Replacement Grill Decal Little Tikes Pickup Cozy Truck Fix Repair
I have it listed here on Ebay:
I have it listed here on Ebay:
The Toy Restore is now on Amazon. Below are the links to my store fronts on three of the international sites.
I am happy to announce that we are offering our products on Amazon. If you have Amazon Prime membership you will also be able to get free shipping as well on most of the products I have offered.
Most of the products in my online store, and with my shopify store, will also link to Amazon, so you can be assured that you will get fast professional shipping with your Amazon prime membership.
The Toy Restore is now on Amazon. If you are looking for a specific item, please feel free to contact me to see if I can add it to Amazon. I will be adding more and more products to my stores over the next few months, but if you are looking for something in particular I will do my best to help you out.
The Toy Restore is now on Amazon. I will also be able to offer custom designs in the future, on Amazon. I currently offer custom license plates on Ebay, and Etsy, in your child’s name sized for most of the popular ride-on toys available. If I don’t have your child’s toy listed, I can easily resize any of my custom license plates to fit your toy. Just send me an email with the needed size. Here is one of my custom plates you can order on Amazon:
The Toy Restore is now on Amazon.
The Toy Restore is now on Amazon.
Upcycling: Ice Cream Truck Cozy Coupe Makeover. What kids doesn’t love icecream, and what kids doesn’t love the idea of driving thier own car! Put those two ideas together and you have the Icecream Cozy Coupe Truck. For this Cozy Coupe Redo I used a Princess model of the Cozy Coupe II, so I didn’t have to paint it.
The best place to find them are at thrift stores, Craigslist, Kijiji, or on a Facebook Group like Little Tikes Toys & Furniture Online Retail Shoppe. I have found some by dumpsters, and on the curb as well.
Removing the old decals is a bit of work, but well worth the effort. I have a more detailed instructions on removing decals here. Once the old ones are going you can do so much to change the car. You can repaint it, or add new decals. I sell new decals for most of the Little Tikes foot to floor cars on Ebay, and Etsy. For this particular Cozy Coupe Makeover, I used my set here. But I have lots of other styles that would look nice on this cozy coupe without having to repaint it.
My kits contain everything that you need to make your coupe look like an ice cream truck. The front grill, the license plate, the dash, mirror, tail lights, door logos, front logo, and 2 logos for the back pillars, and some extra ice cream decals.
How to Fix Little Tikes Cozy Coupe Steering Wheel
Here is a quick overview of how to replace a steering wheel on the Little Tikes Cozy Coupes. For the purposes of this post, I am using a 1990s Little Tikes Cozy Coupe. I will add measurements in the future to be sure that this can be used for other car replacments.
The basic set-up is simple. There is the steering wheel, a washer, and a steering wheel clip. All your car needs is the right size of hole, both in diameter, and in depth. I am pretty sure you could modify the replacement parts to fit different dimensions though. That will have to wait for another post. 🙂
So the steering wheel clip slides into the bottom of the steering wheel, with the “Y” end up. Push it up until the clip ends pop out of the holes in the tube.
Put the steering wheel into the hole, and underneath, before it goes through the other side, hold the washer on the underside of the hole, and thread the washer and the otherside of the hole onto the bottom tube of the steering wheel. The washer will slide upwards and over the two nobs that are expsoed from the steering wheel clip inside the steering wheel. If you need to take it off again, push in the two exposed clips and let the washer slide back down the tube again.
I will get the dimensions and add to this post as soon as I can.
How to Identify Your Model of Little Tikes Cozy Coupe Car. Or if it is made by Little Tikes at all? Here are some of the most popular models, and how to identify them. It is a quick reference of the different models of ride on cars for your toddler, so you can fix it up, or make it over. Keeping these great toys out of our landfills. I will be updating, and gladly fixing any errors I may make as I put this together.
How To Restore a Little Tikes Football Toy Box. These have been around since the 1970s, and are still going strong. Usually the only thing missing is the decals to restore them to like new condition. I sell replacement decals for it (HERE), and here are some tips on applying them.
First remove the old decals, by pulling them off, as much as possible. Then you can use rubbing alcohol to move all the glue residue. If you leave some of the residue on, it will show underneath as lumps. Also be sure to wash off the rubbing alcohol before applying as it will weaken the adhesive.
Once it is clean, dry and smooth, apply the stripe decals, starting from the front, lining them up to the front outside indent. And removing the backing as you move from the front to the back, smoothing out the creases, and any air bubbles as you go along.
These are made from a strong material that won’t rip or tear, but it can stretch, so be sure to place them properly first before pressing down and smoothing out.
Yes, I can customize the logo plate. I can put your favorite team, family name, your child’s name. The colors can change, and the font can change. I just don’t have the Original Little Tikes Logo in stock.
Please feel free to ask me questions.
Melissa 🙂
