Recently I bid on and acquired a Pride Lines 303 Summer Trolley, a model I have been searching for over the past years without success. However, when it arrived, the roof on the trolley was creased and depressed from its original convex shape. Does anyone know of a repair man/shop that handles tinplate repairs or restorations? I believe it can be reformed to its proper shape since no paint was damaged.
Ron Rollet
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Try: Perry (owner) at The Toy Exchange in Wheaton, MD. He has some folks that are good at Tin plate repair/restoration. One other person to try would be The Train Depot in Mt. Airy, MD. Tom Gardner owns the store and he has a guy on staff for everything. If he does not have a person to do this he could possibly suggest someone.
I work on tinplate trains, standard gauge, postwar, anything from the early stuff up to about 1965 including Lionel, Flyer, Ives.
I do repairs for Little Choo Choo in Spencer, NC a Lionel Service Station.
Wally Warren taught me, I worked with him for around 15 years before he got out of the repair business. He recently passed away earlier this year at 89. He had been working on trains most of his life And had a wealth of knowledge.
I don't work on Pride Lines .
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