I picked these old American Flyer cars up awhile back for $10 but only recently started to really look at them as I had been thinking about how to use them. The litho is all gone and they are not in the best of shape. Kind of kicking around the idea of "bashing" them into freight cars.
From what I can tell of old Flyer cars, the early boxcars look like they share the same body and frame but different roofs. I'm thinking of making a boxcar out of this baggage car. The coach body is in worse condition. I may cut it down along the bottom of the windows to make a gondola. Or simply make a flatcar out of it and rework the body into a diner for my layout.
Anybody care to share their ideas?
