The Barry Toycraft Company
The Barry Toycraft Co. was a division of St Paul Corrugating Co. They were located at 3 W. Water St., St. Paul 7, Minn.
They produced a electric powered Corvette in 1963 under a contract with Chevrolet Division of general Motors. The cars measure 77" long, 29 1/2" wide & 18 1/2" tall, not including the windshield. They weighed in at 230 LBS.
The cars only were one color bright red. The red fiberglass body was manufactured by Luger Industries Inc. a Bloomington Boat Manufacturing Firm.
These cars were powered by a 12 volt motor that works off a standard 12 volt car battery. The cars featured foreword and reverse, could reach a speed of 6 miles per hour, had adjustable padded bucket type seat and a racing type steering wheel.
This Vette unlike the PowerCars had independent suspension which was a first year feature on the real 1963 Corvette.
Chevrolet used these cars as giveaways in a national promotion. They also contracted Barry Toycraft to produce 1200 of these Vette's to be distributed to several thousand dealers. The first showing of this Kiddie Corvette was in New York at the Toy Fair March 11th - 16th, 1963.
