Restore your old rocking horse
We have in the past restored many old rocking horses, but due their labour intensive nature and the overwhelming demand for new horses, classes and tour groups, regrettably we have had to discontinue this service. We have included some photos of some before and afters on this page for your interest
We will still take the rarer English horses by F H Ayres and G & J Lines for restoration. If you are unsure if your horse is English or Australian, have a look at the identification photos at the bottom of this page and if you are still not sure what you have, please feel free to email me a jpeg file (not bigger than 1M) of a photo of your horse taken from the side and we will be happy to date and identify for you.
Below are our restoration kits for old rocking horses. We can supply kits for Australian Bartletts, Roebuck (Pre “Princess” and Post WWII), Lou Peets, Cec Hockleys and English Collinson Bros, Lines and Ayres. Our kits include a Restoration Handbook which will give you tips and instruction on stripping, filling, sanding, painting, dappling, fitting out sequence and reference photo.
Wooden Rocking Horse Restoration:
- Peter Tonkin (02) 4961 2672
Calf Skin Covered Horse Restoration:
- in NSW contact Palma Thompson in Dural on 02 9651-1685
- in VIC contact David Reiss on 03 9568 0267
Mail Order Kits, Plans and Accessories (Purchased Individually)
Fit out Kit for Restorations of Old Horses.
Includes all loose fitting for horse and instruction booklet.
$300 plus Postage |

Post WW2 Roebuck Fitout Kit

Roebuck Princess Fitout Kit

Bartlett Rocking Horse Fitout Kit
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Typical old Rocking Horses to help you identify yours.
Typical Bartlett

Typical Roebuck of the 50's

Typical Cec Hockley

Typical Hojak Calf Skin Cover

Typical Collinson Brothers
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Typical Bartlett of the 20's

Typical Roebuck of the 60's

Typical Lou Peets

Typical Lindsay (Plastic)

Typical Lines circa 1890
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