what is it?

Old pull toy?

Might be the remains of a Dayton Hill Climber floor toy?

I thought that a Hill Climber toy had to have some sort of mechanism like a flywheel to keep it moving after the person pushing it let go.
I don't see any signs that a mechanism was once there.

Actually there was probably a flywheel located above the front wheels floating in the curved slot visible on the left, on the right the front of the slot is bent over the front wheel (probably bent to pull the flywheel out). Whether it is Dayton, Clark or Scheible i do not have a guess. This is probably its big brother, it is identified as Dayton

Roland

Found this one on the bay, $299 and only one pic. It is identical to mine

and the seller says it is Dayton

While I was looking for pics of mine (bottom two in previous post) I ran across these pics

I found the other day. These do show the flywheel. And valve gear detail. 

Think mine will be train room art for awhile as is. But it is cool for $5

C W Burfle posted:

I thought that a Hill Climber toy had to have some sort of mechanism like a flywheel to keep it moving after the person pushing it let go.
I don't see any signs that a mechanism was once there.

Hi CW.... The reason I thought It might be Dayton is because I see the indications of the stone flywheel underneath. It was a flimsy construction, probably the reason it is long gone.