Need Help w/ Lionel Passenger Car

Sometimes there is a plate on the bottom that the truck is attached to.  A sheet metal screw holds this plate to the chassis. A picture of the truck, with the car on its roof,  at either end of the car would help.

Bruce

This is a Station Sounds diner. Its been awhile but I believe this one and the Post Office car made blast out plenty of profanity. 

If my memory serves me correctly, you need to disconnect the lights and boards in order to slide it out, I believe there is a ground wire too?...one of my boards kept hanging up on the car walls too. Not fun.

Oh and those blasted bulkhead walls will hang up too. Good Luck.

Been awhile since I tinkered with one of these. If you place masking tape on the truck sides to protect the paint, can you rotate them slightly to clear the car and then slide the floor out? And first unplug the lights.

Thanks everyone for your help.

I looked at the masking tape idea but there just is not enough room for the trucks to pass by the skirts.  I did figure it out. If you remove the underside detail (die cast) and the 4 screws under the trucks, the bottom plate (frame) will drop down just enough to slide the car interior out one end of the shell. When all is assembled, it looks like the frame is inside the shell channels. Not the case...all good now.

Thanks again!

Doug

Glad to hear you solved the problem Doug!