Bill, The original owner of Ace contracted with Lionel to produce the 3
bay along with several other body styles. There are thousands out there
just molded in gray plastic, obviously without T & C. The original
price was just a few dollars but could also be had with Ace bolsters and
trucks--sort of a "redo it kit".
Bob Werre
BobWphoto.com
>
> The 3 bay car was also made new, somewhat illegally, at the Lionel factory
> and the shells were "taken out the back door" as the story goes.
> Others more
> knowledgeable (Rollie) could fill in the details on that one. They used to
> be pretty plentiful. You can tell because they are a perfect unpainted
> gray
> color that has never had anything done to them. I thought I had a bunch of
> these shells but could not find them when I looked in the past 6 months.
> Ironically a friend just gave me 1 of them back just last weekend I
> gave him
> years ago as he decided to not use it. So I am sure I have one of them.
>
> Thank You,
> Bill Lane
>
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