He's 8.....I think I was 9 or 10 when my dad took me to Tunemaster Carburetor Service here in upstate NY to pick mine out in '68 or so, but then again, we didn't have Power Wheels, Big Wheels, etc, etc, to learn how to ride on....a pedal tractor was as cool as it got back then......I built him a Schwinn Krate and now this Ruttman, he's good to go in the cool department.....after the Ruttman, in '70, I had a gold Speedway Scarab, that's next on my list.....when he gets a little bigger.....