The Dayton Toy & Specialty Co. of Dayton, Ohio: 

1909-1935
Also see: SON-NY
Founder: D.P. Clark (see D.P. Clark) D.P. Clark was the predecessor of the Dayton Friction Toy Works
Specialty: Pressed Steel friction toys with patented horizontal flywheel. Patented horizontal flywheel (1926) under the trade name “Gyro”; maker of child-size, up to 24 inches long.