Bidspirit auction | Gearbox NYC Checker Taxi Metal

Gearbox NYC Checker Taxi Metal Pedal - A vintage-style metal pedal car designed as a New York City Checker Taxi. The body is constructed of painted yellow sheet metal with a white-bordered black checkerboard decal running along the upper sides. The vehicle features a chrome-finished metal steering wheel, hubcaps, and a stylized airplane hood ornament. The steering column and pedal drive mechanism are also metal, with rubber-coated black pedals. The dashboard area is fitted with a black plastic windshield frame. The car is decorated with several adhesive labels: a circular door emblem featuring an eagle and the text NEW YORK CITY CHECKER TAXI; a rectangular RATES decal listing TO NEXT HOUSE 15c, TO CORNER 20c, and TO STORE 25c; and a smaller decal on the rear quarter panels reading TOLL BRIDGES--FREE. The rear of the body is equipped with two red plastic taillight lenses and a silver-painted bumper. The four wheels are finished in yellow and white with solid black rubber tires. Embossed into the metal on the rear interior floor panel is a logo within an oval reading GEARBOX with TOY COMPANY below it.