Metalcraft Corp. Pressed Steel St. Louis Towing-Repairs Tow Truck *SOLD*

Metalcraft Corp. Pressed Steel St. Louis Towing-Repairs Tow Truck 

We have for you this pressed steel “St. Louis Towing-Repairs” manufactured by Metalcraft Corp. of St. Louis, Missouri.  

This piece is in very good all original condition with no breaks, restorations, repairs, or touch-ups. This piece shows the usual patina, fading, dust, chips, scuffs, surface rust, scratches, missing accessories, and wear that are to be expected from age and play. This is approximately 11″ L.  We invite you to view the photos to further determine quality and condition.          

A brief history of Metalcraft Corp. of St Louis, Missouri: 

1920 – 1938 

Founder: George R. Ericson  

Specialty: Playground equipment such as teeter-totters. They produced pressed-steel trucks in 1928 and acquired the rights to the pressed-steel airplane kit of Lindbergh’s “Spirit of St. Louis”. They produced millions of toy truck premiums known as “Business Leaders”; the Coca-Cola trucks with small glass Coke bottles were one of the most famous of these. Metalcraft Corporation, like so many others during the Great Depression, ended up closing their doors in 1938.