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Jeremy
Little Six

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Posted - December 22 2007 : 1:43:08 PM

Hi, I just recieved a lot of these metal cars with these odd couplers. Can anyone tell who they are made by.

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shaygetz
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Posted - December 22 2007 : 1:54:12 PM

Mantua hook/loops...now we talking nostalgia[:D] Available up to the mid 60s and regularly used until kadees and horn hooks came out.

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HOseeker
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Posted - December 24 2007 : 5:39:45 PM

You can read about them here. Scoll down to The Story of the Mantua Automatic Coupler Booklet at the bottom of the page.

http://www.hoseeker.net/mantuamiscellaneous.html

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