No, they're different from the Budd buddies trucks which I also have a pile of to build along with SMMW roller bearing trucks. I will be truckered out when I'm done. cheers Alex Binkley
To: [email protected] From: [email protected] Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 19:37:08 -0500 Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: metal passenger car trucks Were these trucks in any way associated with "Budd Buddies", a product or product line that I never have gotten anyone to explain to me in a way I believed. - Earl Henry, Nashville In a message dated 1/6/2013 6:25:22 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Ed's description matches the suspects quite closely so I will presume that this is what they are. More questions will follow for Ed. cheers > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 21:57:50 +0000 > Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: metal passenger car trucks > > Hi Alex.... > > What you might have is the infamous LOIZEAUX PASSENGER TRUCK made way back in > the 1970s sometime. If there is a nut in the parts envelope, you should glue > the nut to the inside of the sideframe casting and then use the enclosed > screw to attach the bolster to the sideframe. If the screw is not tightened > too much, the sideframe will swivel and you will have full equalization. > Miller wheelsets were included with maroon plastic over the axles and, I > think, brass wheels. The springs are Kadee springs (O gauge?) and the brake > cylinder is an unauthorized copy of an HO tender brake cylinder. Ya gotta do > wha'cha gotta do back in the olde daze, y'know. Should be brass eyelets > included to be pressed into the sideframe hole. The white metal sideframes > are unauthorized copies of the Enhorning passenger trucks with some details > removed and other details added. Way back then, I sold over 400 pair of those > trucks. When assembled properly, they roll very nicely. They did come with > instructions at the time. Maybe someone else on the list has instructions. > Another piece of history surfaces..... > > Cheers...Ed Loizeaux > > > > > So going through my accumulated junque, I discover I have upwards of a > > dozen metal passenger car truck kits of unknown origin. So I'm hoping > > someone out there can help. They're two axle trucks, look > > modernish--there's some detail including brake cylinders on them. There's a > > cross piece (there appears to be two different sizes), some wheels with > > blunt ends , a whole bunch of small screws and springs and no instructions > > and no obvious to me way of joining the cross pieces to the wheel frames. > > Help. > > Cheers > > Alex Binkley > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
