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Frisco BrakemanOGR Forum Member

Picked up this car at a local auction the other day. It is a hopper, it is painted almost prier red, it has/had Frisco decals on it, I messed up and put it in the dish washer. It has a decal # 5751290, it has sheet metal couplers that mate with Lionel knuckles, it has stamped steel, type prewar trucks, and on the bottom is a fellows name ( Leonard H. Schenk ) ( St Louis Mo. ). any ideas? Please don't tell me I ruined a rare a valuable car! It looks almost hand made.

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El ClassicoOGR Forum Member

Prewar Lionel trucks, sounds like American Flyer couplers, and looks like either an American Flyer or Ives body. Would need more photographs to be certain. Either way I am 99.9% sure that it is a modified model from the prewar era.

D500OGR Forum Member

Valuable - almost certainly not.

Interesting - certainly is. A keeper.

The name "Leonard Schenk" does ring a bell, though...maybe a "customizer" from the 50's or something...?

Frisco BrakemanOGR Forum Member

Ok here's more pics of odd ball o-gauge hopper car!

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El ClassicoOGR Forum Member

I would wait for Greg's opinion, but I would say that is a hybrid Lionel/American Flyer piece that was custom painted.

Steve "Papa" EastmanOGR Forum Member

How long is it? Also, move this topic over to the tinplate section would give you a better chance of getting help.

Steve

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