Recent content by Lee Marshall

These are amazing images - thank you for sharing. These cars appear to have been supplied directly from the Austin Motor Company.

Hello everyone, I'm working on the research for a book about the Austin J40 pedal car. Many of these little cars were used for children's road safety demonstration work in period; at local primary schools and indeed on the roof at Lewis's department store. They were very popular with local...

Wow, that's amazing! Thank you so much for sharing...

Thanks everyone for sharing the above. Fortunately, we already have copies of this wonderful Austin Motor Company promotional material in the research archive, so the next challenge is to unearth some genuinely unseen gems of J40's and Pathfinders out and about in period 50's Britain... Best...

Haha! That's brilliant Pete! I am in touch with the BFI for stills from the film. Where did you get the film poster? Lee

Thank you - that's very kind. I'll be sure to take a look. Lee

Hello everyone, I am working with the author on the research for a new book on the Austin J40 and Pathfinder pedal cars, due for publication later this year. I'm very keen to source any previously unseen images from the 50's and 60's for possible inclusion in the book. In addition, I am keen...