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not mine yet but hopefully will be walthers trolleybus,what i need to know is the year if possible,ken
stamped inside walthers 279
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Posted - March 22 2013 : 7:55:34 PM
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| its a Birney Safety Car Coool I've ridden in one a few times
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Posted - March 23 2013 : 02:53:05 AM
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Ken,
That's an interesting Trolley/Safety car to say the least, whats the motor like?
~John
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Posted - March 23 2013 : 11:31:57 AM
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| as i said john not mine yet,its ho scale all i know is motor work if a bit erratic,ken
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Posted - March 23 2013 : 12:12:44 PM
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here is me next to one
The movie The Changling used a rubber tired one & I want one like it but like this one
Also I'd like to find this car in HO scale someday too 
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Posted - March 23 2013 : 12:13:15 PM
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Looks to be something from like a Varney. I say go for it Ken!
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Posted - March 23 2013 : 1:02:53 PM
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this sold on ebay for $10 for body kit only, the motor was an extra,ken
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Posted - March 24 2013 : 7:31:40 PM
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I've had one of these for over 25 years. I don't recall how I got it. There's a roof and four sides. I think I put it together with Walther's goo. It fits over an old diesel truck and scoots around pretty well. Obviously not prototypical, but I like it! I never knew exactly what it was - now I know!
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Posted - March 24 2013 : 8:15:02 PM
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| hi helm,thats the beauty of this site,yours looks good by the way ken
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Posted - March 25 2013 : 12:55:46 AM
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| Walthers made those for a long time, check HO Seeker's catalogs, but judging by the drive, roughly post WWII to the mid-50s or so.
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Posted - March 25 2013 : 12:10:24 PM
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The single-truck Birney car is by Walthers, first offered just before WW2 with the body in assembled form. Offered as kits through the 1980's, where the buyer assembled the bodies.
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