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 Posted - July 13 2010 : 08:00:00 AM
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just got this off ebay mantua hudson,supposed to be genuine mantua sound system?,hole in tender does not seem,right to rough,not a screw in sight to hold it in place,plus loco was supposed to be as it left factory,which i do not believe due to finish and lack of handrails full stop ken
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Posted - July 13 2010 : 08:39:10 AM
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Good morning Kenny ; Yep that is one of Mantua's sound systems. Will that be a PGW painted Hudson or Pacific.
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Posted - July 13 2010 : 08:44:23 AM
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Ken it came with a battery connection. yours doesn't seam to have it. The red and black are proably the wires to connect to it. I am glad you showed this. I have two in boxes I have to find now because, I may have forgotten to remove the batteries.
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Posted - July 13 2010 : 08:55:42 AM
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morning frank,yep its not what i bought it for,supposed to have been mint,but as you can see its only good for a repaint,guy says thats the way he bought it from states, in Huntington Beach,CA in the 90s ken
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Posted - July 13 2010 : 08:57:29 AM
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Hi Ken. Here is picture of one assembled. Uses a 9 volt for power.  Carl
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Posted - July 13 2010 : 09:01:45 AM
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hi frank/carl many thanks,it works when connected to battery and the cog is turned,is everything held in with tape or what ken
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Posted - July 13 2010 : 09:11:52 AM
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frank/carl,what year would you say 78 or later ken
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Posted - July 13 2010 : 09:14:14 AM
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Ken, Carl yep ! My dead battery was still commected to the one I found. Luckly no corrosion.
Ken now you can have a noisy Mantua.
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Posted - July 13 2010 : 09:31:38 AM
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| the guy now says it was a kit,what year would that be if at all ken
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Posted - July 13 2010 : 10:10:01 AM
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Ken ; I have seen Hudson kits, but not with a sound tender. Is Tony C around.
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Posted - July 13 2010 : 10:58:41 AM
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| frank i always thought the kits were prior to the 78 set up,and hudson dont show in the pre 80 catalogs ken
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Posted - July 13 2010 : 11:31:59 AM
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| hey frank or carl would love a big shot closeup of the workings to sound unit ken
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Posted - July 13 2010 : 6:37:58 PM
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Hi Ken. Here is the Instructions for the unit. Sorry my scanner is dying.  . I have to sell one of those 1975-76 Tyco Catalogs so I can buy a new one..  Carl
Update: got my scanner to make a better Copy..
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Posted - June 14 2012 : 9:35:38 PM
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Awesome! Catfordken linked me to this today, so I've downloaded the pic and printed it out so I can troubleshoot mine if need be. Thanks for posting that (2 years ago ) VintageHO.
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