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Buddy L Toys were originally manufactured by the Moline Pressed Steel Company, started by Fred A.
Lundahl in 1910. The Buddy L co originally manufactured automobile fenders, hubs & other stamped auto
body parts for the automobile industry. The company primarily supplied parts for the
McCormack-Deering line of farm implements and the international harvester company for its trucks Moline
Pressed Steel did not begin manufacturing toys until 1921. Mr Lundhal wanted to make something new,
different, and durable for his son Arthur thus he designed and produced an all-steel miniature truck,
reportedly a model of an International Harvester truck made from 18 and 20 gauge steel which had been
discarded to the company's scrap pile. Today surviving examples are cherished by all
Buddy L made such products as Toy cars, dump trucks, delivery vans, fire engines, construction
equipment, and trains. Fred Lundahl used to manufacture for International Harvester trucks. He started by
making a big toy dump truck out of steel scraps for his son Buddy Soon after he started selling Buddy L
"toys for boys" made of pressed steel Many were large enough for a child to straddle, propelling himself
with his feet others were pull toys. A true pioneer in the steel-toy field, Lundahl persuaded Marshall Field's
and F. A. O. Schwarz to carry his toy line He did very well until the Depression, then sold the company.
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