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 Posted - November 25 2013 : 11:58:30 AM
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looks like it to me,confirmation needed ken
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Posted - November 25 2013 : 12:04:29 PM
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Looks like it to me Ken.
Do you have access to the underside? or is this a listing photo?
Sean
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Posted - November 25 2013 : 12:18:36 PM
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tinplate sides,mantua trucks,ken
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Posted - November 25 2013 : 12:31:14 PM
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Definitely Mantua! I might even have one.
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Posted - November 25 2013 : 12:42:35 PM
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Big Cat it's TYCO, but if I am not miskaten Mantua has one also. I won this on eBay a while ago:
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Posted - November 25 2013 : 2:28:26 PM
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Ken,
IF the trucks are factory to the car (the only question here) That car is Mantua!!!!!!
See if the floor matches any other Mantua cars you may have.... IF the bolsters match that of a car you know for a fact is a Mantua and has the same truck mounting details. Then, I'd say yes, that car is a mantua, BUT most the time, Mantua had their name in the molds so.....Have a look on the frame to see if you can find "Mantua" in the casting, metal or not (even the plastic versions) still had "Mantua" in the molding process!
Hope this helps, But to this point, it looks as tho it is Mantua!
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Posted - November 25 2013 : 3:28:08 PM
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| Mantua in kit form, Tyco in RTR. There were 6 reefers with the metal sides on plastic bodies, Burlington, Crazy Crystals, Bordens, Pulto Water, Land O' Lakes and Baby Ruth.
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Posted - November 25 2013 : 6:31:14 PM
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Mantua is on the botton but its really really tiny
Name should be to the left of the bigger tank on the bottom
Should be directly in the middle 
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Posted - November 25 2013 : 6:33:48 PM
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| i am happy that enough people and gut feeling to make it a worthwhile buy,cheers guys ken
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Posted - November 27 2013 : 4:11:29 PM
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It could be either. I thought I saw somewhere (probably here) that Mantua's has screws to attach the body to the frame and Tyco's had push in rivets. Besides that, impossible to tell. I have a couple of those cars and they are really nice considering they are from the 1950's.
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