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Hello All! 

I have had several mystery pieces identified by the helpful members of this forum before, and now I have another that needs solving!

I am the owner of what appears to be, according to Greenberg Books on Lionel Postwar, is the motor from a salesman's sample/pre-production postwar GG1. I really don't know a lot about this motor's history. I bought it as a standalone that I was going to use as a project piece. Around the same time, I got a copy of Volume II of Greenberg Postwar, and inside it lists the motor as being a likely Salesman's sample, noting the clear plastic brackets and red brushplate (I have included the pages in the photos). I would like to know more about what I have and whether or not it is authentic and as rare as they claim. Did it ever come with an engine? Was it always a standalone? Do I have a piece of Postwar Lionel history here? Thank you for your help!

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yes, and it still could possibly be, but its hard to document it as being a salesman sample, but it certainly looks the part, If it were mine, in my own personal collection (and in my mind) Id swear up and up and down it was to satisfy me, myself, & I …..enjoy it!...that thing would look really cool all polished up in a showcase.....

Yeah I did have it listed on eBay, and yes like I said, I wanted to do research on the item. That's what I am doing. And as I have come to find out from the members on here, the red brush plates are a bit more common that the book led me to believe But at the same time, it seems that the clear plastic insulator is a bit more of a unique element of the motor block. Thats what really got me thinking it was a bit more special. And you are right, anyone CAN switch out the brush plates. Thats why I wanted to check to be sure someone wasn't known to be forging these things. Don't worry, I didn't lose any money on the motor when I bought it ;D So if it is original and a Salesman's Sample, great! If not, then I just have a colorful GG1 motor!

here's a cool thing to do with that piece.....find a PW GG1 shell and all the rest of the pieces. Strip the shell clean of all paint, polish and detail all the parts and hardware, and have your own exploded view  3D displayer of a PW GG1...with all the parts polished like a mirror, that would be cool piece, neatly mounted in an exploded view form....that would showcase that motor...use a Dremel tool, and some rouge...be neat as heck!

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