lionel 6472 Milk car question

Your 6472 milk car is not an operating car. That is the reason it does not have a hatch.

The "kickstands" are what holds the body to the frame. There are four holes going through the sides of the frame and body.

When I open the doors, there is the little man ready to shoot a can out at me. It is full of all the operating guts as my others. Wonder if someone put another body on it, must have.

I just looked and now see that the little kick stand things indeed attach the body. I believe my others have a screw at on end and tabs on the other like some tenders.

It is definitely an operating car, but with wrong body. I thought it was some model I didn't know of with secrets to reloading the cans

Thanks for the info.

Matt

Then it sounds like somebody swapped bodies on your milk car.  Sorry, but I cannot be of any more help.

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I just looked and now see that the little kick stand things indeed attach the body. I believe my others have a screw at on end and tabs on the other like some tenders.

I was trying to recall how the various 027 milk car bodies are mounted. I think 3462 and 3472 use those kickstands. And I think the 3482 milk car used the tab and screw arrangement you describe.
Are your operating milk cars #3482?

No, you did fine. Thanks for the help.  That's what happened, someone swapped bodies. It came in a box full of all kinds of stuff.  I know somewhere in my mess I have some basket case rusted operating cars, but good plastic bodies. Someday when all this stuff gets organized I will put a proper body on it. It's no big deal either way. I was just real stumped.

As far as my other car #'s. I haven't even seen them in so many yrs I don't remember the #'s. They are all packed away with everything else waiting for this Proverbial house I plan  to get built so my layout can come to life. It seems to be taking a lot longer than I planned. My kids will have a whopper collection if nothing else. I just hope they love them as much as I do.

Thanks again