Lionel Ore Car Help Please!

The black bracket that the trucks are attached to comes off of the car, ( I forget the proper name of this part, does not matter )if you look closely there are tabs on each side of the car body near the trucks, you have to carefully spread the body from the truck mount. Once this is off of the car you will see that the truck is riveted on. This rivet will have to be drilled out. I have done this to every Lionel Ore car that I own that came with the plastic trucks and upgraded them with die-cast trucks. Have patience and you will not break anything!!!

Jeff

Jeff...  thanks alot!  I expected to drill out rivets, no big deal there...  i just couldnt tell if the truck plates came off...  i still dont have an ore car yet in my possession...  thanks for your help!

jjames9641 posted:

The black bracket that the trucks are attached to comes off of the car, ( I forget the proper name of this part, does not matter )if you look closely there are tabs on each side of the car body near the trucks, you have to carefully spread the body from the truck mount. Once this is off of the car you will see that the truck is riveted on. This rivet will have to be drilled out. I have done this to every Lionel Ore car that I own that came with the plastic trucks and upgraded them with die-cast trucks. Have patience and you will not break anything!!!

Jeff

Good advice - but I have drilled truck rivets out "in place" on cars before, so it is an option, as not all - or most - plastic-trucked cars offer a removable bracket, etc. I say this because there are quite a few decent riveted plastic-truck cars out there that could use a truck upgrade, should you ever run across some that appeal to you.