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 Posted - November 21 2014 : 11:59:40 PM
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I recently won this beauty on ebay, a Mantua aluminum Santa Fe room car - still sealed in factory air. 
Not usually one to care all that much about sealed boxes, but so far have been putting off taking it out 
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Edited by - JNXT 7707 on November 22 2014 12:00:59 AM
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Posted - November 22 2014 : 01:06:37 AM
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That is a pretty sweet looking passenger car, I have to admit. And apparently it's supposed to light up too.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - November 22 2014 : 04:47:23 AM
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Is that a vintage or "modern" Mantua car? I know the originals sell for good money on Ebay. Either way, it's a nice one!
Jerry
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Posted - November 22 2014 : 10:17:59 AM
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quote:Is that a vintage or "modern" Mantua car? I know the originals sell for good money on Ebay. Either way, it's a nice one!
Jerry
Originally posted by AMC_Gremlin_GTÂ -Â November 22 2014Â :Â 04:47:23 AM
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It's obviously the 1980's era Mantua. They used the orange packaging from 1978-1985. In 1986 they changed to a blue packaging. Here's a link to where I learned all of that. http://ho-scaletrains.net/id33.html
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - November 22 2014 : 10:23:11 AM
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Stephen is correct, it's a "modern" Mantua car, and yes dual lighted.
I really love the look of the aluminum shell, nothing says metal like real metal.
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Posted - November 22 2014 : 6:17:43 PM
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| Nice looking car Jerry.
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Posted - November 22 2014 : 6:17:50 PM
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| As I have stated before.... Those are some of the best passenger cars ever made for HO.
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