CoachBuilt Prams

We have a Pedigree pram that has been in the family for nearly 43 years. On the whole it is in good condition although the tyres need replacing and the two large wheels a pitted. The tyres are:

20x7/8 to fit 18 and 18x7/8 to fit 16 E/E x7280

Are these tyres the same as used on other prams or will I have to have them made?

Also are prams from this era safe o use? Are there cocerns about materials used in the lining etc?

Any advice greatly appreciated.

Hi LDM   I  don't    expect  that   fire  retardent  fabrics  were  used  on  prams   in   the late   50's   on  certainly,  but  I personally  would not  hesitate  to  put  a  baby  into  a  clean  example of   a  coachbuilt pram  from    that  time  on.    ONe  thing that you must  do  is   to   ensure  that  once  the  child   can    begin  to move  around in the pram,  turn  himself   over  etc,  then you must  always   make sure  that  you  use  a  safety  harness   for  them.   The  potential for   an  active  child  to fall out of  the pram  without     a  harness  is  great. 

Sandra

Thanks for the reply. I was more concerned about the possibility of toxic materials being used in the construction.

We will probably buy the new tyres from Holland as the guy sounds like he knows his stuff.

Does anyone know much about the pedigree prams? In particular the model we have (shown in pic on left). All i know is that pepigree was part of the Lines Bros. group. Sorry the pic is so small but I was unsure how to upload them.

From   what  I  can see  and looking  through my catalogues  your  pram might be  a  Valiant, but  I    would need  to see a better  pic  to  be  able to be  sure.   When you are  typing  your message out,   there  are a lot of  symbols  along the  top of the  screen,     going  from the  right,   go  to  the  4th symbol  which is  a  blueish  coloured  photograph,   click on it  and  you  will be  able  to  put  your  photograph on  here  with your message  then.

Sandra

morning all,joined your wonderful club a few days ago now,and would live a reply from you,i have a pedigree pram and need a bit of help.regards barbie

Hi Barbie  I just  posted  you a  reply in  the  other  forum.

barbie at March 23, 2011 at 4:01 AM

morning all,joined your wonderful club a few days ago now,and would live a reply from you,i have a pedigree pram and need a bit of help.regards barbie

hi,thank u for reply,but how do i find these replys,i,m not that good at this every time i try to sign in on other furom keeps telling me i have entered wrong password???HELP.BARBIE

Hi, I'm new to this fantastic site, I'm also attempting to restore a pedigree pram. any-one out there know if you can still get original fabric for hood and aprons.As I live in New Zealand, I found a bussiness who does restoration work(recovering etc, they have the fabric I'm looking for, would'nt sell any, and were going to charge me $800.00 our money roughly 395pd your money just to recover hood, so thought I may try and attempt it myself. any help/advice greatly apprecciated. cheers yvonne

Yvonne,  yes  you can still get  hooding  and lining  fabric  too,    please    email me on  coachbuiltprams@yahoo.com  and  I  can  tell you   about it  then